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• High & Low Finance: An End Run Around Realogy’s Lenders

  After the housing bubble burst, a struggle is now emerging over how Realogy’s unfortunate lenders should be treated. Posted Nov 27 2008, 08:35 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Apollo Management LP, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Realogy

• In the Region | Connecticut: Suddenly, Stricter Appraisals

  Mortgage lenders determined to stave off additional losses are demanding more thorough home appraisals and carefully reviewing valuation figures. Posted Nov 21 2008, 01:08 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Appraisals and Valuation

• Downturn Drags More Consumers Into Bankruptcy

  With their credit cards drained, the latest bankruptcy filers are deeper in debt than those in previous downturns. Posted Nov 16 2008, 05:51 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Credit, Economic Conditions and Trends, Credit and Money Cards, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Personal Bankruptcies

• The Debt Trap: Downturn Drags More Consumers Into Bankruptcy

  With their credit cards drained, the latest bankruptcy filers are deeper in debt than those in previous downturns. Posted Nov 16 2008, 01:56 AM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home Filed under: Mortgages, Credit, Economic Conditions and Trends, Credit and Money Cards, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Personal Bankruptcies

• Fair Game: A Rescue Plan Without Taxpayer Money

  There are many smart ideas floating around about how to solve the twin problems posed by securitizations and resetting mortgages. Posted Nov 15 2008, 11:44 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Banks and Banking, Economic Conditions and Trends, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)

• Talking Business: Facing Crisis, Congress Makes Sense

  At a House hearing, Barney Frank used a witness to send a strong message to the securitization industry. Posted Nov 14 2008, 09:53 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, United States Politics and Government, Waxman, Henry A, Frank, Barney, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• F.D.I.C. Offers Plan to Stem Foreclosures

  Breaking with the Bush administration’s position, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed to use $24 billion in government financing to help 1.5 million households avoid foreclosure. Posted Nov 14 2008, 12:50 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Foreclosures, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Your Money: Negotiating Better Terms for Mortgage

  Banks may be willing to negotiate with borrowers who are current with their payments, even if they aren’t promoting it aggressively. Posted Nov 12 2008, 06:25 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Banks and Banking, Foreclosures, Personal Finances, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• White House Scales Back a Mortgage Relief Plan

  The goal will be to modify the mortgages of homeowners facing foreclosure so that a monthly loan payment is no higher than 38 percent of a borrower’s monthly income. Posted Nov 11 2008, 09:54 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Personal Finances, Freddie Mac|FRE|NYSE Arca, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)|FNM|NYSE Arca, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Citigroup Offers to Ease Mortgage Terms

  The bank joined a growing list of financial institutions which are offering a program to help thousands meet their monthly payments. Posted Nov 10 2008, 10:02 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Foreclosures, Citigroup Incorporated|C|NYSE, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• The Reckoning: How the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell

  Merrill Lynch couldn’t escape the housing crash as record waves of homeowners defaulted on their mortgages. Posted Nov 08 2008, 06:16 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Banks and Banking, Merrill Lynch & Co, Derivatives (Financial Transactions), O'Neal, E Stanley, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Vermont Bank Thrives While Others Cut Back

  While many banks are struggling with bad mortgages, the First National Bank of Orwell is having its best year in recent memory. Posted Nov 07 2008, 09:53 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Banks and Banking, First National Bank|FORV|other-OTC, Vermont

• Deteriorating Home Market Puts GMAC Unit at Risk

  GMAC, the finance company partly owned by General Motors, lost $2.52 billion in the quarter, hurt by the housing slump and vehicle lease write-downs, and said that its mortgage unit may not survive. Posted Nov 05 2008, 05:49 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Company Reports, General Motors Corp|GM|NYSE, GMAC Llc|GJM,GKM,GOM|NYSE, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Swiss Bank UBS Posts Third-Quarter Profit

  After reporting a net profit of 296 million Swiss francs ($252 million), compared with a year-earlier loss of 858 million francs, the Swiss banking giant gave a gloomy forecast for the rest of the year. Posted Nov 04 2008, 01:52 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, UBS AG|UBS|NYSE, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Swiss Bank Corporation|SWBKY,SWBZY|other-OTC

• Fair Game: Was There a Loan It Didn’t Like?

  A shareholder complaint depicts WaMu’s mortgage lending operation as a boiler room where volume was paramount and questionable loans were pushed through for profit. Posted Nov 01 2008, 10:04 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Mortgages, Suits and Litigation, Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Washington Mutual Inc