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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. For example, the SEC could limit its investigation to mortgages
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
billion in home equity loans and lines of credit. One can see investors looking at delinquency and foreclosure rates, loan age and also geographic concentrations, down payment data, equity, income, credit ratings, sale terms and other factors. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys are going to be working nights and weekends to get the work done.” As an example, the surprise in the WAMU deal was not the high default rates for subprime or option ARMs, rather it was the huge losses associated with home equity lending. How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
Loans can be brought current and homes can be sold or refinanced to avoid foreclosure. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his bank bought back just two properties during a recent 12-month period. The Hudson down payment numbers contrast strongly with national averages: The National Association of Realtors reports that in 2007 the typical first-time buyer put down just 2 percent, repeat buyers had 16 percent down payments and 25 percent of all purchasers bought No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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No Place Like Home
Two natural disasters that severely impacted Kansas homes this year have brought the issue to the forefront. Edmiston attributed the rising foreclosures to three factors: a greater share of nonprime mortgages, which inherently come with higher default rates; payment shock that comes when non-traditional mortgage products reset to higher monthly payments; and the low amount of equity in many homes. Edmiston provided an eye-opening example of how a monthly mortgage As state Rep. Tom Borroughs noted this week at a housing conference here, Kansas is not on the cutting edge
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Stop Home Foreclosure
The "as is” appraised value and the sale price should be least 70 percent to 80 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the home. For example, if you owe $180,000 on your existing home loan, then the house must sell for a minimum of $126,000. There are three steps that must be taken in order to successfully sell your home quickly. How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure By LaTonya S. Johnson If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing. 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
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Avoid Foreclosure Before it Starts at RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Michael Jackson Property in Default
Fox News is reporting that Michael Jackson has received a notice of pending foreclosure on a home he owns in Encino, Calif. — the home where his parents live. "The estate, worth about $7 million in the current real-estate market, is known as Hayvenhurst because of its address. On at least one other occasion this year, Michael simply missed payments on the $2 million mortgage. … This time, according to the group from Palos Verdes, Calif., that bought Jackson’s note earlier this year, the pop star put his parents’ abode in jeopardy by not making the required monthly payments."
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- 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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8 Ways to Dodge Delinquency and Stopping Foreclosure - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
More than 1 million total properties including REO, For Sale by Owner, and Home Auctions! Finding financing for the foreclosure deal... While homebuyers are very happy to see home prices dropping, the credit crunch has put a clamp on foreclosure financing and many foreclosure lenders are scrutinizing each deal. Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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