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Downpayments still keeping homebuyers away
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 13, 2009
.... It's a reason why so many potential homebuyers are now looking to obtain FHA financing: These loans only require a downpayment of 3-and-a-half percent.
Each year, the National Association of Re...
Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 9, 2009
...I'm telling you why you should care that your neighbors don't lose their homes, even if you think it's unfair for them to get bailed out: Simply put, you don't want your home surrounde... ...
You might not want the federal government to bail out your neighbors who took out bad mortgage loans and now can't pay their monthly bills on time.
Most of them were greedy, you might say. ...
Neverland's future: up for grabs
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
...towards bankruptcy. He was believed to be paying 20% debt interest on approximately $270 million in loans or roughly $54 million per year and with insufficient income, he was sinking deeper into debt....
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...al means to make monthly mortgage payments. These same sleazy brokers steered homeowners into risky loans, mortgage products such as interest-only loans and adjustable-rate mortgages with artificially...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...e options.
The goal here is to make sure that consumers know that they can take out basic mortgage loans — without adjusting interest rates, interest-only options or any of the other fancy stuf...
Credit Scores and Car Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 29, 2009
... you get a better credit score. It will enable you to get lower interest rates on credit cards and loans, too.
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Would you walk away from your mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 29, 2009
If your home lost half of its value — not too unbelievable of an occurrence in today's housing market — would you be willing to simply walk away from your mortgage? Would you have any qualms about not making that monthly payment and simply leaving your house behind?
Surprisingly, a ...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...ae and Freddie Mac, along with other advocacy groups, pushed to get lower-income residents mortgage loans so that they, too, could enjoy the benefits of owning a home. Of course some — but certa...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 21, 2009
...payments or those who are facing foreclosure. They promise to modify these homeowners' mortgage loans. But they end up doing nothing, or next to nothing, for the money they're paid.
The East ...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...I'd like to think that we've seen the worst of the foreclosure crisis. I'd like to think that we'll be seeing fewer homes fall into foreclosure, and fewer homeowners missing their mort... ...omeowners who during the housing boom took out option adjustable rate mortgages . In these type of loans, borrowers can decide to pay less than what their monthly balance is. The difference is simply...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
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Do you have faith that the government can protect you and other borrowers from bad mortgage loans pushed by shady mortgage lenders? If you answered "yes" to this question, you'll be...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...firms to carry more capital to guard against losses. They will also have to retain a portion of the loans they package and sell. Another move will impose stricter rules on all those once-lucrative, an...
Does owning a home have to be the American Dream?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 17, 2009
... and bought homes that were too expensive for them. Mortgage lenders were lazy, and passed out home loans to people who clearly couldn't pay them back. Real estate agents didn't do enough to d...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
...where you can learn everything you ever wanted to know — and then some — about mortgage loans, bad lending practices, subprime mortgages and the reasons why the mortgage industry went so w...
Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
...ly, don't open new credit cards. Some potential home buyers do this before applying for a loan, thinking that it is important to increase their amount of available credit. But doing this may backf... ...y change your spending habits.
Home buyers with the highest credit scores qualify for the mortgage loans with the lowest interest rates. Buyers whose credit scores - also known as their FICO scores -...
Is it time to refinance your mortgage?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 10, 2009
...lano, Texas, that the story quotes, it generally makes sense for homeowners to refinance their home loans if their savings will in two years cover their closing costs, which can run at $2,000 or more ...
Are reverse mortgages the next trouble spot?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...ly, it doesn't always work that way. Loan officers are not above pushing inappropriate mortgage loans on borrowers.
