5 Articles match "America","Homes","Washington"

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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. quot; Las Vegas and Phoenix posted the two biggest annual declines in home prices of the 20 metro areas tracked in the report, followed by Miami with a 28.2 Prices in those metro areas were down 19.5 percent from their peak in July 2006. "There
  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. Still, this new loan may be a viable alternative to home buyers who may soon be finding themselves in trouble with the popular interest-only and option adjustable-rate mortgages -- especially if the Fed ups the interest rates more this year due to increased fears of inflation.stemming from higher energy costs and low unemployment. 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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• Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
  
  Just a few short months ago President Bush stood in front of the press and swore that it was not the federal government’s job to bail out either lenders who made bad loans or speculative homebuyers who purchased more home than they could rightly afford utilizing the so-called “exotic” or “liar loans” popularized over the past few years. The Administration has encouraged six of the nation’s largest lenders — Bank of America, Citigroup, Countrywide Financial Corp., Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
  
  Below are excerpts from an article he wrote about these alternatives. "One alternative is to simply offer low-interest loans to borrowers who currently have toxic mortgages. "Figures developed by Rick Sharga, senior vice president at RealtyTrac, show that the likely cost of low interest loans would be roughly $220 billion — hardly cheap, but a lot less expensive than the $700 billion plan now being discussed in Washington. "Sharga's million homes are likely to be in the "process of foreclosure" during the coming 12 to 18 months. Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  In September Merrill was bought by the Bank of America for $29 a share . billion for the “deposits, assets and certain liabilities of Washington Mutuals banking operations.” billion in home equity loans and lines of credit. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys are going to be working nights and How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller    Long ago there was a song which asked the magic question, how much for that doggie in the window?
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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