Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Sept 22, 2009

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Don?t Forget About Making Home Affordable
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With all the hoopla surrounding mortgage market news about brokers and possible tax credits, the idea of refinancing has been kind of shunted to the side. However, it is important to note that Making Home Affordable is still out there, and is available for the rest of us. Here is what [...]

Is It Really a Good Idea to Tap Your Roth IRA for a Home Down Payment?
One of the things that the mortgage lender looked at when I was applying for my home loan was whether or not I had money in my retirement account. We have a Roth IRA, and that was money that the mortgage lender considered as “available” for a down payment. We didn’t use it, but there [...]

Mortgage Market News Roundup
There has been a ton of news related to the mortgage market today. It’s a veritable explosion of mortgage news. Here are some of the highlights from recent mortgage and real estate related news:

Congress considers extending the home buyer tax credit: Right now, lawmakers are thinking about extending the first time home buyer tax credit [...]

FDIC Offers Foreclosure Prevention Tool Kit
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Concerns about foreclosure scams have been mounting, as has confusion amongst home owners about how to get mortgage loan modification. As a result, it is little surprise that the FDIC has put together a tool kit aimed at helping and protecting consumers. This foreclosure prevention tool kit offers a number of resources, reports [...]

Is a $15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit on the Way?
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With the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit set to expire in a little over two months, there is a great deal of interest in extending the credit. Estimates from the NAR and from Moody’s claim that 350,000 to 400,000 homes would not have been sold this year without the tax credit. [...]

Saving Up for a Down Payment: Where to Put Your Money
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One of the outgrowths of the economic crisis and credit market crash has been a trend by mortgage lenders to require a little more of would-be borrowers. To this end, it is really no surprise that larger down payments are being asked of borrowers. Even those with reasonably good [...]

Challenging Your Property Tax Assessment
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A couple of weeks ago, I got a new property tax assessment. And it looks as though I’m not the only one who will be seeing an increase in property taxes. Money magazine reports that municipalities collected more in property taxes, even as the housing market crashed. I can [...]

Foreclosures to Remain Near Highs
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Even though foreclosures have dropped off a little bit, they are still near highs. And there are concerns that they will linger there for a while. Indeed, with so many REO properties still on the market, it will be a while. Housing Wire reports on the implications for the housing market [...]

Increase The Chances That Your Home Insurance Claim is Paid
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There are lots of ways that insurance companies can try to avoid paying out claims. Everything from flood damage to papers that you sign without looking at them can lead to complications from getting your home insurance claim paid during a natural disaster. Consumer Reports offers these steps to helping you get what [...]

Happy Labor Day!
Today is Labor Day. Many people in the U.S. have today off in commemoration of workers through the years. Now, though, it has mainly become a time for relaxation and one last holiday as the summer comes to a close. However, it is a fitting tribute to those who have gone before if we take [...]

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