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The Real Estate Deal Shopping for a commercial real estate loan can be tricky. Here's what you need to stay balanced. |
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April 2007
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One Step Ahead Options for buying a home when you can't prove income. |
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August 16, 2007
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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. |
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February 15, 2011
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Good Credit Won't Save You Now The "adverse market" surcharge could cost mortgage borrowers thousands annually. |
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August 18, 2010
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You Really Need to Do This Again Mortgage rates are down again. Time to refi? |
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July 19, 2004 |
"Points" Explained If you're shopping for a new home and mortgage, you're going to hear a lot about points. Learn what points are before you pay them. |
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August 28, 2006 |
Is Refinancing Worth It? Believe it or not, it may not be too late to refinance your mortgage. |
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November 2, 2006 |
Mortgage Points, Explained If you're learning about mortgages, you'll hear the term "points" a lot. A "point" is 1% of the value of the mortgage loan. |
This Old House
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How to Escape Mortgage Disaster If you foresee trouble making you mortgage payments next year, don't panic - there are options out there to help you stay afloat |
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Community Banks Step Into a New Role Banks can band together with other similarly situated community banks to share the credit risk through a loan participation or syndication arrangement. |
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Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. |
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Points for Mortgage Savvy It doesn't always pay to pay discount points. |
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Tackling Student Debt Because high levels of student loan debt are far more common than they used to be, you should expect queries from clients about how to minimize their own balances, in addition to those of their grown children. |
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August 9, 2007
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Get the Point on "Points" If you're shopping for a new home and mortgage, you're going to hear a lot about origination and discount points. There's a time you should pay points, and a time you should skip them. |
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The Loan Request Package How to request -- and get -- the best loan from today's limited lending sources |
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June 21, 2006 |
Some Debt Is OK The important thing is the interest rate -- and your ability to pay. |
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September 24, 2004 |
Some Debt Is OK Pay attention to the interest rates you're paying on your debt. |
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Making the Most of Refis Mortgage lenders and analysts support the idea of an effective prepayment tool that would assign numbers to individual borrowers based on their propensity to refinance, but they're cautious in their optimism. |
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The Mortgage Crisis: Where to Go for Help The Fed's decision to lower interest rates means more people might be looking for home loans again. These Web-based resources can help you avoid the risky ones, and find the loan that's right for you. |
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July 19, 2010
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71% of Lenders to Adopt Online Lending Technology, Survey Finds Study also projects that online mortgage-application volume will triple by 2013. |
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Off Balance Do commercial borrowers benefit from bank relationships? |
BusinessWeek
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Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
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July 14, 2003
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Home Loans with Bells and Whistles Some new twists on mortgages offer more flexibility -- for a price. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2007
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5 Reasons to Scrimp for a Down Payment Of the million or so hurdles you can encounter between you and your first home, the down-payment hurdle can sometimes loom the largest. It's not easy, but it can save you more money down the road. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2009
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Demystifying Defeasance The credit markets are frozen and conduit lenders are not lending, but defeasance transactions are still closing. What role does this financing strategy play in today's market? |
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March 19, 2007
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Under The Fed's Hammer How Fed rate hikes have turned into a regressive tax on weak borrowers. |
Bank Technology News
April 2006
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Online Mortgage Delivery: Fannie And Freddie Await An E-boom GSE execs say innovation at all stages of the lending process and pressure from the waning refi boom spell imminent growth in the Web-enabled mortgage secondary market. |
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September 24, 2007
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Is Your Home A Tax Trap? If you've refinanced your mortgage, you may owe the IRS more than you thought. |
The Motley Fool
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Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
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February 1, 2007
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Attached Strings to Conduit Loans As a property investor's real estate management needs and development skills expand, the nature of the loans that investor buys into begins to take on new meaning. |
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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. |
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April 2011
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Midsize Is Now a Fit for SBA By utilizing new SBA options offered through legislation redefining small business, banks can help small and midsize businesses benefit from better access to credit. |
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August 2010
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The Future Looks Smart for Mortgage Tools Considering that retail financial services is more than a decade into the Internet age, the relative lack of penetration of sophisticated mortgage loan application tools is surprising. |
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September 24, 2007
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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? |
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April 2, 2007
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Free Mortgage? Look Again Free offers are rarely simple acts of kindness. When you see a no-cost mortgage, ask your lender about what exactly is free. |
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September 2008
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The Going Rate Think long-term when it comes to refinancing. |
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Sep/Oct 2003
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Lenders Tighten Loan Standards in Reaction to Uncertain Economy With interest rates at record lows, demand for new mortgage loans remains strong. However, in today's anemic economic climate, lenders face increased risk of making non-performing loans. Commercial lenders have implemented new safeguards and follow stricter policies to minimize exposure. |
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Time To UnARM Yourself? As rates climb and the housing market cools, it may be time to ditch your adjustable rate mortgage. Here's some help on whether to do so. |
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February 28, 2011
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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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More Evidence Banks May Be Starting Another Race to the Bottom Defaulted on your mortgage recently? They'll consider you for a loan. |
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March 5, 2007
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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. |
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February 15, 2008
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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? |
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Sep/Oct 2011
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Loan Language What can borrowers negotiate under today's stricter standards? |
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Jul/Aug 2010
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Both Sides Now Commercial property borrowers and lenders must face the music together with a plan. |
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April 1, 2005
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Echoes of the Mortgage Boom With more institutions vying for the business of fewer customers, it's more important than ever for mortgage players seeking to grow revenues to improve service by offering new and differentiated mortgage products, such as Web-based offerings. |
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July 29, 2005
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Loan Points to Ponder Paying interest up front on a home loan? Learn the right way to deduct it. |
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December 19, 2007
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Tougher Credit Days Ahead The subprime-lending crisis may affect us non-subprime folks, too. |
