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Real estate deals valued at QR314mn

Real estate transactions worth QR314mn were made and registered with the real estate registration department under the Ministry of Justice between July 18 and 22, according to a weekly report issued by the department yesterday.

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Mortgage-fraud crackdown nets 485 arrests

Authorities have arrested 485 people since March in the largest nationwide mortgage-fraud crackdown of its kind, the Justice Department said Thursday. During the enforcement effort, 1,215 criminal defendants responsible for $2.3 billion in losses faced some…

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Really? Hamptons real estate service probed

Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” UNFAIR COMPETITION? The U.S. Justice Department reportedly is investigating a Hamptons real estate listing service that allegedly limits access to exclusive listings…

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Feds probe Hamptons real estate business

The lucrative Hamptons real estate industry is being scrutinized by U.S. Justice Department antitrust investigators, according to at least two businessmen who said Tuesday they had been contacted as part of the probe.

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Feds Probe Hamptons Real Estate

Some Hamptons businessmen say they’ve been contacted by U.S. Justice Department investigators looking into the way the lucrative real estate business is run in the resort enclave on eastern Long Island.

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A Case for Ending the Mortgage Interest Deduction

Last week Shaun Donovan, who runs the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said that it might make sense to modify the mortgage interest tax deduction.

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Gov’t mortgage plan aids 25 percent of borrowers

The Obama administration’s main mortgage assistance plan has provided permanent relief to 25 percent of borrowers enrolled, but nearly as many have dropped out.

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GMAC’s mortgage arm will be tough to unload (Detroit Free Press)

ResCap, the mortgage lending subsidiary of GMAC, “has been a millstone around the company’s neck” in the words of GMAC Chief Executive Michael Carpenter. But disposing of ResCap without crippling GMAC’s automotive lending business or adding to GMAC’s $17.2-billion debt to the U.S. Treasury Department won’t be easy.

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Will mortgage rates rise? Fed action only part of the picture (Everett Herald)

Question: We have been hearing that mortgage rates will go up after March 31st because the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage bonds. Is this true? How does that work?

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More consumers pay credit card, but not mortgage (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

CHICAGO — U.S.

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