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Mortgage Default Risk Edging Toward ‘Normalcy’

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Lenders and investors should expect defaults on mortgage loans currently being originated to be 31 percent higher than the average of loans originated in the 1990s, according to a new report from University Financial Associates (UFA). The UFA Default Risk Index for the fourth quarter of 2011 edged lower to 131 from last quarter’s revised …

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FDIC’s ‘Problem Bank List’ Shrinks for First Time Since 2006

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Bad real estate loans from the heyday of the boom have weighed heavy on banks’ balance sheets, forcing 365 FDIC-insured institutions to close up shop over the last two-and-a-half years. The FDIC keeps a list of banks it considers to have a high-risk of failure. This so-called “Problem List” has declined for the first time …

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