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By Holden Lewis • Bankrate.com

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Spring sales may bloom

Article: Buyers have awoken from their winter sleep and are prowling areas studded with "For Sale" signs.

Good folks finally win?

Article: A push to get servicers to reduce the principal of underwater borrowers sounds like a good idea.

Borrowers/sinners: Some is forgiven

Article: BofA will forgive principal in a few mortgage modifications; will the practice spread?

The Fed, rates and loan mods

Article: If Fed's withdrawal makes mortgage rates rise, what will happen to loan modifications?

Why do rates continue to fall?

Article: Rates fall again, even as the Fed withdraws, and the mortgage world tries to figure out why.

Lock ahead of the Fed

Article: Fed meets today, and for mortgage borrowers, there's more potential for bad news than good.

Twist in short sale rule

Article: Treasury lays down a rule governing short sales, but will make borrowers enforce it.

Those wacky mortgage kids

Article: FHA commissioner says he's a parent guiding the kids; beware foreclosure-prevention scams.

The week's rate outlook

Article: Mortgage rates look flat this week, but are set to rise for the balance of 2010.

Refis, insurance and divorce

Article: Rates stay almost the same; more details about HARP refis, mortgage insurance, and divorce.

Brokers complain some more

Article: Rate prediction; more venting about mortgage regulations; confusion about HARP refis and divorce.

Frustration bubbles over

Article: Why the smaller guys in the mortgage biz are frustrated; big item this week on economic calendar.

Feds may force mods

Article: Feds might prohibit foreclosures until borrowers have been found ineligible for mods.

The end is nigh for low rates

Article: Rates were higher before the Fed stepped in, and they'll rise when the Fed bows out.

House prices return to 2003

Article: House prices fall back to 2003 levels; Vegas is volatile; no details in foreclosure initiative.

Lock time runs short

Article: Company tests incentive program to persuade underwater borrowers to keep paying; rate lock advice.

Jobs down, rates up

Article: Mixed jobs report yields higher rates, at least initially; first-person account of household survey.

Mortgage rate slide ends

Article: Rates rise as buyers chase deadlines that could make a difference of thousands of dollars.

How harmful are foreclosures?

Article: Maybe foreclosures help the economy more than they hurt it; Jan. jobs report comes out Friday.

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