Stanley Kurtz: HOW ACORN & ITS DEM ALLIES BUILT THE MORTGAGE DISASTER, and how Obama is right in the middle of it
UPDATED Please scroll down I didn’t have a chance to post on it yesterday, but Maria and a couple of friends sent this, ... to relax their credit standards as well, local banks would never make home loans to customers with bad ... to force banks into making high-risk loans to low-credit customers is still active. None [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 12:37:34
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Buying a home with creative financing
With home prices falling and problems in mortgage markets continuing, buyers and sellers both stand to benefit from creative financing ... broker, even with bad credit. Before the growth of the subprime loan market, there were swindlers ... ,” for home buyers who didn’t meet traditional qualifications because of credit, income or job [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 14:31:04
Can't Anybody Play This Game? The McCain Campaign Defies Belief
You know, we have llike seen this before. On health care: ... to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those ... McCain started with a tax credit that was equal in aggregate to the additional tax he levied [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 05:19:26
After the Bailout, Bank Stocks are a Bad Deal for Investors Now
The $250 billion bank bailout announced Monday is a great improvement on the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) ... have invested in troubled mortgage loans, relics of a home mortgage bubble that should never ... . You haven’t received Uncle Sam’s credit card bill yet. Under the new bailout plan, the government [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 12:59:00
Taking Home Mortgage Loans
by John Bear If you are looking to refinance your current mortgage, there are several options available for you ... refinancing would involve taking a new mortgage, mortgage companies require you to present various ... that an applicant wouldn’t just do anything bad to tarnish their perfect credit report. So they approve a no doc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:59:45
2nd Mortgage Rate
2nd Mortgage Rate August 12th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Do you own a home? ... . Applying for a home equity loan can be quick and painless. Even with bad credit, it may still ... or to purchase a car? Right now, mortgage rates are at the lowest they have been in decades [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 14:23:58
Interest Only and Credit Card Debt
by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 10:19:52
Interest Only and Credit Card Debt
by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 08:22:54
Interest Only and Credit Card Debt
by Mary Bush Well, here is an example of the system that isn’t functioning as intended: a mortgage loan that encourages paying off one debt, ... as if to say, ‘You mean you can’t pay?’ What do these loan and credit companies think they’re going ... product, let’s give the bad credit crowd a chance to make an even worse decision, and finance a home [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 15:03:54
FHA Mortgage Insurance Updates… Will this Increase Your Monthly Payment?
... from the current 1.5% of the loan amount to 2.25% for “high risk” or bad credit borrowers. Yearly Mortgage ... not seem like much but the closing costs were already higher than average with an FHA loan [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 23:55:49
GA Mortgages: FHA Refinancing With Bad Credit
by Brenda Puckett You can’t turn on the television or open a newspaper or magazine without encountering a new headline showing the meltdown of the ... loan. FHA loan guidelines allow refinancing with higher debt ratios. They allow you to qualify ... guidelines due to past credit problems or because your home’s value has not gone up as fast [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 09:12:32
'Too Much House' Buyers To Be Rewarded?
The Treasury and FDIC are considering a plan to guarantee about $500 billion of bad mortgages in an attempt to reduce the total number of ... , and not their ability to afford the home. If homeowners also took out a home equity line of credit, no problem ... as 3 million loans into ones that homeowners would actually be able to afford (imagine that). In [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 15:51:36
Should You Walk Away From Your Home?
(source) Despite the struggle, most responsible homeowners don’t think twice about whether they should make the mortgage payment each month ... back from bad credit and don’t want to let your credit score sink again. Whether you choose to fight ... a shot at a loan modification, when you can just take the “Free Housing For Six Months Package” [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 22:29:29
Bailout developments reax
By TigerHawk at 9/24/2008 08:43:00 PM The president's speech was useful and important ... president could say: Easy credit — combined with the faulty assumption that home values would continue to rise — led to excesses and bad decisions. Many mortgage lenders approved loans for borrowers without [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 01:46:48
The bailout may be killed by add-ons
The bailout may be killed by add-ons Posted Sep 22nd 2008 4:01AM by Douglas McIntyre Filed under: Deals, Bad news, Law, ... to potentially allow purchases of instruments such as car loans, credit-card debt and other devalued assets ... , if the plan is extended to include individual home mortgages and things like auto loans, the size [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 12:35:18
The bail-out may be killed by add-ons (pfblogs.org)
Filed under: Deals, Bad news, Law, HousingThe list of additions to the $700 billion Paulson bail-out plan could well kill it ... , "a change to potentially allow purchases of instruments such as car loans, credit-card debt and other ... , if the plan is extended to include individual home mortgages and things like auto loans, the size [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 08:51:01
So, What Is A PMI?
