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5 Articles match "Homes","Properties","Washington Mutual"
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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
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. Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo & Co. — Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure. In reality what they threw out is no more than
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 million on the 7,300 square foot mansion
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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Two Heavy Hitters Slapped with Foreclosure Notices
mdash; worth an estimated $10 million — is under foreclosure and is set to be auctioned by Washington Mutual on July 1, according to the Fayette Daily News . The property, which went into foreclosure in April, sits on 30 acres with its own lake. The 3,000 square-foot home consists of two guest quarters, game rooms and a garage. Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is on the foreclosure ropes. Holyfield’s palatial 235-acre estate in Fayette County, Ga. —
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
Laura Richardson has lost, via foreclosure, the 1,600 square-foot, two-story Sacramento home with three bedrooms and 1.5 Located in the upscale Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento, the property has gone through the foreclosure auction process and reportedly been purchased by Red Rock Mortgage for $388,000, a far cry from the $535,000 Richardson paid for it back in January 2007. RealtyTrac estimates the current market value of the property at $503,000. Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell Sprewell . Canseco, who first came to prominence as a right fielder with the Oakland Athletics back in the 1980s, has decided to walk away Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 million on the 7,300 square foot mansion
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. Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo & Co. — Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure. In reality what they threw out is no more than
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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