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        <title><![CDATA[Coulter Jones]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Coulter Jones is a reporter for Bloomberg News. He specializes in using data analysis, programming and open records to report compelling stories.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Warren Seeks Info From Trump Administration on ‘Zombie’ Loans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a letter addressed to Russell Vought, the senator asked about the status of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigations into companies that collected the old second mortgages.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah Buhayar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The seal of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at its headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Russell Vought expanded a pause on the agency’s operations to include its examinations of internal records at big banks, fintechs, and other companies and its enforcement investigations. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Zombie’ Second Mortgages Spur New Battles in State Capitols]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Debt collectors are blindsiding borrowers with years of back interest on old home loans. States are becoming a flashpoint in the legal battle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Matthew Kamei feared he&apos;d lose his Germantown, Maryland, home if he didn&apos;t agree to a payment plan on a &quot;zombie&quot; loan. The 61-year-old Liberian immigrant received a demand to repay a long-forgotten $72,000 second mortgage — plus years of back interest.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rise of the ‘Zombie’ Loans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal officials and banks dealing with the subprime mortgage mess helped create the “zombie” mortgages crisis. After providing billions of dollars in relief to homeowners for first mortgages, they left vast numbers of second mortgages intact.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah Buhayar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:43:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Warren Seeks Answers on ‘Zombie’ Second Mortgages]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic senator wants to know if banks received credit under a national mortgage settlement for loans that were later sold to debt collectors.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Elizabeth Warren speaks during a rally outside the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, on Feb. 10.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Year in Review: 2025 in Graphics, Maps, and Visual Stories]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Year in Graphics]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric Sam]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Gutted the Agency Tasked With Protecting Homeowners from Zombie Loans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A new Bloomberg analysis shows just how widespread these debt collections have become.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah Buhayar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Loans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg News obtained a trove of internal records from one debt collector that reveals how the industry uses inflated bills and threats of foreclosure to blindside homeowners across the US.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah Buhayar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[2024: The Year in Graphics]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Year in Graphics]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric Sam]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Insiders Tell How IT Giant Favored Indian H-1B Workers Over US Employees]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Fan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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