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NY AG announces probe of life insurance industry (AP)
AP - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he had opened a fraud investigation into how life insurers pay out benefits after policyholders die.

MetLife posts Q2 earnings of $1.5 billion, beating Street (Reuters)
Reuters - MetLife Inc , the biggest U.S. life insurance company, posted a second-quarter profit of $1.53 billion, helped by higher premium revenue from sales domestically and abroad.

Florida mortgage firm settles federal charges (AP)
AP - Federal regulators say a Florida company they accused of misleading borrowers who were seeking to avoid foreclosure has agreed to repay the consumers $2.4 million to settle those charges.

PMI Group narrows loss, but shares tumble (AP)
AP - PMI Group Inc. on Thursday reported a nearly $151 million loss, narrower than a year ago but far wider than Wall Street expected. Shares of the mortgage insurer tumbled nearly 15 percent.

Congress to try to recoup Fannie, Freddie costs (AP)
AP - Lawmakers plan to study ways to get back some of the $145 billion the government has pumped into giant mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Summary Box: Mortgage rates hit low of 4.54 pct. (AP)
AP - RATES KEEP FALLING: Mortgage company Freddie Mac said the average rate for 30-year fixed loans this week was 4.54 percent, down from 4.56 last week.

Mortgage rates hit low of 4.54 percent (AP)
AP - Mortgage rates are the most affordable in decades for those who can qualify for a loan.

Citigroup settles charges over misleading investors (AFP)
AFP - US bank Citigroup agreed Thursday to pay a 75-million-dollar fine to settle charges it misled investors about exposure to subprime mortgage-related assets, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

(AP)
AP - Mortgage rates drop to 4.54 pct., hitting lowest level on record for fifth time in six weeks.

Mortgage lenders must register in database (AP)
AP - Loan officers at banks will be required to provide their names and fingerprints to a national database as part of an effort to crack down on shady operators who fed the real estate bubble.



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