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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. And that intervention could just be damming up another coming flood of foreclosures or it could actually be having a lasting impact and helping folks stay in their homes for the long term. Those of you who have owned a home for four or more years are probably sitting on ample equity (profit). 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. Tauting the lower monthly payments the new product offers will appeal to first-time buyers, consumers in high-cost markets, real estate investors and buyers on a fixed income, the companys press release also warns that equity will build up more slowly as a result of the lower payments and a lot more total interest will be paid over the extra 10 years. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
Speaking at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention in Orlando, Bernanke noted that 1.5 Or to utilize principal writedowns or short payoffs to help out homeowners with little or no equity left. At the national level he believes real relief that will stabilize the nation’s housing sector and help it recover will come with the support of such programs as the FHA Secure program and the HOPE NOW alliance coalition, as well as hastening the modernization Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
    Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. Tauting the lower monthly payments the new product offers will appeal to first-time buyers, consumers in high-cost markets, real estate investors and buyers on a fixed income, the companys press release also warns that equity will build up more slowly as a result of the lower payments and a lot more total interest will be paid over the extra 10 years. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    READ MORE
  • Big Ben Is Finally Talking Foreclosures
    Speaking at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention in Orlando, Bernanke noted that 1.5 Or to utilize principal writedowns or short payoffs to help out homeowners with little or no equity left. At the national level he believes real relief that will stabilize the nation’s housing sector and help it recover will come with the support of such programs as the FHA Secure program and the HOPE NOW alliance coalition, as well as hastening the modernization Big Ben Bernanke, that guy at the top of the nation’s financial food chain, finally admitted Tuesday in an address to a group of the nation’s community bankers that foreclosures are not going to go away anytime soon. The Fed Chief gave two reasons for the bleak forecast (both of which have been espoused in previous posts in this blog): 1) further declines in housing prices are expected; and 2) significant resets of adjustable interest rates to unaffordable levels for many borrowers who were convinced to take out the more risky loan products of the past few years.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    READ MORE
  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. And that intervention could just be damming up another coming flood of foreclosures or it could actually be having a lasting impact and helping folks stay in their homes for the long term. Those of you who have owned a home for four or more years are probably sitting on ample equity (profit). 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.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    READ MORE