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8 hrs ago | via MLive.com 

The Senate could vote on a Medicaid expansion and reform proposal as early as today.

Related Topix: Michigan, Education Etc., Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Rick Snyder, US Governors

14 hrs ago | via The Detroit News 

Architects of the foreclosure changes dropped an initial controversial plan to shorten the redemption period to 60 days during which Michiganians with troubled loans could make 11th-hour efforts to save their homes.

Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Yesterday | via MLive.com 

City officials expressed surprise and some reservation at the prospect of getting millions in state and federal funds to demolish vacant and blighted homes around the city.

Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, US Politics, Representative Dan Kildee, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Michigan, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Yesterday | via National Mortgage News 

Consumer advocacy groups are calling on Michigan lawmakers to refrain from passing a new law that would strip certain homeowner protections during the foreclosure process and threaten the still fragile housing recovery.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Michigan Government

Tuesday Jun 11 | via MLive.com 

AmeriFirst Home Mortgage was the No. 1 lender in Michigan last year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development loan program.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Michigan, Portage, MI, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

4 min ago | via Drudge Retort 

Bank of America routinely denied qualified borrowers a chance to modify their loans to more affordable terms and paid cash bonuses to bank staffers for pushing homeowners into foreclosure, according to affidavits filed last week in a Massachusetts lawsuit.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, Liberal Political News

5 min ago | via Truthdig 

Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure, according to sworn statements by former bank employees.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, Liberal Political News

6 min ago | via NewsOK.com 

Chairman Ben Bernanke will be pressed to settle the wave of confusion and speculation that's consumed investors since he spoke to Congress last month about the Fed's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

6 min ago | via Bloomberg 

U.S. home-loan bonds without government backing are failing to trade at investor auctions at the fastest pace this year as prices tumble after a rally.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

8 min ago | via MyHighPlains.com 

Other recent reports have noted a drop in foreclosures, a steady rise in home prices and an increase in sales of both new and previously-owned homes.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing