Annapolis Bancorp Inc., parent company of BankAnnapolis, said Thursday it earned $141,000 for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $261,000 for the corresponding period in 2009. The company ended the year in the black, earning $1.61 million for the ...

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The lending industry launched the Mortgage Electronic Registration System in 1997 to be a centralized database to streamline the transfer of home loans among investors while making it easier for borrowers to keep track of who owns their loans. But ...

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NEW YORK — The bleakest year in foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the U.S. housing meltdown began in 2006. About 5 million borrowers are at ...

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NEW YORK — The number of people applying for a mortgage rose last week as lower rates lured more borrowers to refinance. The Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday its overall mortgage application index increased 2.2 percent from the previous week. ...

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The number of homeowners who owe more than their houses are worth fell for the third straight quarter this summer. About 10.8 million households, or 22.5 percent of all mortgaged homes, were underwater in the July-September quarter, housing data firm ...

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NEW YORK — Any borrowers who were betting that mortgage rates would fall even further lost out this week. The best rates may now be behind them. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 4.39 percent from ...

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