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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
In August 2006, Steven Krystofiak, President of the Mortgage Brokers Association for Responsible Lending , testified before the Federal Reserve and said his group compared the income figures for 100 stated-income loans against borrower tax returns. Ninety percent of the stated-income loan applications showed earnings that were exaggerated by at least 5 percent. Sixty percent of the stated amounts were exaggerated by more than 50 percent. “Stated income loans,” Krystofiak testified , “help no one. Stated income loans hurt everyone, the home buyer, the institution who
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Avoiding, Stopping Foreclosures Information, Helpful Resources, Stop Home Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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2006: An Adjustable' Year for Foreclosures
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (better known as Freddie Mac) has just released the results of its 23rd Annual Adjustable-Rate Mortgage survey of prime loans. Based on data collected between December 18 and December 21, 2006, the survey cited three major conclusions: That the overall market share of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) as a whole declined in 2006 as the savings gap in interest rates between ARMs and fixed-rate mortgages shrank; Lenders offered greater incentives (discounts) in 2006 in order to maintain the flow of ARM originations coming in the door; and Hybrid
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Michigan Goes Hollywood to Help Homeowners
Since January 2006 Michigan has ranked in RealtyTrac’s top 10 states with the greatest foreclosure activity in the nation, most of that time maintaining a position in the top five. With all these distressed homeowners getting into financial trouble, combined with layoffs from the auto industry, it’s understandable that the state government may want to do something to promote homeownership and to educate its citizens about the details of what owning a home really means from a practical standpoint. Lights! Camera!
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Waning Confidence a Concern That May Help Foreclosures
Doti, president of Chapman University, updated his 2006 economic forecast for the nation, he did have one question that could throw a monkey wrench into the equation, and he called it, THE BIG IF . If housing prices plummeted like they did back in the early 1990s, the loan-to-value ratio on many mortgages might force homeowners into foreclosure, providing new opportunities for real estate investors, speculators, real estate agents and anyone looking to buy a home from the foreclosure pipeline. Economics 401 – Effects of a housing ‘slump’? When James L. That question is:
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released today. percent from their peak in July 2006. "There quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 quot;There are signs of a slow down in the rate of decline across the metro areas, but no evidence of a bottom," said David M.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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How a Short Sale Can Stop Foreclosure, Short Selling Bank Foreclosures - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
According to the RealtyTrac Q2 2006 Foreclosure Market Report , the total number of foreclosures in Ohio actually declined by 30 percent from Q1 2006, although still up 85 percent from Q2 2005. FDIC) reports that job growth in Ohio was less than half the national average during Q1 2006. Mortgage delinquencies continue to rise, the number of single-family permits are declining, It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. One example — Rep.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Thanksgiving a Time to Reflect . . . on Foreclosures Too!
If you have been following RealtyTrac during the year you have witnessed the ebb and flow of foreclosure activity around the country every month of 2006 so far. The bottom line is: more homeowners — who most likely bought more home than their budgets could really afford the past few years — are dangerously close to being in foreclosure. As a legitimate real estate investor, professional, or potential home buyer, Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a time we take to reflect on our lives and what we can do to make the world a better place in which to live. Volunteers go out and
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Stumbling Subprimes Spell Opportunity
The tightened lending standards, coupled with stagnant home price appreciation, leaves many homeowners in default unable to refinance their way out of foreclosure. But there are people who can help. People who can relieve lenders of their defaulted loans and help distressed homeowners find a way out of foreclosure. The subprime mortgage industry is stumbling under a heavy burden of defaults, watching profits dwindle as lenders are forced to buy back loans that have turned sour. This bottom-line reality is forcing many lenders to tighten their lending requirements.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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