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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
Most investors who bought these securities,” says the SEC, “lacked the cash or income to do so, but were urged by their brokers to raise the money to pay for the purchases and the monthly payments required for these products by refinancing their fixed-rate mortgages into subprime adjustable-rate negative amortization mortgages.” According to the SECs complaint “each defendant was a mortgage broker as well as a registered representative and collected compensation from the mortgage refinancings as well as the sales of securities. In making the sales, the brokers allegedly misrepresented
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. In year two the percentage drops to 90 percent and if there’s a sale in year three the government gets 80 percent. Risk is reduced by requiring fully-documented loan applications, limiting payment increases when ARMs first re-set and banning prepayment penalties. 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
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. Lenders would take a loss on every loan refinanced under the new FHA program and they would also give up the right to charge prepayment penalties. Wachovia Changes The Lending Game By Peter G.
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  • Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
    More significantly — and unlike Wachovia’s competitors — it’s making it easier for borrowers to dump option-ARMs by waiving the prepayment penalties routinely associated with such loans. “Effectively immediately,” says the company, “Wachovia is waiving all prepayment fees associated with its Pick-A-Pay mortgage to allow customers complete flexibility in their home financing decisions. Lenders would take a loss on every loan refinanced under the new FHA program and they would also give up the right to charge prepayment penalties. Wachovia Changes The Lending Game By Peter G.
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. In year two the percentage drops to 90 percent and if there’s a sale in year three the government gets 80 percent. Risk is reduced by requiring fully-documented loan applications, limiting payment increases when ARMs first re-set and banning prepayment penalties. 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
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • The Government Goes After Loan Officers
    Most investors who bought these securities,” says the SEC, “lacked the cash or income to do so, but were urged by their brokers to raise the money to pay for the purchases and the monthly payments required for these products by refinancing their fixed-rate mortgages into subprime adjustable-rate negative amortization mortgages.” According to the SECs complaint “each defendant was a mortgage broker as well as a registered representative and collected compensation from the mortgage refinancings as well as the sales of securities. In making the sales, the brokers allegedly misrepresented
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
    Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to put an end to prepayment penalties for home mortgages and to set up a $2 billion federal fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Clinton also wants the government to impose new disclosure requirements on mortgage brokers and curb their ability to dictate lending terms. “We need to act now with smart, practical solutions to strengthen our housing and mortgage markets,” Clinton told The Associated Press. “We With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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