Mortgage applications on rise – Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose last week as lower borrowing costs encouraged more homeowners to refinance loans. The Mortgage Bankers Association?s index of applications to purchase a home or refinance a loan increased 5.3 percent to 1,172 …
Home prices gain 0.7% in Feb. – Cincinnati.com
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April 23 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
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 to [...]
April 21 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Meltdown 101: Is there a downside to mortgage aid? – Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s welcome relief for homeowners struggling with mortgage payments. The new federal program to let people refinance or modify their mortgages is expected to help millions of Americans lower monthly payments and avoid foreclosure …
Should you skip your mortgage payment? [...]
April 16 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Mortgage applications continue rise – Boston Globe
WASHINGTON – Mortgage applications continued to rise last week, as low interest rates allowed borrowers to refinance their home loans at the lowest rates in decades. The Mortgage Bankers Association said yesterday its seasonally adjusted weekly …
About half of laid-off workers are settling for lower pay – Chicago Sun-Times
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April 09 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
A bump in pending home sales – Herald Tribune
An index that tracks signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes rose in February from a record low a month earlier as buyers took advantage of deeply discounted prices and low interest rates. The National Association of Realtors said …
Help on way for those unable to pay [...]
April 02 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Bank Failure Friday: Omni National Bank
It’s turned into kind of a joke: “Failure Friday” has become a staple on many finance and mortgage blogs. Friday seems to be the day that regulators seize failing banks, and in the current climate, some people really like to hear about these failures. Failure Friday is almost an official [...]
March 31 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Mortgage Rates Lower, Thanks to the Federal Reserve
Mortgage rates are at new historic lows right now. This is in large part to the Federal Reserve decision on Wednesday to begin buying long-term U.S. Treasuries. Mortgage rates are tied in large part to long-term Treasury bond yields. The new announcement from the Fed amounts to what [...]
March 24 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Sacramento homebuyers rush to refinance at lower rates – Sacramento Bee
Lower borrowing costs triggered a new spike in U.S. mortgage applications last week as borrowers ? including thousands in California and the Sacramento region ? rushed to refinance home loans. Sacramento loan consultant Dennis Graves said most …
Mortgage rates likely to fall today – Arizona [...]
March 19 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
Re-Financing with Shorter Loan Terms
Although researching mortgages and home loans can be stressful, having a mortgages and home loans to pay each month is indeed a trying experience. But it doesn’t have to be! A popular procedure these days is to look into refinancing your current mortgages or home loans. Refinancing means that you’ll receive [...]
March 07 2009 | Mortgage & Home Loan | No Comments »
Many in Mass. may get mortgage help – Boston Globe
More than 100,000 Massachusetts homeowners who cannot refinance at current low rates because of falling property values may now be able to do so as part of the Obama administration’s housing plan. The administration yesterday released new details …
Answers on Obama’s mortgage relief plan – Everett [...]
March 05 2009 | Homes Mortgages and Loans in the news | No Comments »
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