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Government News ALTA Advocacy Update - January 5, 2009 ALTA Advocacy Update - December 29, 2008 IRS Offers Lien Relief for Financial Distressed Homeowners New Project Eligibility Review Service and Changes to Condo and Co-Op Project Policies Fannie Mae Introduces Streamlined Modification Program (SMP) OCC Focuses on Historic Tax Credit Program Committee Examines the "Collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" Industry Reaction to RESPA: Online Shoppers Left Out [PDF] ALTA to Hold RESPA Teleconference With HUD Officials -- Free for Members HUD Publishes Final RESPA Rule more > >		Market News Long-term Rates Fall For Ninth Consecutive Week Setting Another New Low US Mortgage Applications Unchanged At 5-Year Peak U.S. Monthly House Price Index Estimates 1.1 Percent Price Decline From September To October Existing-Home Sales Decline in Economic Uncertainty New-Home Sales Continue Downward In November Although Interest Rates Plunge, Credit Reporting System Prevents Many Borrowers From Seizing Opportunities Decline In Housing Production Accelerates In November HUD Launches Home Financing Web Site more > >
ALTA® News 2009 Membership Directory Update & Annual Renewal Register Now for ALTA's 2009 Federal Conference Straight Talk for Underperformers in Your Workplace – Seminar January 16 Take Pleasure in the Joy of the Season ALTA Releases Title Industry Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results ALTA Launches New Website Key Legislative and Regulatory Experts to Address 2009 ALTA Federal Conference Attendees Not Just for Techies Anymore . . . Newly Enhanced Business Strategies Conference (Tech Forum 2.0) more > >		Technology News Register of Deeds Office is Using New Tools The Lexington Dispatch \| Dec 15 2008 First American Document Solutions Launches Online Post-Closing Portal Wave Introduces Advances to Its Electronic Signature and Vaulting Software for Mortgage Industry Stewart Provides Electronic Closing Options for Flagstar Bancorp First American Title Insurance Company Chooses iRise to Visualize Business Transaction Systems more > >
Other Headlines From Papers Across the Country Consumer Bankruptcies Jump in 2008 CNN Money \| Jan 06 2009 Credit Crunch Shows Little Sign of Easing The Christian Science Monitor \| Jan 06 2009 Banks Trying to Cope with Rise in Bad Loans Chicago Tribune \| Jan 06 2009 Reducing the Cost of Refinancing CNNMoney.com \| January 6, 2009 Bailout Report Card: How Successful Have the Financial Relief Efforts Been? Time Magazine \| Jan 05 2009 Jumbo Mortgage Loan Rates Put Damper on Refinancing The Boston Globe \| Jan 05 2009 Real-Estate Markets Still Plumb for Bottom Wall Street Journal \| Jan 02 2009 Rule Change May Hurt 'Jumbos' Wall Street Journal \| Jan 02 2009 Who Saw The Housing Bubble Coming? Forbes \| Jan 01 2009 Housing, Credit Crises Slammed Bank Stocks in '08 Forbes \| Jan 01 2009 more > >		Industry News Stewart National Title Services Adds Wasserman as SVP, National Business Development Officer Ameriana Bancorp Sells Stake in Indiana Title Insurance Company Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Acquires LandAmerica two Major Underwiters Fidelity National Set to Close on LandAmerica Units After Antitrust Clearance Bankruptcy Court Approves Fidelity Acquisition of LandAmerica Business Units Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Upcoming Milestones FASB Increases Disclosure Requirements Old Republic International Corporation Declares Cash Dividend on Common Stock OCC Focuses on Historic Tax Credit Program Fannie Mae Introduces New Single Family Master Trust Documents to Ease Foreclosures [PDF] more > >

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