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Friday, November 16th, 2007House passes bill on mortgage lenders
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
The Modesto Bee, Thu, Nov. 15, 2007
WASHINGTON
With home foreclosures skyrocketing, the House on Thursday voted to crack down on mortgage lenders by forcing them to get licenses, making them responsible for discovering whether borrowers can really repay and fining them for steering people toward [...]
Wall Street Journal Online: Mortgage Bailouts: Who Should Be Helped, and How?
Friday, November 16th, 2007Mortgage Bailouts: Who Should Be Helped, and How?
By David Wessel From The Wall Street Journal Online
While we’re sorting out the big question about the subprime debacle, how to preserve the good (hard-working, bill-paying people once barred from the American dream becoming homeowners) without repeating the bad (fraud, reckless lending and fast-talking salesmen peddling mortgages to [...]
MortgageNewsDaily.com: Zillow to Nationalize Local Real Estate Adverstising
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Zillow to Nationalize Local Real Estate Adverstising
MortgageNewsDaily.com; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:08:40 EST
No matter what you may think about Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate firm and its somewhat crazy approach to the market, credit must be given for its constant innovation.
On Tuesday it announced that it was joining 11 major newspaper publishing companies with a [...]