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  <title><![CDATA[Four Tips for Smarter Foreclosure Shopping ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Foreclosures can be good deals for homebuyers, but with 1.5 million of them on the market, shopping carefully is important. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:08 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mortgage Applications Drop Again ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Mortgage applications declined 2.5 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the previous week. On an unadjusted basis, they were down 3.3 percent, according to the weekly survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:28:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Reverse Mortgages for Seniors - Benefit or Burden?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[With the advent of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), or reverse mortgages, seniors have had an opportunity to take advantage of the equity in their homes. In many ways, this can be very beneficial. Seniors can use the money to pay off debt, make home repairs and renovations, help family members or take a trip of a lifetime.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:45 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mortgage rates drop below 5 percent: Freddie Mac]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage rates fell below 5 percent for the first time in three weeks, a key level that may boost home loan demand and help the hard-hit housing market recover, a closely watched mortgage survey showed Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage applications up as rates drop below 5 percent]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage applications rose for the first time in four weeks, reflecting a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates on 30-year loans dropped below 5 percent, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:55:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Tell Mortgage Rates Are Rising ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[What are the signs that mortgage rates, now at historic lows, are about to go up? ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage rates hold just above 5 pct -Freddie]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage rates held steady just above 5 percent in the latest week after mixed signals on the health of the housing market, Freddie Mac said on Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:23:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US mortgage applications slump third straight week]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. home loan demand slid for the third straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday, with purchase applications the weakest since mid-May and refinancing requests at a two-month low.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:41:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US mortgage rates up 2nd straight week-Freddie Mac]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, rose for a second straight week, hitting a key level that may cut into demand.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:45:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mortgage applications drop again as rates climb]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage applications fell for a second straight week, led by a plunge in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates climbed, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:09:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. charges 41 in mortgage fraud scheme]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. authorities charged 41 people in a suspected mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of more than $64 million on New York state properties, prosecutors said on Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:34:28 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mortgage rates up for first time in 4 weeks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage rates rose for the first time in four weeks but remained below 5 percent, a key level that may spur home loan demand and help the hard-hit U.S. housing market recover.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[PersonalFinance: Homeowners as landlords]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Many homeowners are turning into landlords -- reluctantly sometimes, when they have to move but cannot sell their homes.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:07:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US mortgage applications dip, rates above 5 pct-MBA]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgage applications dipped last week as interest rates on 30-year loans rose above 5 percent, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:14:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac redoubles loan modification efforts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac, a dominant provider of housing finance money, sees tough times ahead for the U.S. residential market, even as government programs seek to soften the foreclosure crisis, two top Freddie executives told Reuters.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:50:50 EDT</pubDate>
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