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Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market.   |
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November 27, 2009
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Banking on Clues From the FHA FHA funds report sheds some light on mortgage performance. |
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December 10, 2009
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The New Subprime Lender Please meet the FHA. |
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May 18, 2010
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The $215 Billion Hole in the Housing Market Underwater homeowners and the looming debt bomb. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Shubh Datta |
MGIC's Woes Multiply on Rising Mortgage Losses The United States' biggest mortgage insurer reported a second-quarter loss recently as loan defaults jumped. |
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. |
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 22, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Housing's Bottom Isn't Showing Yet While builders' shares have improved, the housing news remains weak. |
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
February 20, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2009
Mark Dellonte |
FHA Facts In today's tight credit market, multifamily owners and developers are challenged with finding financing. In such turbulent times, the Federal Housing Administration loan programs serve as good, reliable sources of capital. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Life After Fannie and Freddie: Canada Edition A modest proposal, modeled after our neighbors to the north. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Toby Shute |
Cure Rates and Housing Disease People are talking about a housing bottom today? Despite the share price recoveries among beaten-down builders like Lennar and D.R. Horton, I remain skeptical. |
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September 14, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Be Careful With This Bandwagon Home-equity loans present dangers for borrowers and banks alike. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002
Paul Muolo |
The Ginnie Mae Alternative Some enemies of Fannie and Freddie see hope in allowing Ginnie Mae to securitize high loan-to-value conventional mortgages. If it happens, it would be a coup for GE Capital Mortgage Insurance... |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Opportunity Interest rates on jumbo mortgages rose nearly half a percentage point in August, even as regular mortgage rates were mostly coming down. Is it time to raise the jumbo loan amount minimum? |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Fogging the Mirror in Mortgage Lending The housing industry is getting bogged down in the aftermath of subprime loans. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Good Credit Won't Save You Now The "adverse market" surcharge could cost mortgage borrowers thousands annually. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
HUD Raises Hackles on the Hill New rules slated to take effect on Oct. 1 will effectively reduce borrowers' leverage on most multifamily and health care loans backed by the FHA. Unless rescinded by HUD, the regulations will increase annual mortgage insurance premiums by 71%. |
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 |
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November 9, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Genworth Beats as Profits Shrivel Genworth profits shrink, but so do investment losses. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Mortgage Disaster Ahead? As interest rates go up, they can take you down. If your mortgage payments are suddenly higher, you probably have rising mortgage interest rates to blame. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Get Out While You Can The housing market is still a looming threat, and all those who have piled into shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other speculative names, on the expectation that housing and consumer spending won't see another dip, should think twice. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2008
Kristin Graham |
The Next Housing Catastrophe Waiting to Strike Just wait till you see what's lurking in the shadows of this housing mess. The subprime mess was the earthquake and the next wave of option-ARM resets will be the aftershock no one saw coming. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Are These Former Heroes Going to Zero? Mortgage insurers -- the companies that made it possible to put less than 20% down to buy a home -- have become victims of the housing bust. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
David Lee Smith |
7 States With Delinquency Problems The Mortgage Bankers Association guides us to where housing problems are the most severe. Clearly, housing's widespread overall recovery isn't imminent. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Woellert & Shenn |
Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie? The Administration is counting on the private sector to fill the gap in home lending if it trims the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
More Evidence Banks May Be Starting Another Race to the Bottom Defaulted on your mortgage recently? They'll consider you for a loan. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history. |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
Michael Sisk |
Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Woellert & Stein |
Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess The bailout of Fannie and Freddie could reach $1 trillion |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Is the Housing ATM Reopening? Many seniors will be glad to hear what a number of lending institutions are saying about reverse mortgages. They are getting less expensive. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homeowners Free-Riding on the Bank's Dime Foreclosed on, but still happily at home. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Woellert & Miller |
Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants. |
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February 1, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why We Care About Idiot Homeowners There are broad repercussions from homeowners who walk away from their homes. |
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February 14, 2013
Jennifer Popovec |
Housing Hurdles With homebuilders richly valued, is there room to grow? |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Extreme Bank Makeover, Continued Bank of America asks itself, "Does this mortgage lending business make my assets look too big?" |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
U.S. Banker
August 2001
Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008
Joseph Rosta |
GSE Loan-Limit Hikes Are A Band-Aid, Not a Cure Some analysts believe the GSEs will be unable to fulfill the intent of the stimulus measure. |
U.S. Banker
May 2003
John Engen |
Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Senate Passes Taxpayer Subprime Bailout The Senate, nearly unanimously, passed a bill that would allow the Federal Housing Administration to insure bigger mortgages with lower down payments. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: No More Jumbo Loans From Capital One Capital One pulls the plug on its nonconforming mortgage business. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Thornburg's Mortgage Migraine As the mortgage market keeps bracing for the worst, lender Thornburg Mortgage takes another hit. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2008
David Lee Smith |
This Builder Could Lead Housing's Recovery When housing awakens, Toll might be sounding the bell. |
