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Mortgage News for Monday - March 22, 2004

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• Mortgage Giant Freddie a no-show on Fortune 500
• Closing Costs Remain Clear as HUD
• HUD pulls proposed rule over mortgage closing costs
• Take a bite out of mortgage closing costs
• U.S. mortgage bond prices unchanged to higher
• Bankruptcy boom eases in Indiana after record levels
• New home buyers paying more than $25,000 in fees
• Creative mortgages boost home sales
• Predatory mortgage lending: Who's watching your back?
• What's hot and what's not in housing
• Recognizing predatory mortgage lenders
• When done right, work-force housing benefits community
• On the move: Peterson is senior VP at HDR's capital office
• Endowment mortgage complaints 'cost £24m'
• Home office space an underused tax break
• New homeowners can get huge deductions on income taxes
• Greenspan Supports Homeowner Debt as Prices Increase
• Wal-Mart Tops Fortune 500 List Again
• Reverse Mortgage: A Last Resort?
• Phoenix Mortgage Defaults almost 1500 Per Month
• Mortgage Lending Pessimism Index at Five Year High
• Mortgage Lenders Ask Home Buyers To Waive Financial Privacy Rights
• April sentencing set in mortgage fraud cases
• SONYMA boosts home buying program
Mortgage News
Mortgage Giant Freddie a no-show on Fortune 500 - 2004-03-22
Fortune Magazine's annual Fortune 500 list of the nation's largest companies is missing Freddie Mac from the list.

Freddie Mac ranked No. 32 on last year's Fortune 500, but the list -- compiled from annual revenue figures -- did not include the McLean-based mortgage company this time because its 2003 annual report was delayed while the company restated three years worth of earnings.
Read the full story at Washington Business Journal
 
Closing Costs Remain Clear as HUD - 2004-03-22
The Bush administration on Monday held back a new regulation aimed at making mortgage closing costs clearer to borrowers due to complaints from lawmakers, business groups and consumer advocates.

Acting Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson said he was pulling back a controversial new real estate settlement rule for further study and comment.
Read the full story at IWon - Money
 






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