One of the nation's leading subprime mortgage servicers reports that delinquencies on the subprime mortgages it handles flattened or declined this summer, in large measure due to its technology-enhanced loan modification program.

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has taken the following actions on Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust certificates. The classes represent a beneficial ownership interest in separate trust funds, which include bonds that have been affirmed and remain on or have been removed from Rating Watch Negative.

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) did not know that the Caribbean resort villa he purchased 20 years ago was financed with a no-interest mortgage from the developer and has generated $75,000 in income that he should have reported on tax and financial disclosure forms, his lawyer said yesterday.

Mortgage loan delinquency rates in Florida and California are driving the nation's residential delinquency rate, which jumped .06 percent in the second quarter to 6.41 percent of all outstanding loans, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

I'm trying to obtain a loan for a home purchase -- I am not a flipper -- and I have been unable to find anyone who knows about the FHA Streamline K loan. How can I go about finding a lender familiar with this type of mortgage?

The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid credit but took out exotic loans with ballooning monthly payments.