The number of default notices in the second quarter falls 43.8% compared with the same period in 2009. Meanwhile, banks step up repossession of foreclosed homes.
The number of Californians entering foreclosure slid dramatically in the second quarter to a three-year low as the fallout from the worst of the housing crisis continued to abate.
Default notices, [...]
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Mortgage defaults in California at 3-year low
July 23rd, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
Tags: economic recovery, foreclosure, home foreclosures, home loans, home prices, homeowners, housing market, mortgage lenders, mortgage loans, mortgages, short sales, subprime mortgages, US Economy
more...Fannie Mae Subpoenas May Find $30 Billion of Bad Mortgages, Analyst Says
July 21st, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator may identify as much as $30 billion of debt included in mortgage bonds that the companies can force sellers to repurchase, according to Joshua Rosner, an analyst who in 2007 predicted the collapse in the market for the securities.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency this month said it issued 64 [...]
Tags: bank of america, economists, fannie mae, Federal Housing, financial market, Freddie Mac, housing market, investors, loan, money, mortgage bonds, mortgage securities, subprime mortgages, tax credit, treasurys, wall street
Real Estate Matters: Windfall lets 15-year mortgage work
July 18th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
We are looking at refinancing this week. We have about $250,000 equity in our home on a 30-year mortgage at 6.2 percent. We are three years into the mortgage. We are in our mid-50s. We know we will stay in this home for at least seven more years. We have just come into a very [...]
Tags: financial, foreclosures, homebuyers, housing market, interest rates, loans, mortgage, mortgage market, mortgage payments, mortgages, real estate, subprime mortgages, tax credit, US Economy
FHFA Subpoenas Firms That Sold Debt to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
July 13th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
The Federal Housing Finance Agency subpoenaed firms that sold mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the regulator aims to determine whether issuers can be held liable for losses on the debt.
FHFA, which has overseen the government-sponsored mortgage companies since they were placed under conservatorship in September 2008, issued 64 subpoenas seeking loan [...]
Tags: fannie mae, Federal Housing, FHA, Freddie Mac, jpmorgan, mortgage backed securities, mortgage market, subprime mortgages
Mortgage Investors Turn to State Courts for Relief
July 10th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
INVESTORS who lost billions on boatloads of faulty mortgage securities have had a hard time holding Wall Street accountable for selling the things in the first place.
For the most part, banks have said they can’t be called out in court on any of this because they had no idea that so many of these loans [...]
Tags: borrowers, business, housing market, investors, money, mortgage lenders, mortgage lending, mortgage market, mortgage payments, mortgage securities, subprime mortgages, wall street
Freddie: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at record low
July 8th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
Treasury-indexed ARM rates more than a percentage point lower than a year ago
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has hit a record low, ticking down to an average 4.57% in week ended July 8, compared with 4.58% in the prior week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
To obtain the latest rate, the mortgage required payment of an average 0.7 [...]
Tags: economists, fixed rates, foreclosure, Freddie Mac, home loans, housing market, money, mortgage, mortgage rates, subprime mortgages
Homebuying basics: What is a mortgage
July 6th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
There is often an assumption that everyone knows what a mortgage is. However, many first time homebuyers only have a very basic grasp of what a mortgage is and what role it plays in enabling them to buy a house. The objective of this article, therefore, is to provide a brief overview of what a [...]
Tags: bank, business, home loans, homebuyers, housing market, interest rates, investors, loan, money, mortgage payments, mortgages, secure loans, subprime mortgages
What Wall Street reform means for your mortgage
June 29th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
Predatory lending would likely become a thing of the past if proposed regulatory reform rules are put into practice. And that may mean that mortgages get more expensive and more difficult to get, lenders warn.
The new rules, which Congress is expected to vote on this week, require that financial institutions ensure that borrowers can afford [...]
Tags: borrowers, business, financial, financial crisis, home loans, homebuyers, housing market, interest rates, lenders, mortgage, Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage lenders, mortgage payments, real estate, subprime mortgages, us consumer
Troubled borrowers get help outside Obama mortgage plan
June 22nd, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
More troubled homeowners have fallen out of trial mortgage modifications than have received long-term help, a new government report released Monday shows.
But nearly half of these borrowers received alternate help, while only 7% have fallen into foreclosure, according to the latest report on the administration’s signature housing-rescue plan, Home Affordable Modification Program, known as HAMP.
Also, [...]
Tags: borrowers, financial crisis, foreclosures, home loans, homeowners, housing market, loan, mortgage, mortgage modification, Obama administration, subprime mortgages
BofA to pay $108M for Countrywide mortgage abuses
June 8th, 2010 by Mortgage Writer
Bank of America has agreed to pay $108 million to about 200,000 homeowners who paid improper and inflated charges to the defunct subprime mortgage lender that became the poster child of the housing apocalypse, Countrywide Financial.
The Federal Trade Commission said two mortgage-servicing units of Countrywide, which BofA acquired in 2008, “deceived homeowners who were behind [...]
Tags: bank of america, borrower, business, financial, homeowners, housing market, interest rates, mortgage market, mortgage servicer, real estate, subprime mortgages
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