A top U.S. banking official agrees. John Dugan, the U.S. comptroller of the cur...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
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Whenever I tell people that borrowers shouldn't always be blamed for the bad mortgage loans that they take out, I get sneers. These borrowers should have done their homework before taking out...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 7, 2009
...rican and Hispanic communities, and the way banks had targeted these people for predatory and toxic loans. As Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro wrote in The American Prospect toward the end of last y...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...he US economy in smoking ruins. They inflated the credit bubble by letting banks originate and sell loans without having to put aside much capital for them. As a result, the banks were making a whole ...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...39;ll find people like Angelo Mozilo, former head of Countrywide Financial and Countrywide Home Loans. You might remember that Countrywide, which was once the nation's top mortgage lender, col...
Be honest with your finances before taking on a mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 2, 2009
... handle mortgages of certain sizes.
It may seem painful for borrowers to have to pass on what they think is the home of their dreams. But it's far less painful than missing mortgage payments or l... ...f the biggest factors? Borrowers weren't honest with themselves before taking on their mortgage loans.
A mortgage loan is a huge responsibility. For most people, it's the biggest monthly expe...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
...ncy or foreclosure .
According to the Post story, about 12.07 percent of the nation's mortgage loans were either delinquent or in foreclosure in the first quarter of this year. This marks the hig...
More housing woes
in Sox First, on May 29, 2009
...non-seasonally adjusted basis, the highest ever recorded in the MBA delinquency survey.". Just think about that number - 12.07%. In other words, one in eight mortgagees are in serious trouble. W... ...are in serious trouble. What's even more concerning is the fact that it's not the subprime loans that are the main cause of the problem. Prime fixed-rate loans now represent the largest share...
Mortgage interest rates went up. Don't panic!
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 28, 2009
...y: Don't panic.
Yes, we all want the lowest mortgage interest rate when we are refinancing our loans. I understand that. But rates are still at historic lows. A 5.45 percent interest rate is stil...
Is your credit score falling?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 27, 2009
...us. Credit scores have become the key indicator that determines whether people qualify for mortgage loans. When credit scores dip, it certainly is not a good omen for the future recovery of the housin...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...depressing. But does it mean that the government should scrap its modification efforts? I don't think so. Even if the higher number holds true - that 75 percent figure - that still means that 25 p... ...ns aren't quite working .
The paper cites a Fitch Ratings report that points out that subprime loans that have been modified are turning bad again at high rates, even with a change in loan terms....
You can lower your mortgage interest rate -- BEFORE you take out that loan
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 25, 2009
...e housing boom of 2001 through 2006, lenders offered a host of low-down-payment and no-down-payment loans. Those have largely disappeared now that the nation is suffering a housing slump. The higher t...
How low will interest rates go? Who knows?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 22, 2009
...en better if you're interested in a 15-year fixed-rate loan. The average interest rate on these loans checked in at 4.63 percent this morning.
With rates like these — and there's no hin...
Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2009
... Agency, which works in the western area of Merced County, are able to provide some microenterprise loans of up to $50,000 to help people start businesses. Small business operations run by entrepreneu...
The refi money is still flowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 21, 2009
...at have resulted in lower mortgage interest rates.
This means that buyers who qualify for mortgage loans at an interest rate at or slightly below 5 percent — not unusual these days for a 30-yea...
How bad is the housing market? That depends
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 19, 2009
...buyers who may not have a ton of money to throw at a new home. Cheaper homes equal smaller mortgage loans. And that's something any homebuyer can appreciate....
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
... the footsteps of retail giant Tesco which is moving into banking with a a full range of savings, loans and insurance products. Lucy Neville-Rolfe, corporate and legal-affairs director at Tesco told...
Will federal mortgage loan assistance hurt your credit rating?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 18, 2009
...ew Making Home Affordable program — which lets homeowners refinance their existing mortgage loans or modify them to make their payments more affordable — might be a blessing.
The feder...
Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 15, 2009
...o 12-month emergency fund built up?
I know I don't. And if I lost my main job? I'd hate to think about how hard it'd be to make the mortgage payments in our very modest home.
