Archive for Home Loan News
High Rate Mortgages for Option ARMs Slow Housing Recovery
Shirley Breitmaier’s mortgage payment started out at $98 when she refinanced her three-bedroom home in Galt, Calif., in 2007. The 73-year-old widow may see it jump to $3,500 a month in two years. Breitmaier took out a payment-option adjustable rate mortgage, a loan popular during the housing boom for its initially low minimum payments. According [...]
Fed Considering Slowing Bad Credit Mortgage Securities
Bad credit mortgage loans have not disappeared. A recent report indicated that poor performing mortgage securities were still a concern and the loan modification craze certainly has not helped the subprime mortgage or FHA loan market. The Federal Reserve will probably slow its rate of mortgage-backed securities purchases this year to make room for private [...]
Jumbo Mortgage Problems Hurting High End Home Sales
The limited availability and high cost of jumbo mortgage products not backed by the government is taking a toll on sales of high-priced homes, a trend that’s rippling through housing markets and the economy, according to a new research report by the National Association of Realtors. The mortgage lending report floats the idea of temporarily [...]
Mortgage Rates Fall Again for 30 Year Home Loans
Home mortgage rates on 30-year home loans plunged this week to the lowest level since January, and are poised to fall further after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to prop up the flailing housing market. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that average rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages dropped to 4.98 [...]
Subprime Loans and Delinquencies Rise as Foreclosures Loom
With new subprime originations all but extinct, subprime mortgage lenders continue to focus their efforts on helping troubled borrowers. Delinquencies and loan modifications increased again while foreclosure actions stalled in the fourth quarter of 2008. The volume of bad credit mortgage loans continues to drop but the demand for bad credit mortgages continues to rise. [...]
Will Obama Mortgage Plan Sinking Home Financing
Ben Tracy reports on whom Obama’s housing plan will risk the mortgage lending system. 20% of U.S. homeowners with mortgage loans are “underwater,” meaning they owe more money to their mortgage lender than their property is worth. Borrowers who have mortgage loans above the conforming and FHA loan limits are not eligible for the federal [...]
Mortgage Bailout Debate
On Fox News, Glenn Beck & Bill O’Reilly discuss the revolution of the mortgage bailout, loan modifications, bad credit refinancing and how the recent stimulus plan can help pull our economy out of this deep recession. Watch Mortgage Bailout Video as Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly debate on Obama’s mortgage relief bill, the housing and financial [...]