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Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – October 13 2010
10/13/2010 – 7:18 am PDT | No Comment
Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – October 13 2010

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year …

A Look at How Unregulated Servicers Are, and the Consequences for Leaving this Crisis
10/13/2010 – 6:00 am PDT | No Comment

The mortgage servicers (who we introduced here), the group of financial workers who have been involved with the wave of fraud and the reason foreclosures have shut down, aren’t really regulated. I want …

Figure Out Your Mortgage Payment – Buying A Home
10/12/2010 – 7:20 pm PDT | No Comment

If you are buying your first home you will find out that it is a very long and detailed process. You will have to show the bank your financial statements, proof of income and …

Home Loan Mortgage Modification In Northern California
10/12/2010 – 7:15 pm PDT | No Comment

 
 
Home Loan Modifications are the most effective way for most Americans to deal with inflated monthly mortgage payments. Let’s face it, the financial bubble popped a long time ago. However, there are still millions of …

40 State Attorneys General to Investigate Mortgage Fraud; Bank of America Halts Evictions Nationwide; Senator Reid Calls for More Suspensions
10/08/2010 – 3:54 pm PDT | No Comment

Bloomberg reports Attorneys General in 40 States Said to Join on Foreclosures
Attorneys general in about 40 states may announce a joint investigation into foreclosures at the largest banks and mortgage firms, according to a person …

10 Reasons Homebuyers Should Use a Mortgage Broker
10/03/2010 – 8:00 pm PDT | No Comment

Description: There are many benefits to using a mortgage broker when you buy a home.

A mortgage broker serves as the middleman between a homebuyer and the mortgage loan company. Many homebuyers think that they …

Greatest Obtain To Let Mortgage Calculators
09/30/2010 – 12:12 pm PDT | One Comment

 
Want to extend your income as being a landlord? Learn how by finding the very best acquire to permit mortgages. And whilst the Bank of England base fee is retained at just 4.5%, now is …

Charles Calomiris on High LTV, Then and Now
09/30/2010 – 9:25 am PDT | Comments Off

Charles Calomiris has an editorial in the FT calling for lower loan-to-value (LTV), Time to introduce minimum downpayments for mortgages:
Without high leverage the subprime boom and bust could not have happened. Risky no-docs borrowers would …

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – September 29 2010
09/29/2010 – 6:48 am PDT | Comments Off

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year …

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – September 22 2010
09/22/2010 – 7:06 am PDT | Comments Off

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year …