Buying a home is a realization of a life long dream and for many a symbol of “making it” in life ... of the American and the world economy; many experts believe. Consumers with bad credit wishing to attain ... in order to recover the lost costs of the loan. Mortgages were a favourite way of buying homes before [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 09:42:48
Monday: Bi-Partisan Bank Robbery?
I don’t pretend to understand Credit Derivative Swaps and financial ‘instruments’ and it looks like the people who have been playing with them for ... like the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) where the government would restructure and refinance bad mortgages from individual homeowners and make them affordable. The theory goes that if those [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 12:26:24
FHA Guidelines On Bankruptcy
One of the most touching experiences loan officers go through when we conduct marketing campaigns seeking FHA mortgage prospects are the borrowers who call us wanting to buy a home for their family but they just have too much bad credit to overcome in order to qualify for even an FHA loan. Often they have a bankruptcy. First, here are FHA’ [more...]
Date: 2008-06-14 00:26:57
It's the Housing Market, Stupid
Bad real estate loans helped set off the global credit crunch. Can modifications on home mortgages speed a recovery? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 11:37:35
The Bad Paper Chase
And the handout/buyout craze continues. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed assets in another attempt ... obligations from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as the Federal Home Loan Banks ... also unveiled a new program to help unfreeze the market that backs consumer debt such as credit cards [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 00:46:42
Need a Loan Modification? Here are Six Ways You Might Qualify
by Joshua W. Davidson Let’s face the facts, the San Diego area mortgage market and home market has had some wild declines over the past eighteen months to a few years, depending on the location. Along with other adjustment to borrowing rules, it is almost absurd for nearly all fighting to survive real estate owners to refinance their home loans into realistic specifications. Fortunately, worried homeowners still have a chance at getting their loan changed by their existing lender. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 19:23:47
Wasting away
Not a day goes by here without new arguments why interest rates won’t rise. They go like this: The weather’s been good since last winter ended. People are enjoying it. They play and prosper in the sun. If the snows come it will be bad. We are not ready. We will suffer. Therefore the government will not allow it to be so. Other variations, too. Like pointing to Japan where rates have stayed low for two decades. Or claiming central banks will print money, buy all the bonds, and keep rates low. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 01:48:24
How to Hedge Against Inflation With a Home Equity Loan
Home equity loans were a large part of the consumer credit expansion that fueled the economy for more than a decade. The housing market bubble drove up housing asset prices, but without refinancing a homeowner couldn’t spend their new found fortune unless they got a home equity line of credit. If you are unaware of the coming wave of inflation that will threaten to unravel the global financial systems, all I can say is wise up or read some of my previous articles . If you are aware of [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 14:00:00
Bailed Banks
The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis has been a failure. The banks welcome public money to remove toxic assets from their books, insured by we-the-taxpayers, as well as the hundreds of billions in direct handouts, but they’ve hardly returned the favor. They’ve used these funds to pay mega salaries and prop up stock values, choices that obviously benefit them. They needed public support, no one wanted the system to collapse. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 21:58:57
Dealing With the Sub-Prime Crisis and Home Loan Modifications | ArticlesBase.com
The United States of America is considered the world's greatest when it comes on to capital and investments opportunities. Other countries especially third world depends on the U.S. for advice and/or loan development. In the early 2000's, there was excess capital world wide, the number of sub prime mortgage loans rose significantly. No one did imagine there would be a global financial crisis and everyone investing their hard earned money was only concerned about where to invest to make a higher return. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 15:13:53
The 7 new rules of financial security
In a world turned upside down, you must re-examine some basic assumptions. A good place to start: understanding the true nature of risk.John Maynard Keynes, the Depression-era economist who’s having quite the comeback, once quipped when he was accused of inconsistency: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”Money has long advocated the benefits of consistency in your investing and financial planning. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 10:57:27
