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Fitch Rates McLaren Health Care (MI) Series 2012A Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch (press release)
Bond proceeds will be used to refund McLaren's series 1998A bonds and the series 1998, 2003 and 2006 bonds issued on behalf of Northern Michigan Regional Hospital, refinance draws on certain lines of credit, refinance a mortgage and pay costs of ...

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Michigan Court of Appeals broadens scope of Michigan's non-judicial ...
Lexology (registration)
Distinguishing Leslie, the Michigan Court of Appeals found that the language used in the loan documents prevented the guaranty indebtedness from being construed as an obligation separate from the mortgage debt. Specifically, the mortgage defined the ...



International Business Times

US Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low For 3rd Straight Week: Freddie Mac
International Business Times
By Roland Li: Subscribe to Roland's RSS feed US 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a record low for the third straight week as concerns over the euro zone weighed on the economy, mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average 30-year mortgage ...

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eCreditDaily.com

Mortgage Rates Hit New Lows Again; 30-Year at 3.79%
eCreditDaily.com
Consumer sentiment in May rose to its highest reading since January 2008, according to the University of Michigan. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.79 percent, with an average 0.7 point, for the week ending May 17, 2012, down from last week when ...

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Banks turn to "short sales" in Michigan as home foreclosure rates continue to ...
Michigan Radio
A short sale is where a mortgage lender allows a property to be sold for less than the amount owed on a mortgage and takes a loss. ?Based on other data we're looking at that's a trend that's going to continue this year. Short sales are going to become ...

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Michigan Justice Diane Hathaway's short sale
Point of Law
Hathaway persuaded a bank to permit her a short sale of a Florida vacation home that saved her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a mortgage made at the peak of the market, but the ABC affiliate finds suspicious transfers of other real estate from ...

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Ellis: Force mortgage firms to shape up
Lansing State Journal
Congratulations, Michigan, on receiving $97 million in settlement money form five mortgage companies. I am glad that state Attorney General Bill Schuette finally got on board and applied to be part of this national settlement.

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Mortgage Builder Acquires GCC Servicing Systems
CUinsight.com (press release)
Southfield, MI, May 15, 2012 ? Mortgage Builder, an award-winning loan origination software (LOS) provider, announces an agreement to acquire GCC Servicing Systems, a leading loan servicing software provider that shares 35 years of history with its new ...

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With Mortgage Rates Low, Consumer Sentiment Hits 4-Year High
The Mortgage Reports
The Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index for May climbed to 77.8%, its highest point since January 2008. May's figures represent a 1.4% increase over April and the ninth consecutive month that the index has risen.

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Consumers upbeat and mortgage applications rise
WRAL.com (blog)
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Report came in at a four-year high reading Friday, indicating that consumers are becoming more bullish on the job front. The reading for May came in at 77.8 which was up from a 76.4 reading in April.

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The Deal Pipeline

3i's new CEO knows when to say no
The Deal Pipeline
by Jonathan Braude | Published May 18, 2012 at 1:59 PM Six months ago, Simon Borrows was the new guy at London's most venerable listed private equity firm, 3i Group plc, joining as chief investment officer after stepping down as chairman of investment ...

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No variable rates for county sewer | Savings do not justify billing costs
Central Kitsap Reporter
Following a study, the Kitsap County Public Works Solid Waste Division found no real gain for customers by switching to a rate that accounts for individual household usage because the cost difference is negligible and a complex amount of work to attain ...

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No variable rates for county sewer | Savings do not justify billing costs
Port Orchard Independent
Following a study, the Kitsap County Public Works Solid Waste Division found no real gain for customers by switching to a rate that accounts for individual household usage because the cost difference is negligible and a complex amount of work to attain ...

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No variable rates for county sewer | Savings do not justify billing costs
Bremerton Patriot
Following a study, the Kitsap County Public Works Solid Waste Division found no real gain for customers by switching to a rate that accounts for individual household usage because the cost difference is negligible and a complex amount of work to attain ...

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ReadWriteWeb

7 Ways to Motivate Your Startup Team ? Without Giving Away Equity
ReadWriteWeb
Sharing equity in your business early on can lead to complex problems as your company grows. Luckily, there are ways to motivate workers without giving away the store. 1. Show them you care. Tech entrepreneurs are notorious for their lack of social ...



No Facebook Pop as Company Concerns, Stock Market Weigh on Shares
Morningstar.com
James Krapfel, CFA, is an equity analyst covering the industrials and utility sectors, as well as the IPO market.Rick Summer, CFA, CPA, is a senior stock analyst with Morningstar. We had a mixed reaction to the upsized offering size (the number of ...

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Financial Times

Shipping: Move to Chapter 11 no easy option
Financial Times
The company had been left with no choice, a press release said, but to seek protection because of its lenders' intransigence. The filing would allow it to restructure while continuing its operations before emerging stronger.



Forbes

Facebook Is A $271 Mango
Forbes
Investors who haven't bought stocks in years will be throwing their $10000 chunks into the social network's equity. The reason for Facebook's success is the same reason equity markets are no longer the preserve of the private investor.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg: Never Mind the Shares, What About the Options
Forbes
Cash compensation at the lower quartile of its peer group, total compensation, including equity, at the 99 th percentile?. Mark Zuckerberg earned about a million dollars in cash during 2011, and received no additional equity compensation ?because our ...

