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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 the first time loan officers are facing criminal charges
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
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. At the same time, the Merrill discount may be too steep for owners without a pressing need to sell their mortgage paper. ____________________ Peter G. 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 in the window?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
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 with nothing down. At the time of that debate virtually all banks, credit card companies, student loan lenders, car financing firms and related businesses stridently supported bankruptcy “reform” — but one notable exception was ING DIRECT. No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time
Option ARM Borrowers Running Out Of Time By Peter G. You say monthly payments are unaffordable but you want to buy anyway. The problem is what happens when required monthly payments change. According to Fitch "the potential average payment increase on this recasting population is 63 percent, representing on average an additional Miller Step right up folks. You say you want to buy a home but have no money.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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First-Time Buyers Get Help with CA Foreclosure Purchase
First-time homebuyers in California are getting help in purchasing their piece of the American Dream thanks to a public-private partnership and $200 million in bond funds allocated to the California Housing Finance Agency (CalFHA). Gov. percent interest rate for 30 years and without a down payment! However, there is the normal catch here Arnold Schwartzenegger announced Monday that CalFHA’s Community Stabilization Home Loan Program will dole out the money, expected to help as many as 1,000 Californians obtain their piece of homeownership. But there is a catch!
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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CO Gives Owners More Time to Fix Foreclosure
gives Colorado homeowners who enter foreclosure more time to “cure” the loan in foreclosure before the public foreclosure sale. In the past, Colorado homeowners had 45 to 60 days from the commencement of foreclosure proceedings — initiated by what is called a notice of election and demand — to cure the loan by making all past-due payments along with late charges and other costs. For that reason, about the only way to pull off a redemption is to A state law that took effect Jan. 1
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Thanksgiving a Time to Reflect . . . on Foreclosures Too!
Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a time we take to reflect on our lives and what we can do to make the world a better place in which to live. for the needy, and we spend time with family and friends around the dinner table. As the interest rates on those loans reset to higher levels, some of these homeowners will enter the foreclosure process, leaving them needy for a way out of their financial predicament as their mortgage payment escalates Volunteers go out and serve meals to the hungry, religious and non-profit organizations run campaigns to collect food, clothing, blankets, etc.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Bank-Owned Properties and REO Frequently Asked Questions - RealtyTrac
Bank-owned properties are usually sold at below-market prices with great terms like low down payments and low interest rates... Buying bank-owned real estate offers the foreclosure buyer many advantages: Bank-owned properties are usually sold at below-market prices with great terms like low down payments and low interest rates. Buying bank-owned properties involves less risk and less competition. Foreclosures that are owned by banks are usually clear of any liens that may have been recorded against the property. Since the seller of REO homes is also the lender, you can
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Foreclosure Mortgage Loans - Estimating the Costs Involved - RealtyTrac
For anyone seriously considering buying a property and making the commitment to years of monthly mortgage payments on a home, use of financial calculators is key to determining the overall affordability of the property and the likelihood that the buyer or investor can stay on top of the mortgage payments. Knowing what those types are, and how to utilize them, will leave a buyer or investor in the best possible position to be fully informed about finances before they go in to sign loan documents. Affordability Calculator — After income, monthly expenses, debts and
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Betting Everything on the House: 3 Risky Loans to Avoid
Falling prices, sluggish sales and risky loans that let borrowers pile up debt faster than they can pay it off could put more homeowners out of their houses this year than at any other time this decade. Yet many homeowners — particularly in California, Florida and Colorado — are still purchasing or refinancing their mortgages with “exotic” loans that may keep their monthly payments low now, but when these gimmicky loans “reset” upward borrowers could lose their homes if they haven’t planned for an increased monthly mortgage payment. While these loans certainly can be used for good, too often consumers don’t fully understand the risks involved.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Avoid Foreclosure Before it Starts at RealtyTrac
And they use creative and sometimes risky financing options like no-down payment, interest-only, negative amortization and piggyback loans, which put them in a much more unstable financial position after they purchase the property. “The Marrs, a national real estate author, speaker and success coach. “The basic problem is that many people have chosen to obtain mortgages which have built-in negative amortization.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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FHA Program Linked to High Colorado Foreclosure Rate
An illuminating article in the Denver Post connects the dots between Colorado’s high foreclosure rate and an FHA program gone awry: “Created to extend the dream of homeownership to first-time buyers, the so-called FHA gift program instead has led to rampant foreclosures. Nearly 6,000 FHA loans have wound up in foreclosure in Colorado in the past two years, and during that time the program allowed more than 25 percent of FHA buyers to use gifts as down payments.” The article recounts several stories of homeowners who paid just a few hundred dollars to buy their home, using a loophole
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Checklist for Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property - RealtyTrac
With the number of bank-owned foreclosures rising nationwide, there has never been a better time to purchase real estate owned by banks. REO Buying Checklist: Inspect the Property, Do a Title Search, Negotiate Payments and Rates, Evaluate the Offer, and Financing and Credit. Investors should be prepared to negotiate a lower down payment, a lower interest rate, a reduction in closing costs and a lower asking price. CHECKLIST: For Buying a Bank-Owned REO Property Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Are you a real estate investor or homebuyer looking to purchase a bank-owned property?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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