Like itâ Tell?? Sat Loan Modification scam before it costs you your home
The combination of a complex service, desperation of those who leave the service and a new, wide-open market with little regulation, the possibility for fraudsters to have the advantage of a situation that can bring a quick score with them. The biggest problem for the victims of fraud in the loan modification generally isnâ? T the money, itâ? S the effect of time and missed payments to foreclosure. In terms of sheer numbers, the frequency of the loan modification is limited to relatively low. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 10:57:42
Foreclosure Scams You Want To Avoid
by Adam Whazzer Foreclosure is one of the worst things that can happen to a homeowner. Knowing there are scammers waiting to prey on your desperation and vulnerability makes the situation even more worrisome. Thousands have fallen prey to phony foreclosure counseling, phantom help, bait and switch, rent to buy, and bankruptcy foreclosure scams. Being able to know the telltale signs of a foreclosure rescue scam can save you the agony and suffering of becoming yet another victim. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 19:23:35
More Rough Times Ahead for U.S. Economy, despite Recent Improvements
RISMEDIA, September 29, 2009—Despite recent signs of improvement, more rough times are ahead for the U.S. economy, according to several prominent experts in real estate and the economy who attended a recent forum at the Nixon Presidential Library. “You look at the numbers and everything points to the fact that we not only have bottomed, but things seem to be improving,” said Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics, citing increases in durable goods orders, exports and auto sales. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 21:07:59
Walk A Mile In The Loan Modification Business
by Adam Whazzer Who is there to Help Those Who are Called to Provide Help? I work at a Foreclosure Defense Law Firm which happens to also engage in the practice of Loan Modifications. I am not an attorney nor am I here to provide or imply legal advice. The Loan Mod & Foreclosure Defense business has gotten a bad rap due to some bad apples in the bunch but there are some of us who actually care about what we do and to protect Homeowners and their Families from impending Foreclosure. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 17:25:39
The decline and fall of the evils of socialism
NY Times: A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of Socialism’s slow collapse. Even in the midst of one of the greatest challenges to capitalism in 75 years, involving a breakdown of the financial system due to “irrational exuberance,” greed and the weakness of regulatory systems, European Socialist parties and their left-wing cousins have not found a compelling response, let alone taken advantage of the right’s failures. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 11:16:00
How To Obtain A Mortgage Loan Modification To Prevent Foreclosure
In today's economic environment, mortgage foreclosure hurts everyone. The homeowner's credit score is destroyed and, most importantly, they are forced out of their homes causing them to lose everything they put into the property. The homeowners' neighborhood loses as property values decline, crime rates go up, and the tax base evaporates. And the lenders lose because the cost of foreclosure is extremely high and they must report foreclosures as non-performing assets. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 15:17:38
In The News Today
Barrick and its OTC Short of Gold Derivative Obligations: I am asked constantly how Barrick can cover all their hedges. The answer is quite simple. Barrick does not have to buy one ounce of gold. You buy your way out of hedge contracts with paper money. The simple question is what does the long side want to release the obligation in light of future possible profits on the position? What a hell of a needlessly expensive mess. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 19:48:55
Latest Tips For Using Loan Calculators To Save Money
September 28, 2009 | By John Boone In Finance | by Ann WhittakerImagine the next time you join a discussion about simple loan payment calculators. When you start sharing the fascinating loan calculator facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed.Financing your dream car and keeping bad credit at bay is as simple as 1-2-3. Financial institutions are increasingly becoming flexible about bad credit personal loan applications. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 20:24:26
The Three Factors of Personal Loans
by Martin Elmer A personal loan (consumer loan, private loan) could be an option, if you are short on money. But before you are raising a loan, you better learn about concepts like security, fees and interest rates. So what is a consumer loan? A consumer loan is a loan taken by an individual. Normally the loans are raised to pay for some kind of buying expense (like a television or a vacation). But it can also be relevant to take a loan to pay other debt. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 19:25:44
Home Loan Modification – Can You Modify to a Lower Mortgage Rate?