I was intri... ...y tell me that they're frustrated that homeowners who were simply greedy, and took out mortgage loans with artificially low initial interest rates, are now placing a burden on the rest of us taxpa...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...lending marketplace" and which has garnered more than 790,000 members and some $169 million in loans since its debut in 2006, LendingClub and Zopa . As The Economist points out, people are no...
More bad news: Housing foreclosure activity remains at record levels
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 14, 2009
...'t happen.
Often, lenders will work with homeowners to renegotiate the terms of their mortgage loans to make sure that these owners can keep their homes.
I know it's embarrassing, and fright...
Looking to buy? Your mortgage loan might be smaller than ever
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 13, 2009
...lines came in Cape Coral and Ft. Myers, Fla. San Francisco and San Jose followed.
So if you're thinking of buying in Florida or California, now is a pretty good time.
Mortgage interest rates als... ...h; than it's been in years. And this means that many buyers will be taking out smaller mortgage loans in order to purchase these homes.
Bloomberg reported that the nation's median housing pr...
Navigating the new mortgage roadmap
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 12, 2009
...tory by consumer information site Bankrate.com, about half of all the people who apply for mortgage loans today are being turned down .
You should view a rejection as a sign that you need to improve...
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...ng rates are high. If nothing nasty happens - losses on mortgages, commercial real estate, business loans, and credit cards - the banks might just be able to make it through without another crisis. In...
Credit card losses to hit banks
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
... sheets are likely to get worse because of their exposure to commercial real estate and credit card loans. If these reports are right, the economic contagion could get a lot worse. Those green shoots...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...arting to level off. As a result, banks are still making it harder for consumers to get credit card loans, according to a Fed survey reported here . What this data shows is that the US is a long way...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
... crack down on them? First comes its report showing that that the top 25 originators of subprime loans, the $1 trillion worth of assets that created the meltdown were owned and financed by investme...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...ned structure for buying the toxic securities, which include intricate bundles of bad mortgages and loans. That's unlikely to happen which means we will get more fraud investigations. The appalli...
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...e US Government is now moving in this direction with plans to convert the government's existing loans to the nation's 19 biggest banks into common stock. This means the US Treasury could becom...
More bad news ahead, says Roubini
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...ds and Reuters reporting that 7% of homeowners with mortgages were at least 30 days late on their loans in February, up 50% from a year ago. The scary part behind those mortgage delinquencies comes ...
The Panic of 2008-09
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
...onfidence in one another driving up the price of their raw material, money, and where rates on call loans to brokerage houses soared to extremes. Warsh is talking about a complete collapse in trust a...
Giving banks permission to lie
in Sox First, on April 4, 2009
...;Japan was allowing the banks to continue to pretend that they were healthy-by not writing down bad loans and by making new loans so companies could pay interest on bad loans and the bankers could say...
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Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...being asked to put up a small amount of their own money, and in return they get large, non-recourse loans from the taxpayer to buy bad assets. "For the private investors, this is an open invitat...
The story of the Kiva from its founder
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 22, 2009
... lending $3,000 to seven entrepreneurs in Uganda, so far Kiva has facilitated nearly $40 million in loans from 330,000 lenders to 60,000 entrepreneurs worldwide.
I recommend you to take a look at Je...
Mortgage fraud and AIG
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
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Mortgage fraud is on the rise, up 26% , and it's a serious problem. Fewer loans are being processed but there's more fraud, suggesting there is a real sickness in the system. It means peo...
Saving Money By Using Free Stuff
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 16, 2009
... more - allowing you to put more money away.
Here are some things you can get for free:
1. Free Loans - If you have credit card debt, get a new balance transfer credit card with 0% APR interest a...
Millionaires and fake prosperity
in Sox First, on March 12, 2009
...the Boston Globe , this one could be worse than the Great Depression because the securitization of loans and the various financial instruments ensures we don't know who owns what, American househ...
Dubai bailout
in Sox First, on February 23, 2009
...gs agency Moody's, it might have to find a way of refinancing $15 billion this year in maturing loans and bonds. This is why the United Arab Emirates has been forced to step in and buy half of an...
