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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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Big Week On Tap for Housing
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Taken together, the data will give a strong read on the end of the spring selling season, which by many accounts, has come in stronger than expected, buoyed by increased consumer confidence and record-low mortgage rates. Credit Suisse expects sales of ...



Legislation would help underwater homeowners
Washington Post
For the past two years, mortgage interest rates have been falling to the lowest levels in 50 years. Indeed, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages recently hit successive new lows. Yet refinance applications are historically low. In fact, it's pretty tough to ...

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Another new low for mortgage rates
Nashville Business Journal
Freddie Mac's weekly rate report says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.79 percent in the week ending May 17, down from 3.83 percent the previous week. A year ago, 30-year mortgages were averaging 4.61 percent. Mortgage rates fell again this week ...

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Breaking refinance bottleneck would do a world of good
Daily Breeze
For the last two years, mortgage interest rates have been falling to the lowest levels in 50 years. Indeed, this past week, 30-year fixed rate mortgages have hit successive new lows. Yet refinance applications are historically low.

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Mortgage Rates: Low Mortgage Rates Decrease Again to New Record Lows
FreeRateUpdate.com
Today's low mortgage rates decreased again to new record lows and are expected to remain firm through the weekend as Euro zone troubles continue and global economies cautiously wait and watch developments. Markets are relatively quiet as no US economic ...

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Four Top Picks in Mortgage REITs
Barron's
Nearly all of our names reported substantial book value gains drawn from the rally in interest rates and mortgage spreads, particularly among those with nonagency residential mortgage-backed-securities (RMBS) and commercial mortgage-backed-securities ...

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Another new low for mortgage rates
Bizjournals.com
Freddie Mac's weekly rate report says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.79 percent in the week ending May 17, down from 3.83 percent the previous week. A year ago, 30-year mortgages were averaging 4.61 percent. Mortgage rates fell again this week ...

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Eastern Morning Herald

Today's Mortgage Rates: Bank of America, Citibank and KeyBank Refinance Rates ...
Eastern Morning Herald
US mortgage rates had a great run throughout the week, as fixed rate loans once again reached new record-lows on Thursday, mortgage buyer, Freddie Mac reported on Thursday. This puts many potential homebuyers and refinancers in a great position, ...

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Goldman, Citi Raise CMBS New Issue Yield To Highest Since December
NASDAQ
By Al Yoon NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A trio of Wall Street dealers raised the benchmark yield on a $1.46 billion commercial mortgage-backed security to the highest level for a new issue since December, according to an investor familiar with the offering.

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Goldman, Citi Raise CMBS New Issue Yield To Highest Since December
4-traders
By Al Yoon Of A trio of Wall Street dealers raised the benchmark yield on a $1.46 billion commercial mortgage-backed security to the highest level for a new issue since December, according to an investor familiar with the offering.

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Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
National mortgage-foreclosure activity in April decreased 5 percent from March and was down 14 percent from April 2011, according to a report by RealtyTrac released Thursday. One in every 698 US housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.

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Misused funds
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Low-income families in Indiana will get some relief from their energy bills through the mortgage settlement. Lawmakers are skirting the intent of the agreement with a provision that allows the payment to be considered a ?civil penalty.

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Central Indiana: 'Most Affordable' Housing Market
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
A National Association of Home Builders report rates the Indianapolis-Carmel area as the most affordable large market in the country. The Housing Opportunity Index finds that nearly 96 percent of area homes sold in the first quarter of 2012 were ...

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Homeowners In 17 States Getting Shaft In Mortgage Settlements
Lez Get Real
Oklahoma chose not to participate in the program at all. Nine states are using part of the money for mortgage relief, and part of it for other programs. Indiana is using half of it to assist low-income households with energy bills.

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This REIT Promises Yield And Growth Without Mortgage REIT Risk
Seeking Alpha
The New Jersey based REIT has a portfolio of 41 manufactured home communities containing approximately 9000 sites located in Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. I wrote a detailed article on the Residential Housing REIT a ...

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States Divert Mortgage Cash Away From Homeowners
NewsMax.com
The cash is part of a $25 billion national settlement with banks for abuses in mortgage and foreclosure processes and was supposed to go to foreclosure prevention, investigations into fraud and countering the housing crisis. California's share in the ...