Getting a home loan modification can greatly help you avoid foreclosure and stay in your home. By modifying to a lower mortgage rate or mortgage payment could go a long way to helping you save your financial career. If you go through the foreclosure process you are going to find that it will be impossible to buy on credit for almost a decade. This may not sound that bad but in all reality it makes life extremely difficult. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 19:19:52
A Perfect Time to Refinance Your Car
by Frank Jenkins Now is a great time to refinance a car loan if your monthly car payments are higher than what you can afford. By getting a refinance you’ll be able to reduce your monthly payment and have a lower interest rate. Basically, a new lender will simply pay off the old one, and the interested party will set up a new contract through the new lender, obviously with less of a monthly payment. By finding a lender with a better rate you save money in the long run. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 16:33:01
Two clubs for small mortgage banks; Freddie pushes back 10/1 changes; GMAC steps in to TBW role
Out here in California, some in the business have been following the case of 28-yr old Garret Gililland III. Originally from the Sacramento area, he was just captured in Spain and brought back to California to face charges of a $100 million mortgage fraud ring. In yet another example of what seems to make the headlines for mortgage brokers, Gililland fled in June 2008 with at least $250,000 in cash. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 14:40:26
Profiting from Payday Loans in 2009
On an otherwise normal evening in 1964, a woman known as “Miss Witness” received a disturbing telephone call from alleged loan shark Frank Sacco ... . Prices are still crashing - currently sitting about 35% below a year earlier. Credit is nearly frozen. Banks and credit card companies alike are buckling down and leaving very little money free [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:38:12
Refinancing Your Mortgage With Bad Credit
by Chris Bird So many people are trying to refinance their mortgages today. A lot of people are doing this because they have lost their jobs and are getting less income. The income from unemployment is only a certain amount of what your income is when you are at work. The only problems with trying to refinance mortgage with bad credit is that they are getting turned down either due to lower income or due to having bad credit. Unfortunately, a lot of people have bad credit and can’t get a loan. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 13:05:49
Bad Credit Mortgage Refinance – Bank Mortgage Rates Dropping?
Getting a bad credit mortgage refinance is something that many Americans are trying to do in the current economic environment. Many banks are advertising mortgage rates that are very close to historic lows. It is hard to do any home or mortgage search without seeing ads that show mortgage rates well below 5%. If you are a bad credit borrower it is unlikely that you will have access to these rates but you can still benefit by refinancing. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 14:21:48
Why would anyone buy a home today?
From MarketWatch: Home buyers advised to look before they leap Fox-Pitt Kelton home-builder analyst Robert Stevenson said Wednesday he thinks this year will turn out to be “a bad time to buy a home” as the U.S. economy loses more jobs ... or no down payment and shaky credit scores are long gone. For buyers, the big fear is purchasing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:21:09
Latest Pajamas Media Column (’Obama’s Race Against the Economy’) Is Up (UPDATES: Other Favorable Signs; Thoughts on NBER’s Recession Call)
It went up here yesterday. The sub-headline is: If a recovery begins too soon, a massive “stimulus” package might not be needed. Democrats consider that a bad thing. It will go up tomorrow morning at BizzyBlog (link won’ ... 19, 2008. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was 1245.4 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 13:02:59
Try getting a loan
by Misha Weidman: I’ve been talking to lenders over the last few weeks to get a sense of the credit crunch from their side of the desk ... have a stash of cash ready to go for your down payment and your credit score better be impeccable – or you’ll ... . Several were loan officers at big retail banks like Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Others were [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 16:35:30
Mortgage Refinance – Tips and Ideas to Help You Apply For Mortgage
Mortgage refinance is one of the best ways to save money and increase savings. Doing your homework in terms of research will definitely help you to avoid the hidden cost and other expenditures. It not only lowers the monthly payment as the interest rate drops but also shortens the tenure of the loan period which is anytime beneficial to clear the debt as soon as possible. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 18:16:17
FHA chatter; News from MERS, Wells, Flagstar; Home price index not as bad as feared
As my grandfather used to say, “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”* Apparently the folks at Sunwest Bank , out of Tustin, CA, felt the same way. Clients received a letter saying, “I regret to inform you that as of October 2, 2009, Sunwest Bank will be suspending its mortgage banking operations. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 19:04:07
The Poverty Business
Sorry if this appears to be an older article, and not latest headlines, just thought it was interesting - loki The Poverty Business Inside U.S ... into Byrider, Tsosie drove off, jubilant, in a 1999 Saturn subcompact she bought entirely on credit ... access to credit has put cars, computers, credit cards, and even homes within reach for many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:45:24
Bad Credit Home Loans – Unemployed and Need Money Help?
Bad credit home loans are something that have gained in popularity since the beginning of the recession. Many borrowers who once had good credit now have bad credit. Some of these borrowers are unemployed and need money help. Unfortunately these hard working Americans have been put in a tough situation that is sometimes hard to get out of. Luckily for them there are companies out there who will help paying or getting a bad credit home loan. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 17:22:22
Devise your own Credit Repair Plan
by Rob Kosberg You found yourself in a very bad financial situation. You may feel emotional, hopeless, guilty or all of them ... . You will be particularly concerned with credit cards and perhaps small loans. List the cards with highest ... income. This is the amount of your salary that goes for necessities such as mortgage, car loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:53:58
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