Advantages to Buying a Foreclosure Right now, many people are considering buying a home. With low mortgage interest rates and low home prices, there are a lot of great deals out there. If you can buy a foreclosure, there are even better deals. Real Estate Pro Articles points out that there are some definite advantages [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- April 14, 2009
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Canceling Your Credit Card Could Hurt Your Chances of Getting a Home Loan Image by dogonthesidewalk via Flickr Right now, many people seemed inclined to cancel credit cards and go with cash. There is a movement, in this time of recession, to get back to the sound basics of finances and get rid of debt. [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- April 09, 2009
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FHA Loans Performing Well in this Economic Climate Even though the Federal Housing Administration is experiencing problems due to loan defaults and foreclosures, FHA loans are still performing relatively well. When you compare FHA loans to subprime loans, they are performing admirable. Indeed, the FHA is expected to be able to weather the current mortgage [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Feb 24, 2009
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Would the U.S. Government Actually Nationalize Citi? Image via Wikipedia The more we find out about the state of our financial and banking system, the darker things look. And what we’ve been finding out about banking giants and major mortgage lenders has been that they are nowhere near as solvent as we have been thinking. [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Feb 17, 2009
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Will Banks Get Another Infustion of Capital? After the Obama Administration announced the development of a “stress test” for U.S. banks, regulators began visiting the banks and trying to determine how bad things are. After all, there is some speculation that banks have been hiding the true extent of their problems. Now there are thoughts [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Feb 10, 2009
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Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Feb 03, 2009
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Is Your Mortgage Statement Correct? Right now, mortgages are in the news. A lot. From concerns that prime borrowers are the next wave of foreclosures (thanks to the fact that job loss is likely to result in a wave responsible people suddenly unable to make their payments) to the almost weekly drops in mortgage interest [...]
Latest News in Mortgages and Home Loans- Dec 23, 2008
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Bush Administration to End FHA Secure, Despite Calls for Continuation One of the programs that many mortgage industry and related groups has been fairly happy with has been FHA Secure. FHA Secure is a program that the Bush Administration put into practice back in August of 2007 when the first hints of a massive subprime [...]
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Latest News in Refinancing Home Mortgages – Dec 11, 2008
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Mortgage rates foreseen under 4% – Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON Government efforts to provide easier credit to consumers and to help housing finance companies could push mortgage rates “well below 4 percent,” a federal regulator said yesterday. James Lockhart, whose agency oversees government … Bernanke Urges Home Loan Help – Washington Post The government needs to [...]