Save Money by Trimming Your Budget
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 21, 2009
...ese things.
Start Using Cash
While paying with plastic may be a lot easier, you will certainly think twice if you have to pay cash for everything you buy. It will help you understand that there a... ...l pay off the debt sooner - and save a considerable amount of money. This principle also applies to loans, too.
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Banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...f Business professor of economics Nouriel Roubini, Dr Doom himself, has warned that total losses on loans by American financial firms and their falling value will reach $3.6 trillion. That's up su...
Will GM and Chrysler go bust?
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...As Forbes says, the welfare package for the auto companies might be the problem. "By extending loans to the carmakers, the government removed the primary incentive for bondholders and the union t...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
...ding Practices showing that two out of three banks have tightened lending standards and demand for loans from business and households have continued to weaken. The trouble is that corporate greed an...
Bailout transparency problems continue
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
...itution- and industry-specific needs by, for example, making further capital purchases and offering loans to the automobile industry. In addition, it has not yet developed a strategic approach to expl...
Ponzi schemes proliferate
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
...370 million between 2006 and 2008 by promising investors 48% annual returns from funding commercial loans. Now of course, compared to Madoff's $50 billion theft, this is just small change, lunch ...
Norwegian Electric Autonmaker Finds Funding
in IfEnergy, on January 14, 2009
... Treehugger is reporting that Norwegian automaker THINK has found the funding it needs to resume making cars. The Oslo-based company said that it had secured NOK 40 million ($5.7 million) in loans wh... ...esume making cars. The Oslo-based company said that it had secured NOK 40 million ($5.7 million) in loans which will allow it to restructure, and could allow it to raise the permanent capital needed t...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
...been securitised which can in turn create legal impediments to a workout. And finally, he wants a rethink of notions around the allocation of social capital with the government paying an interest-rate... ...s there is also a need to establish a new department to facilitate workouts for mortgages and other loans, getting around the problem that so many of these loans have been securitised which can in tur...
Diagnosing the liquidity and credit crunch
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...ing at. What made his meltdown so distinctive, says Brunnermeier, is the way banks securitised the loans, repackaging them and passing them on to various other financial investors. The aim was to off...
Madoff's insanity defense
in Sox First, on December 29, 2008
... one? We now have reports that he planning to mount an insanity defense, a temporary lapse in his thinking. Just how that fits in with him admitting to his sons that he knew he was doing - as report... ...New turn with a judge ruling that Madoff must provide a list of all investments, lines of credit, loans, business interests, brokerage accounts, and other holdings to the Securities and Exchange Com...
Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration
in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008
...ed that the Obama administration would be able to reverse this trend over the next four years.
I think Spencer Arte wants to make a bigger distinction between venture capital and private equity than ... ...d be female and promote programs that help women-owned businesses get more government contracts and loans. Maine papers today reported that Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe recommended her for the post.&...
Automaker bailout: at what cost?
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
...ingent in judging their viability Bloomberg goes into more detail about the conditions for these loans. Under the terms of the plan, the loans will be called and the money will have to be returned ...
younoodle - or what is your startup worth?
in TJ's Weblog, on December 18, 2008
...bigger lending market in the US that reduces complexity and risk (at least as long as you make many loans). Maybe Younoodle can be at its core such a step forward for the startup industry...
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Why did the housing meltdown happen in the US?
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...ndly, all the financial regulation in the US was totally useless when it came to preventing riskier loans. And finally, there was the unique role of securitisation which encouraged subprime lending. ...
No quick fix for US housing market
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
... he can't afford to wait until January. "I'm a great fan of the president-elect, but I think it's probably the case that he's going to have to be more assertive than he's been... ...S housing market continues to go from catastrophic to worse, with delinquency rate for Mortgage loans, 90 days overdue, has hit record levels, according to the latest figures from the Mortgage Ba...
