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US Mortgage Rates Drop for Third Consecutive Week
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

US mortgage rates dropped for the third consecutive week. The 30-year rate dropped to 4.83% from 4.91%, the lowest since May, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said today. The average 15-year rate fell to...

Article | Nov 19, 2009 | Views: 73 | Comments: 0
Tags: mortgages, housing, fha

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FHA Mortgage Loans Growing in Popularity in 2009
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

One of the big mortgage stories of the financial crisis is the growth of FHA loans as a replacement to conventional mortgage loans and as a replacement to sub-prime loans. According to data from...

Article | Nov 12, 2009 | Views: 69 | Comments: 0
Tags: mortgages, mortgage rates, fha loans

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Mortgage Demand Falls in Latest Week
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 23, 2009. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan...

Article | Oct 28, 2009 | Views: 72 | Comments: 0
Tags: mortgages, mortgage rates, mortgage applications

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7-Rules for a First-time Homebuyer
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.nytimes.com)

These are some sensible rules for first-time homebuyers or even existing owners who want to buy another house. My favorite: the eight hour rule. If you can't get a good eight hours sleep a night...

Article | Sep 13, 2009 | Views: 66 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, homebuyers, first time

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Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.time.com)

Up to 26% of U.S. homeowners who stop paying their mortgage may be doing so intentionally, not because they can't make the payments but because they don't want to put money into a house that's...

Article | Jul 7, 2009 | Views: 82 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, mortgages, economy, housing, real estate, housing bubble, debt, housing market, recession, defaults

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Results of the Bank of America/Countrywide settlement for at-risk homeowners
Submitted by ktexas  (bestcashcow.com)

Have homeowners been helped by last year's Countrywide settlement?

Article | May 23, 2009 | Views: 369 | Comments: 0
Tags: mortgages, bank of america, countrywide, loan modification, arms, subprime loans, countrywide settlement

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Holders of 'Hybrid' ARMs Ponder: Rely on Resetting Lower, or Refinance Now?
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Many adjustable-rate borrowers are asking themselves if they should refinance to lock in a good rate for the long term. Or, should they keep their ARM's current rate that's even lower right now,...

Article | Apr 16, 2009 | Views: 64 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, interest rates, loans, adjustable rate mortgages, refinance, arm, jumbo arm, jumbo mortgages

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Jumbo mortgage availability - and affordability - may be making a comeback
Submitted by ktexas  (www.marketwatch.com)

Jumbo mortgages became more expensive and harder to come by as the nation's credit crisis deepened. That might be starting to change. One example provided by the article is Bank of America which...

Article | Apr 6, 2009 | Views: 89 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, housing, bank of america, loans, jumbo mortgage, financial crisis

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Refinance help for the self-employed and those with bad credit
Submitted by ktexas  (clarkhoward.com)

Fannie Mae -- which controls nearly half of the mortgages in the country -- will launch a new program in April to help those who are self-employed or have bad credit take advantage of the refinance...

Article | Feb 10, 2009 | Views: 178 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, interest rates, credit score, mortgage rates, refinance, bad credit

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30 Year Mortgage Rate Reported Below 5% Although Hard to Find
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Freddie Mac's weekly survey says that the rate on a 30 year fixed rate loan has fallen below 5% for the first time ever. But you may have trouble finding a rate this low.

Article | Jan 15, 2009 | Views: 196 | Comments: 0
Tags: mortgages, mortgage rates, mortgage rates dropping

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Refinance With Bad Credit
Submitted by doprah  (earnestlending.com)

Dont let anyone tell you that is impossible to refinance with bad credit, in fact many people have less than perfect credit these days

Article | Dec 18, 2008 | Views: 146 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, credit, loans, bad, refinance

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Pros and cons of refinancing your mortgage in today's market
Submitted by ktexas  (www.businessweek.com)

Applications for mortgage refinancing tripled in early December on news that the Federal Reserve will buy up to $600 billion of mortgage debt. A mortgage expert describes the pros and cons of...

Article | Dec 7, 2008 | Views: 314 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, personal finance, refinancing

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Bad Assests, Bad Congress and now Bad Planning
Submitted by andys2i  (www.savingtoinvest.com)

In a striking admission, Paulson said that buying up distressed mortgage assets "is not the most effective way" to use government funding.Purchasing these so-called "toxic" assets was once the...

Article | Nov 13, 2008 | Views: 150 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgages, economy, real, estate, recession, tarp



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