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America Needs a Single Bank Regulator
America Needs a Single Bank Regulator Financial Times In recent weeks our financial markets have shown signs of recovery thanks to unprecedented action to stabilize markets and stimulate the economy. Tags: Foreclosure Trends foreclosures mortgage meltdow Yet this crisis has many distressing qualities. Perhaps...(
Foreclosure Pulse
- Thursday, August 6, 2009
How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
At first it might seem that such a question has little to do with the current mortgage crisis, but actually its at the center of the recent legislation that authorizes the Treasury Department to pay out $700 billion in taxpayer money for financial paper of questionable value. This is a huge issue because at the end of 2007 the United States had residential mortgages worth $10.5 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
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their construction loans, mortgage payments, property taxes, auto loans and credit cards at an alarmingly fast pace, according to industry analysts, economists and real estate brokers . This is just the tip of the iceberg.” McCabe believes that delinquencies and defaults will rise not only among subprime borrowers, but among prime mortgages, Alt-A loans, teaser rate loans and low money-down
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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America Needs a Single Bank Regulator
America Needs a Single Bank Regulator Financial Times In recent weeks our financial markets have shown signs of recovery thanks to unprecedented action to stabilize markets and stimulate the economy. Tags: Foreclosure Trends foreclosures mortgage meltdow Yet this crisis has many distressing qualities. Perhaps...(
Foreclosure Pulse
- Thursday, August 6, 2009
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America's Most Expensive Foreclosure?
But now some of the most opulent estates are increasingly becoming available for savvy investors and homebuyers as a growing number of well-healed homeowners are defaulting on their mortgage payments and property taxes. The widow of one of America’s richest publishing dynasties, Randolph Hearst , lost her battle to maintain the mansion under the crushing weight of an astounding $40 million in defaulting loans, according to the Palm Beach Post . Mention the word “foreclosure” and most homebuyers and investors conjure up images of run-down and dilapidated properties located in undesirable neighborhoods.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?
You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to “protect” America’s mortgage borrower
RealtyTrac Article Library
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?
You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to “protect” America’s mortgage borrower
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- Thursday, July 17, 2008
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New Ultimatum Hits Lenders: Buy Loans or Foreclose
It was in early October when Bank of America said it would modify 400,000 mortgages originated during past few years by its newly acquired Countrywide subsidiar
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- Monday, December 8, 2008
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From $2B Bailout to $4B Buyout at Countrywide
Just late last year Bank of America infused $2 billion into the coffers of Countrywide Financial to support the floundering lender’s attempt to survive the subprime mortgage mess — which reportedly almost forced the firm into filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. Now with Countrywide’s stock weak and its value depressed, it is being widely reported that Bank of America is paying $4 billion in stock to buy out the company — in which it already had a 16 percent stake in convertible preferred stock after the bailout. It didn’t take long from a historical perspective.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Lenders help their customers curb foreclosures
As borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments increase in number, they are getting help form an unlikely source — the mortgage industry. Banks are increasingly testing new strategies to help curb mortgage delinquencies . Bank of America Corp. To prevent potential problems, National City Corp. — headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio — is working with churches, social workers and the United Way to help troubled borrowers avoid foreclosure.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities racked up huge losses last month after they made bad bets on complex securities backed by risky mortgages. The meltdown of the two funds has sent tremors through financial markets, causing investors to reassess their appetite for this type of risk.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
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. 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
At first it might seem that such a question has little to do with the current mortgage crisis, but actually its at the center of the recent legislation that authorizes the Treasury Department to pay out $700 billion in taxpayer money for financial paper of questionable value. This is a huge issue because at the end of 2007 the United States had residential mortgages worth $10.5 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
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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