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Homeowners who fall behind on mortgage payments have options to help avoid foreclosure.

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Sept. 1 (Bloomberg)—President George W. Bush said that his plan to fight the subprime mortgage crisis will help people hold onto their homes, stressing that he opposes an industry ``bailout.’‘

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Two of the country’s top banks, which have spurned mortgage brokers to build up their home loan business, have fired a shot at their competitors this week, putting their weight behind a new auction website that pits lenders against each other.

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“Some money market funds are vulnerable to the loss in liquidity in asset-backed corporate paper and might have to write down some of those assets, which would further weaken financial performance”

(CP) – Several sectors of the Canadian economy face a “relatively high risk” from the U.S. subprime mortgage saga, with certain segments of the financial services industry among the most vulnerable, according to a BMO Capital Markets report.

Hedge funds, investment banks and mutual funds are vulnerable to a recent spike in mortgage defaults by American homeowners because investors have grown wary of putting their money into risky or speculative vehicles, the report said.

Other segments of the Canadian economy that are most exposed to problems linked to the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis include; forest products, furniture and household appliances, motor vehicle and auto parts manufacturing, primary metals, electronic products and tourism, the report says. Read more

President Bush yesterday outlined ways the federal government can help troubled borrowers keep their homes in an effort to address rising foreclosures fueled by the mortgage crisis.

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“The government’s got a role to play. But it is limited. A federal bailout of lenders would only encourage a recurrence of the problem”

President George W. Bush on Friday tried to calm financial market turmoil from the credit crisis by announcing proposals intended to prevent homeowners from defaulting on risky mortgages. via 96.3 The Blaze

Ameriquest Mortgage Co., once the nation’s largest subprime lender, has stopped taking applications and its parent company has sold its remaining mortgage assets and service business to Citigroup Inc., the company said Friday.

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Responding to the growing wave of mortgage foreclosures, President Bush has announced measures that could help some troubled borrowers keep their homes. But only a small fraction of subprime borrowers will be eligible.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Citigroup Inc. late Friday said it had acquired the wholesale mortgage origination and servicing assets of subprime-mortgage lender ACC Capital Holdings, including the servicing rights on $45 billion of home loans.

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