Deal Fees Under Fire Amid Mortgage Crisis
- The financial troubles shaking global markets has spurred a re-examination of how financiers get paid, and whether the incentives the pay structure creates need to be modified.
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Prime Time: A Resurgence Begins in Mortgage Refinancing
- Another mortgage boom is under way as rates drop. But many homeowners won't benefit, either because their loan is too big or their credit score is too low.
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Countrywide Adjusts Terms on Some Mortgages
- The lender said it modified loan terms and took other steps to avoid foreclosing on 81,266 borrowers last year.
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Lenders Rethink Home-Equity Loans
- As home values continue to sink some mortgage companies are walking away from delinquent loans instead of foreclosing while some others are getting stingy with borrowers.
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Marketing Your Home To Overseas Buyers
- With buyer demand down here in the U.S., some sellers are looking to tap into interest from overseas house hunters. June Fletcher outlines several techniques you can try.
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Tax Break Aimed At New Home Loans
- The mortgage-insurance deduction will help first-time home buyers who are unable to put down 20%.
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Wall Street Trader Paulson Made Billions on Subprime
- John Paulson made a spectacularly successful bet against the housing market at the right time and reaped what's believed to be the largest one-year payday in Wall Street history.
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