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Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
Usually you would look at the fees and charges associated with the HOPE program and think, well, yuck. Under equity sharing there can be an owner-occupant who lives on the property, a non-occupant owner such as a family member or investor and both owners can get tax breaks. If property values go up with equity sharing both owners profit. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. Miller We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I quot;I think this time residential housing is Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. But opponents
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Whitney Houston: Diva in Default
Houston’spublicist told a local newspaper that the property is not in foreclosure andlater was not available for comment to the Associated Press. property ownedby Whitney E. was listed as a pre-foreclosureon RealtyTrac in June with an original loan amount of $975,000. Houstonis one of several celebrities in the past year to face foreclosure action ofsome kind. Thanks to delinquent mortgage payments totaling more than $1million, singer Whitney Houston faces the possibility of foreclosure on a home in New Jersey, according to the AssociatedPress . The news service
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. But opponents
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie Mae Toughens Foreclosure Guidelines
With government officials at the local, state and federal levels clamoring to clamp down on the nation’s financial institutions and other loan originators, plus the recent bailout of Bear Stearns by the Federal Reserve after the Wall Street giant became so heavily invested in subprime backed mortgage securities, it was just a matter of time before the Federal National Mortgage Association (better known as Fannie Mae ) did something to tighten the reins as well. Well, this past Monday it finally did. Effective June 1, 2008, Fannie will require a potential borrower’s credit history
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
Usually you would look at the fees and charges associated with the HOPE program and think, well, yuck. Under equity sharing there can be an owner-occupant who lives on the property, a non-occupant owner such as a family member or investor and both owners can get tax breaks. If property values go up with equity sharing both owners profit. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. Miller We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I quot;I think this time residential housing is Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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