table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHCQSCqjShXzJ_0r1_wlO7nUKUi7gamp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-b-dean/how-occupy-our-homes-can-_b_1252186.htmlbHow quot;Occupy Our bHomes/bquot; Can Win/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fHuffington Post (blog)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1quot;We discovered that for people who are underwater, foreclosure itself isn#39;t such a big deal. They don#39;t really have much bequity/b in the bhouse/b, so they#39;re not losing that. What they are really losing is their ability to physically stay in their bhome/b./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=ddwFHAWxxv8_jPMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHPFZKEMba8WlTTWtWR1lTvO7R9aQamp;url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf9fed00-4a89-11e1-8110-00144feabdc0.htmlbForeclosure prevention plan has limited impact/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fFinancial Times/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Experts were baffled by last week#39;s move, in which the Treasury touted that it will triple its incentive payments to investors in hopes they will forgive borrowers#39; bloan/b principal. Borrowers with negative bequity/b owe roughly $700bn more on their bhousing/b b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dOe8A3dJo1hQ9zMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEBwAoBWYZ6El76S_B_fdFyR6DxyQamp;url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120125006496/en/Washington-Trust-Announces-Record-Net-Income-FourthbWashington Trust Announces Record Net Income for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBusiness Wire (press release)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1A modest balance sheet management transaction was conducted in December 2011 that included the sale of $4.0 million in mortgage-backed securities and prepayment of $4.0 million Federal bHome Loan/b Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”) advances./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dMMurd5Y9mnaXdMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE7Jeq_8nmr0KezhVuqHueVtc7k-Qamp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/brookline-bancorp-announces-strong-2011-results-2012-01-25bBrookline Bancorp Announces Strong 2011 Results/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMarketWatch (press release)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The Company had monies in escrow of $113.0 million at December 31, 2011 to fund the Bancorp bRhode Island/b acquisition on January 1, 2012. Federal bHome Loan/b Bank (FHLB) advances for the fourth quarter 2011 were $498.6 million, increases of $123.0 million b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dlOtGxoyOrfDz0Mamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
