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		<title>Higher FHA Loan Amounts Extended by Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of mortgage relief talk, Congress passed a bill that would increase FHA mortgage limits. This was a government compromise that would help homeowners with less than perfect credit get rid of their bad credit mortgage with a record low fixed interest rate. With higher FHA loans, borrowers will have more home loan choices. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Government Raise Loan Limits on FHA, Fannie and Freddie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lending Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many members in the House and the Senate appear to be leaning towards raising FHA loan limits just a month after passing a bill to lower the mortgage limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA. The Obama administration appears to be all over the map regarding the reduction of FHA loan limits. After expressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Obama Mortgage Refinancing Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lending Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 25% of all U.S. borrowers could eventually gain access to an Obama mortgage refinance program to secure low rate mortgages. At issue are millions of so-called &#8220;underwater&#8221; borrowers who owe more than their home is worth and can&#8217;t refinance to current low rates using traditional means. The Obama administration&#8217;s Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenders Report Lower Mortgage Rates for Refinancing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you though it couldn’t happen again –refinance applications shot up again last week.  Most financing insiders attribute it to the falling interest rates. Many homeowners are making a last ditch effort to improve with a mortgage rate refinance. The Mortgage Bankers Association announced lower than expected rates in their report of seasonally adjusted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 30% of Homeowners Have Underwater Home Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 15:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a third of borrowers have experienced a significant loss of value in their home as over 28% of homeowners are strapped with an underwater mortgage. Property values fell 3% from the prior quarter and are now nearly 30% lower than the June 2006 peak. Real estate data analytics firm Zillow said its home value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Lending Demand Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have heard reports from MBA and local loan officer surveys that home loan guidelines have been less restrictive as of late, with companies seeing an increase in approvals for conventional and FHA mortgage submissions in the last few months. According to a Federal Reserve survey, mortgage lenders and banks loosened lending terms in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the End of Mortgage Deductions Inevitable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest selling points of home buying is the money you save from the mortgage interest tax deduction. For people who are already a homeowner, the ability to deduct the closing costs on home mortgage refinancing, certainly keeps lenders busy. one of the significant benefits is the mortgage interest tax deduction.  One would think that the home [...]]]></description>
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