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| Reverse Mortgages: This Income Source Isn't For Everyone Investorplace.com Finding more ways to generate income can be the difference between "just getting by in retirement" and "retiring comfortably." For those seeking an additional bump in monthly income — in particular, for those who reside in a home in which they've ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Drop in Interest Rates Boosts Demand for Home Mortgages DailyFinance mortgage applications rise interest rates fall Joe Raedle/Getty Images A for-sale sign in front of a Miami home on Tuesday. A report Wednesday showed more consumers applied for mortgages last week, driven in part by a drop in mortgage rates. NEW YORK ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US to ease modifications on Fannie, Freddie-backed mortgages York Daily Record The overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is directing mortgage loan servicers this summer to begin offering a simplified mortgage modification to some struggling borrowers whose loans are backed by the two enterprises. Beginning July 1, the Federal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Community bankers bemoan fate of 'bread and butter' mortgages Savannah Morning News STATESBORO — Pembroke's First Bank of Coastal Georgia is one of the few community banks in the state that dodged the mortgage meltdown. Of the bank's $9 million worth of mortgages in 2012, the institution repossessed only a handful of properties. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home Value Highest Since '07 as U.S. Houses Make Cash: Mortgages San Francisco Chronicle Originations for so- called junior, or second, mortgages should rise 10 percent to almost $83 billion this year, from about $75 billion in 2012, said Shaun Richardson, a vice president at Icon Advisory Group, a mortgage analytics firm in Greensboro ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Five Things, March 27: Reverse Mortgages, Sunny Weather Patch.com Today's weather forecast -- 48 degrees and sunny. A seminar about reverse mortgages will be held at 6 p.m.; Check out this new cafe in Waltham. Stay up to date with Waltham news with our free daily newsletter. Check out our latest blog on mothers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Energy efficient homes make for less risky mortgages Electric Light & Power The sample was restricted to single-family, owner-occupied homes whose mortgages were contracted during 2002-2012. RESNET supplied both the addresses and the homes' HERS Index Scores to the University of North Carolina for the purposes of this ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Quality of Federal Mortgages Improved in Fourth Quarter of 2012 LoanSafe (Source: OCC) – The overall quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from the prior quarter and from the same period a year ago according to a report released today by the Office of the Comptroller ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nordea Chairman Says What Bubble as He Buys Apartment: Mortgages San Francisco Chronicle Swedbank AB, Sweden's biggest mortgage lender, has deliberately been losing market share in an effort to protect itself from impairments, Chief Executive Officer Michael Wolf said on Dec. 4. The Swedish housing market probably faces "some sort of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home is where the retirement money is Financial Post (blog) Sean Morphy and his wife got a very competitive mortgage rate when they made the jump to home ownership a little over a year ago but it took a long-term relationship with a mortgage professional to get them there. Continue reading. Allan Hoegg says ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mortgages muggings and the gutter press Cyprus Property News Magazine I have received questions from many people asking if they should continue making their regular mortgage repayments to their banks in Cyprus, even though some of them are in difficulty and may not be around for much longer. In a word, the answer is YES. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Banks Cut Soured Mortgages on Rate Risks: South Africa Credit San Diego Source (subscription) Banks Cut Soured Mortgages on Rate Risks: South Africa Credit. By Renee Bonorchis, Bloomberg News. Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Article; Comments. March 27 (Bloomberg) -- South African banks are rushing to reduce souring home loans as bets ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Permanent TSB becomes first bank to offer deals on distressed mortgages BreakingNews.ie Permanent TSB has said it is offering around 500 distressed borrowers deals such as split mortgages, where part of their loan has been set aside. Just 1% interest will apply to the part of the mortgage that has been parked. It is the first of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mortgages for first time buyers: New BSA Property tracker stats released FirstRungNow While half of first time buyers said getting access to mortgage financing represented a barrier when it came to buying a property during March 2012, that had slipped to 34 per cent this month, according to the Building Societies Association's latest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Canadians opt for locked-in mortgages to secure rates StarPhoenix It's not that hard to get a five-year fixed-rate mortgage for around three per cent today with a little bit of negotiating. By comparison, a floating rate mortgage will at best generate maybe 40 basis points off of the prime lending rate of three per ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Poles take out fewer mortgages Warsaw Business Journal The number of mortgage loans granted in Poland fell by 12.5 percent in 2012, credit information unit Biuro Informacji Kredytowej (BIK) said. Banks granted 217,000 such loans last year, which is 31,000 fewer than in 2011. Only 9 percent of the loans ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US takes steps to ease burden on struggling homeowners Reuters Officials did not provide an estimate of how many homeowners would be able to qualify; only about 3.3 percent of mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were deemed seriously delinquent in January, according to FHFA. Since the two companies ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New mortgage program offers lower payments USA TODAY Under the Streamlined Modification Initiative, borrowers with loans backed by mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be at least 90 days delinquent on their mortgages and and make three trial payments on time. The initiative is being ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gov't eases mortgage rules for troubled borrowers Las Vegas Sun The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the two government-controlled lenders, says borrowers who are at least 90 days delinquent on their mortgages won't have to submit financial documents to qualify for a permanent loan modification if ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PP Aims to Change Spanish Mortgage Law Within Two Months Bloomberg Spain's governing People's Party aims to approve within two months steps to ease pressure on people in arrears with their mortgages, without giving into demands to let them surrender their homes to cancel their debts. The changes to the law will make ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fannie, Freddie to Ease Loan-Modification Rules Wall Street Journal Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will simplify their mortgage-modification policies, waiving a requirement that borrowers who are already seriously delinquent on their mortgages prove hardship, the companies' federal regulator said Wednesday. The policy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate Revenue Committee Agrees to Reinstate Reverse Mortgage Holders Tillamook Headlight Herald The Alliance consists of senior citizens with reverse mortgages who were enrolled in the state's senior-citizen property tax deferral program. Those seniors were dropped from the deferral program in 2011 by action of the state legislature. The 5,000 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sublime Subprime Forbes Mortgage-backed securities are "incredibly nongeneric," so 300-employee Pine River has a team of analysts to hunt for buys that aren't backed by any government agency guaranty. Obtaining detailed knowledge about the mortgage servicers, credit quality ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Homeowners Less Underwater But Raft Of Refis Unlikely FNMA FMCC Investor's Business Daily Mortgage interest rates still near record lows are alluring — those who bought during the boom could save a bundle in the long haul. The challenge is securing a refinancing package that makes financial sense and doesn't involve jumping through a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Critical effort to save affordable housing underway Lahaina News At one time, Maui had about 40 condominium properties where home buyers could use mortgages backed by the federal government to buy a relatively affordable home. Due to the wild swings in the mortgage approval process following the Great Recession ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Fewer metro Atlanta homeowners 'underwater' on mortgages | The ... Follow us on Twitter @AJCBiz Many metro Atlantans and Georgians continue to be stuck with properties that are worth less than the outstanding loans on them, blogs.ajc.com/.../fewer-metro-atlanta-homeowners-underwater... | ||
| OCC: OCC Reports on Mortgage Performance for Fourth Quarter The overall quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from the prior quarter and from the same period a year ... www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news.../nr-occ-2013-56.html | ||
| San Antonio housing market facing reduction in troubled mortgages... The number of troubled mortgages on the national front continued to tick down in. .. www.bizjournals.com/.../share-of-troubled-mortgages-in-san.h... | ||
| Reverse Mortgages Look Good Even If You Don't Need One ... Today's low interest rates make reverse mortgages something of a bargain, one professor points out. www.thestreet.com/.../reverse-mortgages-look-good-even-if-y... | ||
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