A federal appeals court dealt two blows to Maryland homebuyers with decisions holding that mortgage lenders cannot be held liable under a state law designed to prevent mortgage brokers from charging an undisclosed “finder’s fee” at settlement.

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More U.S. homes started on the foreclosure path in July, as lenders tackled a backlog of mortgages gone unpaid even as they pulled back on home repossessions. The number of homes that received an initial notice of default — the ...

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The ink wasn’t even dry on a settlement with the nation’s top mortgage lenders when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon laid claim to a chunk of the money to avert a huge budget cut for public colleges ...

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Maryland’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation was one of only two state banking agencies to be represented on the executive committee that oversaw the investigation that led to the multibillion-dollar nationwide foreclosure settlement with the country’s five largest ...

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler spoke to The Daily Record on Wednesday prior to an expected announcement Thursday that the state had joined more than 40 other jurisdictions in a pending nationwide settlement with the five largest mortgage lenders over alleged foreclosure abuses.

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WASHINGTON — California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is blaming the three largest U.S. mortgage lenders for the failures of its foreclosure-prevention program. It says they’ve done little to help people at risk of losing their homes. The Treasury Department said Thursday that ...

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WASHINGTON — The federal government ordered 17 mortgage lenders and servicers on Wednesday to reimburse homeowners who were incorrectly foreclosed upon. The Federal Reserve, Office of Thrift Supervision and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also told the lenders ...

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