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	Newsy goodness The week's most popular industry news: Real Estate See the Latest Headlines »   Powered by + Real Estate Treasury: Nearly 4,500 HAFA Short Sales and Deeds-in-Lieu Completed - dsnews.com Treasury released a new report on the government’s foreclosure prevention efforts Friday. In addition to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) numbers that are regularly recounted, new this month are details on short... 70 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Urban Areas See Jump in Young Buyers - realtor.org In more than two-thirds of the country's largest cities, the young, college-educated population in the past decade has grown twice as fast within three miles of the urban center as in the rest of the city's metro area. 50 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Wells Fargo's John Stumpf: How to fix the mortgage mess - money.cnn.com As Washington moves to restructure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, lawmakers must make clear once and for all the government's role in the home mortgage market. 121 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share The foreclosure mess isn’t going away - Yahoo! News - news.yahoo.com We've told you before about how big banks cut corners on paperwork over the last few years in order to speed struggling homeowners into foreclosure. And a "60 Minutes" report that aired last night offers fresh anecdotal... 125 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Completed Foreclosures Down by Nearly 50% Among Largest Servicers - dsnews.com The nation’s largest mortgage servicers foreclosed on 95,067 homes during the fourth quarter of 2010, a 49 percent drop from the number of completed foreclosures during the previous quarter, according to a new report from two... 63 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share   See the Latest Headlines » Don't want to receive email notifications? Adjust your message settings LinkedIn values your privacy. At no time has LinkedIn made your email address available to any other LinkedIn user without your permission. © 2011, LinkedIn Corporation