New York is joining the rest of the nation in a bipartisan mortgage foreclosure working group being led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. It is part of a coordinated national effort by states to review the practice ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key lawmaker is demanding that more than 100 mortgage companies determine whether foreclosure documents they approved contain errors and reveal their findings.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bank of America is delaying foreclosures in 23 states as it examines whether it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents.

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.

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The latest foreclosure and delinquency numbers, measured over last quarter, send mixed messages on the housing market and the economic climate. The delinquency rate for mortgages for one-to-four-unit ...

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WASHINGTON — One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The mortgage crisis is dragging on the economic recovery as more homeowners fall behind on their payments. Analysts expect improvement soon, but the number of homeowners ...

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The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal this week announced six awards totaling $3.5 million to help an estimated 10,000 New York homeowners avoid foreclosure and potential homelessness.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The federal government announced Friday that it is relaxing some rules to make it easier for communities to spend funds on redeveloping abandoned and foreclosed properties.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under pressure to stem the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration launched a plan Friday to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans and give jobless homeowners a temporary break.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The foreclosure crisis isn’t over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.

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