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Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high   |
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July 19, 2004
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Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
3 Tips for Spring Homebuyers Falling home prices and upcoming rate adjustments on creative mortgages have current homeowners up against the ropes. It's a buyer's market. Take advantage! |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Are You Upside-Down? Falling property values have people owing more than their house is worth. If you're in this situation, don't panic. However, don't expect to find easy answers. |
AskMen.com
Alex Matjanec |
Tips For First-Time Home Buyers Though many homeowners are shaking their fists at the current housing market, this much is certain: Those considering a first home have a great opportunity to score their dream pad at a fraction of the cost. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
James Mehring |
More Scrutiny For High-Risk Mortgages New guidance put out by U.S. bank regulators warned lenders to keep up their due diligence when issuing exotic mortgages. The impact could be fewer mortgages and less demand for homes. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
AskMen.com
Jessica McGovern |
Right Time To Buy A House Incredibly low interest rates, a huge inventory and homeowners desperate for a quick sale seem to make this a once-in-a-generation opportunity, but with an investment this serious, it's a good idea to weigh up the pros and cons. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
David Meier |
Quick Take: Subprime Scariness The process, not the outcome, is the scary part of the subprime disaster. Who's to blame? The mortgage lenders? The home sellers? The buyers themselves? (Whatever happened to caveat emptor?) |
This Old House
Jeanne Baron |
FHA: The Best Bet for a Home Loan Now While other loan options have fizzled, the Federal Housing Administration has expanded and streamlined its lending to home buyers. Here are the details. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Paulson's Plan to Punish the Public Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to protect homebuyers from their mistakes -- extending loan teaser rates for a few years -- will punish us all. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Housing's Mess Makers If you think housing's in trouble only because of mortgagers' misdeeds, you've let a half-dozen other culpable groups off the hook. Here's at least a partial grouping of those at fault. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Mary Dalrymple |
Another Tax Break for Homeowners One more reason to buy a home. Lawmakers have extended a tax deduction for private mortgage insurance. You can now take advantage of this little perk through the end of the decade. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 12, 2007
Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure A look at what went wrong in the subprime industry and why. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Zainab Fattah |
Dubai: The First Foreclosure Barclays' landmark case paves the way for other lenders to go after homeowners in default |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2007
Richard Gibbons |
Profit From the Housing Bust Smart investors recognize opportunity when everyone else is panicking. If you are prepared to consider a very risky short strategy, then homebuilders and lenders might seem like obvious targets. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why Are Homeowners Idiots? There's nothing that confuses economists more than people not acting in their own best interest by continuing to pay a large mortgage on a devalued house. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Cut Off ARMs to Spite Your Face Mortgage products aren't the problem. Borrowers are. Used correctly, option ARMs provide flexibility that can be extremely helpful to borrowers whose cash flow isn't steady and predictable. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Skip the 20% Down Payment Conventional wisdom holds that it's best to buy a home by paying 20% of its price up front, but, maybe it's better to buy a home with little money down. |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Gittelsohn & Gopal |
Finding a Better Lifeline for Homeowners With mortgages underwater by a record $745 billion, regulators may force lenders to cut principal. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2005
Rich Smith |
Interested in Interest-Only? Here is a look at the risks that interest-only mortgages pose not only to homeowners, but to investors in the banks offering these seemingly sweet ( to homebuyers) deals. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Prudence Just Ain't FHA's Thing Raise down payment requirements may be a good idea. Factors that assign prime borrower status -- such as credit scores, monthly payments, and income -- aren't nearly as conducive to foreclosure as whether a homeowner owes more than their home is worth. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Payment Shock! The Fed worries that mortgage buyers will get blindsided by certain mortgages. If you're in the market for a home, look at all of the different types of mortgages available. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Not in Your Best Interest Danger lurks down the road for people with interest-only mortgages. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Palmeri & Kopecki |
Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Roundup Financial advisors should understand that the deflation of the real estate bubble presents investors with tough choices -- and intriguing opportunities. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 2, 2012
Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors' Prison Since the recovery of the housing market will undergird any broader recovery, we must address the current situation of these debtors' prisons. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson |
The Fed's Irresponsible Move The 2001 rate cuts caused the bubble that is now a crisis. Here we go again. |
This Old House
Mary Jo Patterson |
11 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Worried you won't be able to make your mortgage payments? Protect your home and your investment with this expert advice |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Bill Mann |
Better Catch That Cow! The feds wait until now to warn consumers about adjustable-rate mortgages? |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Banks Say No Thanks to Reverse Mortgages Should you do likewise? |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Negative Amortization Trap Negative amortization loans are the only way some homeowners can buy their homes, but they present a trap for the unwary. Only by managing your finances carefully can you avoid a potentially disastrous result. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
9 Mortgage Don'ts But no matter how much you owe, unless you're a lottery winner, you've probably used a mortgage to buy your home. Here are some tips on what not to do when making one of the biggest purchases of your life. |
