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New mortgage form delivers mixed message (San Jose Mercury News)

Designed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help borrowers better understand the terms of their mortgage loans, the new three-page form has been a required part of the mortgage application process since Jan. 1.

Realities of Real Estate: Real estate odds and ends (The Capital)

Every so often we run across important tidbits of information that, despite our gift for gab, don't have enough meat to make up an entire column. So, we thought we'd gang together a few unrelated topics that you might find useful or interesting.

More Social Security Pages (Heritage Foundation)

Abstract: Despite the famed 1996 Welfare Reform Act and the more recent welfare adjustments in 2006, 60.8 million Americans remain dependent on the government for their daily housing, food, and health care.

Implementing a Comprehensive Compliance Framework (United States Department of the Treasury)

The HAMP Compliance Program is designed to ensure that servicers are satisfying their obligations under the HAMP Servicer Participation Agreements (SPAs).

Realities of Real Estate: Thinking about rehabbing a home? (The Capital)

In the current real estate market, an increasing number of homes for sale have fallen into various states of disrepair.

HUD Secretary Donovan to Serve as Keynote Speaker at 2010 Michigan Affordable Housing Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

LANSING, Mich., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will serve as the closing keynote speaker at the 12th annual Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing on Wednesday, April 28 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing.

IREM forum provided a few laughs, sober moments (Colorado Springs Business Journal)

The economy, as sobering as it is, occasionally has its humorous moments. Take yesterday’s Institute of Real Estate Management Economic Forecast breakfast, for example. The event’s several hundred attendees were treated to overviews from three residential, commercial and multifamily real estate experts along with perspective from Land Title Guaranty’s Sara Martin and Colorado Springs [...]