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Viewer Stories: Housing Market Victims – KITV.com
I have two house payments. We put our first home up for sale in May 2007, which we lived in for 10 years prior, we moved to another home in Sept 2007. We have had a few offers, but it appears buyers out there just want something for nothing as well …
The Subprime Lending Business Survives, Even Thrives – Time
If you can’t put 30% down on your house, you’re not going to get a loan.” In auto lending, however, bad credit doesn’t seem … Still, borrowers have to pay more to get those loans. The interest rate on loans to finance purchases of used cars for …
US foreclosures drop 2nd straight month in Feb … – Reuters
… because of its failure to adequately address negative equity or “under water” mortgages. Negative equity has been one of the biggest banes of many home owners’ lives, making many unqualified for home loan refinancing and preventing some from …
Tax Evasion Investigations Underway Regarding TARP – HoweStreet.com
Inquiring minds are reading the SIGTARP Quarterly Report To Congress . The report is a massive 224 pages long. I will do my best to condense it down to the critical highlights involving Fraud, Money Laundering, Insider Trading, etc. Let’s start with …
Housing Bubbles, Global Household Leverage, Why Fed’s … – HoweStreet.com
Inquiring minds are reading an interesting document by the San Francisco Fed called Global Household Leverage … price appreciation, the average homeowner extracted about 25 to 30 cents in cash via home equity borrowing, which was used primarily for …
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Home loan demand nudges higher in latest week – YAHOO!
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, for … of homeowners, making many unqualified for home loan refinancing and preventing some from selling …
Champion man gets 1 year in jail for fraud on mortgages – PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-…
Matthew Yurchison used his mother to defraud a mortgage company as part of a money-laundering scheme that bilked banks, finance companies and title insurance firms out of more than $800,000, according to federal prosecutors. The 37-year-old Champion …
McAllen’s real estate market still sluggish – McAllen Monitor
Second, the few home buyers out there can?t get loans … going to the mortgage company first ? the best loans, the cheapest rates,? Cavazos said. ?If you?ve got cash and a good amount of cash, you can handle (the balloon mortgages.)?
Refinancing 101 – WTVF
Whether you are looking to reduce your rate, shorten your loan term to 20, 15, or 10 years, or borrow extra money for home improvements, refinancing may be right for you. When searching for refinance loans, do your homework by taking the time to …
Buying a Foreclosure? Make Sure the Property Really is Clean
Right now, there is a lot of interest in buying foreclosures. There are still quite a few on the market, even though delinquencies are starting to decline. And it is true that you can get a great deal in many cases. My cousin and his wife bought a foreclosure, and it turned out to be [...]
Reader Question: How Do I Know If I Can Afford a Mortgage Payment?
In this climate, with low home prices and low interest rates (not to mention a tax credit), it is little surprise that first time home buyers are out in force, looking for opportunities. Mortgage applications are on the rise as would-be home owners look for bargains. But the house hunt brings up all new questions [...]
Mortgage Applications Increase
Indeed, if you can, you might be advised to refinance. You can get a shorter term, and save even more money over the long run. I myself plan to refinance this year, looking for a good mortgage rate, and a shorter loan term.
IRS Payment Plan: Do You Still Get a Refund?
As a condition of your installment agreement, any refund that you should receive in the future will be applied against the amount that you owe. In other words, you are not going to receive any money. Instead, the IRS will take it and put it towards what you owe.
Hidden Debt Could Balloon Federal Deficit
We know that the federal deficit is ballooning at a rather scary pace. However, the growing debt that we see is only a part of the picture. There is probably more debt to come as we work to get out of our financial mess, and as the government has to deal with the burdens placed upon it.
AIG Loss of $9 Billion
Insurance giant AIG reported a 2009 fourth-quarter loss of $9 billion, leading to speculation that there is plenty of work to be done on the financial sector front.
U.S. Home Prices Likely to Continue Fall
U.S. home prices are expected to continue to fall through this year, according to Moody’s and Fiserv. There have been recent signs that the housing market is getting ready to move forward, showing improvement, but there are still likely to be plenty of setbacks along the way. As evidenced by January new home sales data, [...]
January New Home Sales Disappoint
The latest information on January new home sales is quite disappointing. Many analysts had been expecting that great mortgage interest rates, along with the home buyer tax credit, would result in an increase in new home sales for the month of January. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.
U.S. Problem Banks Increase ? And So Do Profits
The U.S. continues to see an increasing number of banks considered “problem”. A report from the FDIC for the last quarter of 2009 shows that there were 702 banks on the “troubled” list.
Home Mortgage Delinquencies Starting to Subside
It appears that home mortgage delinquencies are starting to subside, providing some hope that maybe the worst of the housing market crisis really is over.