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop Further Setting Another Record Low Announces ...
Houston Chronicle
Current mortgage rates for a number of different residential mortgage programs can be viewed on BurlingtonMortgage.biz. Below is a snapshot of mortgage rates for a variety of products listed on the site on 5/11/2012. Indiana mortgage rates represented ...

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop Further Setting Another Record Low Announces ...
Beaumont Enterprise
Current mortgage rates for a number of different residential mortgage programs can be viewed on BurlingtonMortgage.biz. Below is a snapshot of mortgage rates for a variety of products listed on the site on 5/11/2012. Indiana mortgage rates represented ...

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop Further Setting Another Record Low Announces ...
PR Web (press release)
Current mortgage rates for a number of different residential mortgage programs can be viewed on BurlingtonMortgage.biz. Below is a snapshot of mortgage rates for a variety of products listed on the site on 5/11/2012. Indiana mortgage rates represented ...

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Drop Further Setting Another Record Low Announces ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Current mortgage rates for a number of different residential mortgage programs can be viewed on BurlingtonMortgage.biz. Below is a snapshot of mortgage rates for a variety of products listed on the site on 5/11/2012. Indiana mortgage rates represented ...

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Cash flow liberated by refinancing
Marketplace.org
by Chris Farrell Question: My wife and I recently refinanced our home. We paid off the home equity line and the existing mortgage, and now our monthly payments are $500 less than they were previously. What should we do with these savings?



Where has the equity gone, Dover?
The News Journal (blog)
?The relatively recent correction in local home prices wiped out most of the equity gained over the last 7 years,? the report noted. Measured over the last 9 years, however, Dover fares better, with home values rising $41200, compared to a $9200 loss ...



PPF Group, Czech Private-Equity Co, Alters Shareholder Structure
Capital.gr (press release)
Smejc will exchange his stake in PPF Group for shares in Czech-based consumer-loan firm Home Credit, Russian lender Nomos Bank and Greece's Piraeus Bank. PPF Group has about EUR12.74 billion in assets under management. It is active in Central and ...

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Globe and Mail

Private equity firm offers $321.5-million for Winnebago
Globe and Mail
Winnebago Industries Inc. WGO-N said it received an unsolicited buyout offer from North Street Capital LP, the investment firm of racing car enthusiast Alex Mascioli, valuing the number one US motor homes maker at $321.5-million.

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PPF Group, Czech Private-Equity Co, Alters Shareholder Structure
Fox Business
Smejc will exchange his stake in PPF Group for shares in Czech-based consumer-loan firm Home Credit, Russian lender Nomos Bank and Greece's Piraeus Bank. PPF Group has about EUR12.74 billion in assets under management. It is active in Central and ...

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PPF Group, Czech Private-Equity Co, Alters Shareholder Structure
4-traders
Smejc will exchange his stake in PPF Group for shares in Czech-based consumer-loan firm Home Credit, Russian lender Nomos Bank and Greece's Piraeus Bank. PPF Group has about EUR12.74 billion in assets under management. It is active in Central and ...

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Great Falls families celebrate completion of home-construction project
KRTV Great Falls News
The families worked together for the past year, with each family contributing many hours of "sweat equity" under the supervision of NWGF employees. Each family works on many of the houses over the course of the construction, and no family moves in ...

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Globe and Mail

Private equity firm offers $321.5-million for Winnebago
Globe and Mail
Winnebago Industries Inc. WGO-N said it received an unsolicited buyout offer from North Street Capital LP, the investment firm of racing car enthusiast Alex Mascioli, valuing the number one US motor homes maker at $321.5-million.

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TexasLending.com to Discuss Changes to FHA Loans on Radio KLIF in Dallas
Beaumont Enterprise
Kevin Miller, CEO and president of TexasLending.com, a Texas home loan and mortgage company specializing in Texas refinance loans and Texas home equity loans, and his co-hosts will discuss the upcoming changes to FHA on June 1st which will impact the ...

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TexasLending.com to Discuss Changes to FHA Loans on Radio KLIF in Dallas
Houston Chronicle
Kevin Miller, CEO and president of TexasLending.com, a Texas home loan and mortgage company specializing in Texas refinance loans and Texas home equity loans, and his co-hosts will discuss the upcoming changes to FHA on June 1st which will impact the ...

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