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Getting the Best Refinancing Deal WSJ.com

There has never been a better time to refinance your mortgage. Rates are at record lows. The government is devising new programs to help homeowners. The economy and job market are improving, albeit slowly.
This week in Real Estate MarketWatch

Don’t miss these top stories: Frustrated borrowers seeking mortgage help New U.S. home sales climb 3.3% in April Sales of existing homes climb 3%
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USDA Is a Tough Collector When Mortgages Go Bad WSJ.com

Charles Ward fell behind on his mortgage in September, just as his late wife began a losing battle with lung cancer and her medical costs soared.
Frustrated borrowers seeking mortgage help; A collection of complaints from struggling homeowners MarketWatch

Realty Q&A is a weekly column in which Lew Sichelman, a nationally syndicated columnist who has been covering the housing market for more than 40 years, responds to readers’ questions on real estate.
Real Estate News: Fannie Mae CEO Search Down to Two WSJ Blogs

Here is a look at real-estate news in Friday's WSJ: Fannie CEO Search Now Down to Two: Fannie Mae has narrowed its search for a new chief executive to two finalists and could soon offer the position to Timothy Mayopoulos, the ...
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Sberbank's Denizbank Deal May Be No Turkey WSJ.com

The Russians are coming—to Turkey, at least. State-owned Sberbank is in exclusive talks to buy Turkey's Denizbank from its stressed Franco-Belgian owner Dexia for around $3.5 billion. That fits the theme of weak Western institutions ceding ...
Psst…Seen Any Mortgage-Securities Fraud? WSJ Blogs

The Obama administration is looking for some tipsters to help root out criminal activity in the U.S. mortgage market. The Justice Department on Thursday announced the launch of a web site seeking information from people who worked in the ...
Wells Hands Over Mortgage Records WSJ.com

Wells Fargo & Co. has handed over hundreds of emails and other documents related to its mortgage-backed securities business to the Securities and Exchange Commission after being taken to court, according to a person familiar with the ...
Real estate industry pushes Senate on refi bill MarketWatch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Real estate and mortgage industry leaders urged a Senate committee on Thursday to back a plan that would lower interest rates for homeowners with government-owned mortgages.
QE impact on mortgages muted by market forces: Fed MarketWatch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A lack of competition in the mortgage market limited the impact from the Federal Reserve’s three rounds of unprecedented bond buying, according to a research report published Monday by the San Francisco Fed.
Negative Equity More Widespread Than Previously Thought, Report Says WSJ Blogs

For the last year or so, real-estate listing and valuation service Zillow has been overhauling its methodology for determining how many homes out there are "under water," meaning their owners owe more in mortgage debt to lenders than the ...
Another record low for fixed-rate mortgages; But rates on adjustable-rate mortgages are on the rise: Freddie Mac MarketWatch

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Fixed-rate mortgage rates hit yet another set of record lows this week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 3.79% in Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates.
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Fannie CEO Search Now Down to Two WSJ.com

Fannie Mae has narrowed its search for a new chief executive to two finalists and could soon offer the position to Timothy Mayopoulos, the mortgage-finance company's general counsel and lead candidate, according to people familiar with the ...
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Investigators Seek More Firepower WSJ.com

A law-enforcement group formed to go after wrongdoing related to the financial crisis needs more investigators in order to rev up its work, New York's attorney general said.
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Buyback of Loans Is Forced on BofA WSJ.com

Freddie Mac forced Bank of America Corp. to buy back $330 million of mortgages originated over the past two years after the government-controlled mortgage-finance company challenged the lender over technical issues with how the loans were ...

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