Archive for January, 2011

Mortgage St Louis: Home Mortgage Applications Down

Friday, January 21st, 2011


St Louis Mortgage and Real Estate News –

St Louis Principal Reduction and Loan Review: Mortgage Apps Are Down
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction

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Data from the Mortgage Banker’s Association shows home mortgage applications slumped last week as interest rates on 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose for the first time in six weeks.

Seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, for the week ended October 15 decreased 10.5 percent.

The four-week moving average of mortgage applications, which smooths the volatile weekly figures, was up 0.4 percent.

Demand for home refinancing loans fell for the sixth time in seven weeks according to St Louis mortgage experts.

The MBA’s seasonally adjusted (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Refinancing: SEC Disclosures

Thursday, January 20th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Audit News: SEC Wants Better Disclosure
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction

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The Securities and Exchange Commission wants issuers of asset-backed securities (ABS) to increase information to investors regarding loans and the assets that back them.

If the proposed rule is adopted, the SEC would require ABS issuers to disclose the process and findings (more…)

Home Mortgage St Louis: Home Sales Jump Up

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Audit News: Home Mortgage Sales Jump 10 Percent… But That Is Not Saying Much
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction

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Sales of previously occupied homes rose in the fourth quarter of 2010 after a dismal summer but remain well short of healthy levels according to St Louis home mortgage experts.

The National Association of Realtors says home sales grew about 10 percent in September to a (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Broker: Mortgage Rates Low But Going Up

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: Freddie Mac Says Mortgage Rate Hits New Record Low
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction

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The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage hit its lowest point in more than 50 years according to St Louis mortgage broker experts.

The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey reported the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage at 4.19 percent with an average 0.8 origination point (more…)

St Louis Foreclosures: FBI Investigating Foreclosure Mess

Monday, January 17th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Audit News: FBI Looking At Foreclosure Fiasco
Stopping Foreclosures | Principal Reduction Program |
Home Loan Modification Programs | Loan Audit | Loan Review | Forensic Audits
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As much as the big banks want to end the mess and move on, the country NEEDS this mess to be over even more so. The problem is that it looks like it will be around for a while.

Attorney generals in all 50 states are jointly investigating whether lenders violated state laws according to St Louis principal reduction experts.

Lawyers for evicted homeowners as well as those facing foreclosure are preparing lawsuits (more…)

St Louis Home Loans: Credit Card Delinquencies Falling

Sunday, January 16th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Audit and Finance News: Credit Card Delinquencies Edging Down
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction Program

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Credit card bank stocks slumped in the fourth quarter of 2010 with shares of Capital One Financial posting the worst decline among banks according to St Louis home loan experts.

Shares of other major U.S. banks also fell amid investor fears of a growing mortgage foreclosure crisis.

Credit card delinquencies, which indicate that consumers are late paying their bills, are an early sign of (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Loan: Home Loan Probe For Poor

Saturday, January 15th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: Republicans Probe Home Loans For Poor
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction

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Darrell Issa, who would head the lower chamber’s main investigative committee, told the Financial Times in an interview: “We should look at financial entities and either reform them or kill them.”

The conservative Republican from California, who would become chairman of the powerful House oversight and government reform committee, said hearings would focus (more…)

St Louis Loan Modification: 7 Million Mortgages Past Due

Friday, January 14th, 2011


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St Louis Commercial Mortgage and Loan Reduction News: 7 Million Mortgages Already Past Due
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There is startling news on the horizon that there are approximately 7,000,000 mortgages in the United States that are 30 or more days delinquent or in the process of foreclosure, according to new data from Lender Processing Services (LPS).

The Florida-based analytics and technology firm offered the media a preview recently of its September month-end mortgage performance figures, derived from the company’s loan-level database of nearly 39 million mortgage loans which shows that the home loan modification programs process has not worked.

Of the more than 7 million home loans in the country currently going unpaid, little over 2,000,000 have already commenced foreclosure proceedings and are no doubt scrambling for ways such as principal reduction program for stopping foreclosure (more…)

St Louis Commercial Loan: Government Involved In Foreclosure Mess

Thursday, January 13th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: The Government Is Getting More Involved In This Foreclosure Fiasco
Commercial Loans | Principal Reductions | Stopping Foreclosure

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Just recently, top prosecutors in all 50 states announced a coordinated probe into improper foreclosures by the nation’s largest loan servicers, but stopped short of calling for a freeze on all foreclosures.

The group of attorneys general and bank regulators says it will work to put an immediate stop to improper mortgage foreclosure practices, and review past and present practices by loan servicers and come up with potential remedies according to St Louis commercial mortgage loan experts.

The inquiry will be led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.  “This group has the backing of (more…)

St Louis Loan: Industrial Production Falls

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: Industrial Production Is Down
Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reductions

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The Federal Reserve reports that output at the nation’s factories, mines and utilities dropped 0.2 percent in September-October 2010.

Industrial production grew 4.8 percent in the July-September quarter, slower than the 7 percent gains in each of the first two quarter of this year according to St Louis loan experts.

Factory output, the largest element of industrial production, fell 0.2 percent last month. Manufacturing (more…)