Mortgage guidelines have tightened to the point that very few borrowers qualify for home refinancing. Home loan rates have dropped to record lows again. Bankrate.com reported 4.51% for 30 year fixed rate home loans and 3.51% for 5 year ARMs. Recently, these rates have been depressed by the United States’ reputation as a safe haven in [...]
President Obama recently signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (AKA, the “Financial Reform Act”). It is difficult to predict all of the ramifications of the Financial Reform Act because many of the provisions provide for future regulatory measures. The Obama Administration has made it clear that they want to [...]
The Mortgage Refinance Index dropped 7.3% compared to the week before and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 1.2 % from one week earlier. The unadjusted Home Loan Index fell 2.3% compared with the previous week and was 36.8% lower than the same week one year ago. The decline in total home loan applications was driven [...]
Home loan rates declined again this week, with many reaching the lowest levels in years, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of mortgage rates. They have followed U.S. Treasury yields lower over the past several weeks as investor concern builds about Europe’s economic future. The benchmark 10-year yield touched a 5 1/2-month low Thursday.
Freddie Mac Chief [...]
As the average interest rate for the thirty-year mortgage with a fixed rate fell back toward the 5% mark last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey found a corresponding increase in home refinancing applications. For the week ending Jan. 15, 2010, the Market Composite Index, a measure of refinance loan application volume, [...]
According to a recent Bloomberg article, home loan applications in the US fell last week by the most since February, defying efforts by President Barack Obama’s administration to revive the sluggish housing market. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of applications to home purchase loans or mortgage refinancing declined 19% to 444.8 in the week ended [...]
The NAACP, contending that several major mortgage lenders forced African Americans into bad mortgages that sparked a foreclosure crisis, filed a class-action suit last week in a Los Angeles court. Among the culprits, says the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, are Wells Fargo and HSBC, which steered Blacks into bad credit mortgage loans, even in cases when [...]
Housing industry researchers say the U.S. Treasury Department’s $75 billion “Making Home Affordable” plan likely will help a host of borrowers wounded by rising unemployment rates, high levels of credit card debt and diminished property values nationally.
John Berlau on Obama’s Mortgage Rescue Plan
Homeowners who aren’t behind on house payments, but who have suffered financial hardship [...]
Home Loan Relief with Federal Loan Modification Programs
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Over the last few years, mortgage lenders have tighten the lending guidelines for home loans to the point where very few people actually qualify to refinance their home. Bill Stone, of PNC Wealth Management, discusses how long it will take to see a return of confidence in the credit markets.
Will the financial rescue package [...]
Fed Agrees to Purchase Bad Credit Securities and Keeps Key Interest Rates Near Zero
Federal Reserve committed to buy bad credit mortgage securities and treasuries if deemed effective; Fed says mortgage rates to remain low for “some time”; Fed ready to expand purchase of housing debt by buying or insuring defaulted home loans.
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