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New York Post

U2 frontman Bono, equity firm set to make $1.5B off Facebook IPO
New York Post
The U2 front man was wise enough to buy into the social media network in 2009, purchasing 2.3 percent of the shares in Facebook through his private equity firm, Elevation Partners. While Bono's firm bought the shares for $90 million three years ago, ...

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KMOX.com

Local Woman Sentenced Involving Mortgage Foreclosure Scam
KMOX.com
Brown researched and identified groups of vulnerable homeowners in Hawaii that were one or more mortgage payments behind, or were in imminent risk of home foreclosure, and sent out a large number of unsolicited mailings to prospective clients claiming ...

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Wentzville Woman Sentenced in $250000 Credit Scam
Patch.com
Brown researched and identified groups of homeowners in the state of Hawaii that were one or more mortgage payments behind, or were in imminent risk of home foreclosure. She then sent out a large number of unsolicited mailings to prospective clients ...

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Federal Lawmakers Should Curb Excesses at Government-Backed Banks and Protect ...
Hawaii Reporter
The primary mission of the CFPB is to protect consumers when dealing with financial institutions, whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products.

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Business Review USA (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Hawaii's average credit card debt declined 4% in April
Bizjournals.com
Hawaii homeowners had the highest mortgage debt in the nation in April, with an average of $310199, CreditKarma.com said. California had the second highest mortgage debt at $303745, while West Virginia residents had the lowest average mortgage debt at ...

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Credit Karma: Card and mortgage debt down, but so are scores
Bizjournals.com
In California in April, the average consumer had $5674 in credit card debt, $303745 in mortgage debt (higher than any state except Hawaii, with $310199), $15439 in auto debt, $29069 in student loans and a typical credit score of 676.

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Mississippi ($4232), Louisiana ($4504) and Alabama ($4811) have the least amount of credit card debt while Connecticut ($6876), Hawaii ($7090) and Alaska ($7096) have the most. Montana paid down its credit card debt the most at 11% to $5572.

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Marketwire (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Cerberus Said to Seek $1.8 Billion Loan for Hawaii Resorts
San Francisco Chronicle
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Cerberus Capital Management LP is seeking as much as $1.8 billion in new debt on six resorts, including five in Hawaii, taking advantage of Wall Street's growing appetite for commercial mortgages. Cerberus is approaching banks for ...

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Esquire

Sports Cars for the Rest of Us
Esquire
A few decades ago, you could buy a fun, stylish sports car without taking out a second mortgage. Now you can again. By Sam Smith I was once lucky enough to drive a 1970 Ferrari 246 Dino. It was a singular experience, the kind of eye-opening life ...

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Consumer Credit Default Rates Continue to Decrease Into the Year of 2012
LoanSafe
The first mortgage default rate decreased from March's 1.88% to April's 1.76%. The second mortgage default rate also declined from 1.03% in March to 0.93% in April. Auto loans default rate hit its lowest in its eight year history ? 1.07% in April down ...

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Principal Reductions Won't Solve the Mortgage Mess
Brookings Institution
Similarly, better coordination of information regarding second liens would facilitate some modifications that are dependent on bargaining between owners of the primary mortgage and second lien. As the housing adjustment continues, we should avoid ...

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Irish Banks May Tip Ireland Into Second Bailout, Deutsche Bank Says
Moneynews
The government's plan for new personal insolvency laws introduces risks even as politicians and the financial regulator seek to avoid widespread residential mortgage debt forgiveness, Deutsche Bank said. ?Although resilient during 2009 and 2010, ...

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Central Valley has some of the nation's most affordable homes
Central Valley Business Times
Nationwide housing affordability hit a new record high for a second consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Bank. But tight lending conditions continue to pose a ...

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Irish mortgage lending falls 30 pct in Q1
Reuters
| DUBLIN May 18 (Reuters) - The value of new mortgage lending in Ireland fell by 30 percent in the first three months of 2012 compared with the previous quarter and is now just over one-third of the level seen two years ago, data showed on Friday.

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AMI predicts flat mortgage market for next three years
Mortgage Finance Gazette Online
AMI's Quarterly Economic Bulletin, which focuses on the UK economy, housing and mortgage market, notes that the UK officially slipped back into recession in the second quarter of this year. The economy paints a mixed picture on GDP and while many ...

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Nationwide bucks tough mortgage lending trend
Aol Money
Today Nationwide announced it is cutting some its mortgage rates and fees. So is there any chance other lenders may follow suit? Today Nationwide announced that it has cut the cost of some deals for the second time this month, this time on all its two- ...

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Irish Times

Ireland 'may need' second bailout
Irish Times
The government's plan to introduce new personal insolvency laws creates "risks", even as politicians and the financial regulators seek to avoid widespread residential mortgage debt forgiveness, the bank said. "Although resilient during 2009 and 2010, ...

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Buying Bank Owned Foreclosures
Blue MauMau
In this case the second lender will not foreclose and if the second lender does not make up the back payments to the first lender and commence its own foreclosure proceedings, the second lender gets wiped out of the foreclosure; many second mortgages ...

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