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Wall Street firms may rent out Fannie foreclosures

Interview by
Stacey Vanek Smith
Monday, March 19, 2012
Some of Wall Street's biggest firms want to bid on pools of foreclosed properties being sold by Fannie Mae to rent them out. What does that mean for investors and how might it affect homeowners?
Posted In: Fannie Mae, Housing, foreclosures, rent

The mortgage settlement may cost taxpayers

Interview by
Adriene Hill
Friday, February 17, 2012
A report says U.S. taxpayers may end up on the losing side of the multi-billion-dollar housing settlement between banks and states. Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky explains how we may be bailing out big banks again.
Posted In: mortgage settlement, Housing, foreclosures
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Nevadans scrutinize $25 billion foreclosure settlement

by
Adam Burke
Monday, February 13, 2012
Banks will pay out billions over questionable foreclosure practices, like robo-signing. Will homeowners in hard-hit Nevada feel relief?
Posted In: mortgage settlement, Housing, foreclosures
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HUD chief: Settlement is one piece of broader puzzle

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Friday, February 10, 2012
The $25 billion foreclosure settlement is one of the biggest in history. But is it fair? Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, one of the architects of the deal, responds.
Posted In: Housing, robo-signing, foreclosures, mortgage settlement
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Who benefits from the national mortgage settlement?

Interview with
Adriene Hill
Friday, February 10, 2012
The settlement between states and banks is worth $250 billion, but few homeowners benefit.
Posted In: Housing, foreclosures, mortgage, mortgage settlement

$25 billion foreclosure settlement announced

by
Joel Patterson
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Five big banks punished for illegal lending practices.
Posted In: mortgage crisis, robosigning, President Obama, foreclosures, Housing

Delaware AG Biden: Mortgage deal not enough

Interview by
Jeremy Hobson
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Forty states have signed on to a settlement deal with the nation's largest banks, while Delaware and other hold-out states try for a better deal.
Posted In: foreclosures, Beau Biden, Housing, mortgage settlement
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Getting foreclosures wrong may cost banks billions

Interview by
David Brancaccio
Monday, February 6, 2012
National State Attorneys General Program Director James Tierney discusses why it has taken so long to reach a multi-state settlement with big banks over shady foreclosure practices during the housing crisis.
Posted In: foreclosures, mortgage, homeowner, mortgage settlement

Lot 354

The story of the implosion of America's housing market as told through the prism of a single spanish-style home in mid city Los Angeles: Lot 354. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal tugs on a thread of the history of this quaint three-bedroom home, and what unravels is the story of the housing bubble and its messy burst.

Posted In: lot 354, housing market, speculative bubbles, real estate, foreclosures

Foreclosures on hold for the holidays

by
Mitchell Hartman
Monday, December 19, 2011
Big lenders are halting foreclosures for the next two weeks. But after the new year, foreclosures will speed up again.
Posted In: Housing, foreclosures

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