Archive for May, 2011

St Louis Commercial Loans and Mortgage: Malls Still Vacant

Friday, May 20th, 2011


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St Louis Refinancing Loans and In-House Financing News: Malls Vacancies Hit All Time High
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Even as the economy picks up steam, many of the nation’s malls and shopping centers are suffering a hangover due to changing consumer habits and the fallout from a massive building boom. Mall vacancies hit their highest level in at least 11 years in the first quarter, new figures from real-estate research company Reis Inc. showed.

In the top 80 U.S. markets, the average vacancy rate was 9.1 percent, up from 8.7 percent. 

The outlook is especially bad for strip malls and other neighborhood shopping centers as seen by St Louis mortgage brokers.

Their vacancy rate is expected to top (more…)

St Louis Home Loan Mortgage: West In Double Dip Recession

Thursday, May 19th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Modification and Customer Financing News: Western United States Is Now In Double-Dip Recession
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New data released by Clear Capital today shows that home prices in the western part of the country are sliding again, down 4.3 percent over the first three months of this year.

Granted housing is inherently local, but the company says, taken on the whole, the West region has (more…)

St Louis Home Mortgage and Loan: Mortgage Lending Hard To Get

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011


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St Louis Mortgage Broker and Consumer Lending News: Mortgages Are Cheap… If You Can Get One
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According to the Federal Reserve, nearly a quarter of people who apply for home loans are turned down. The denial rates tell only half the story.

Many potential buyers aren’t even applying for loans because they assume they can’t get one according to St Louis loan experts. 

That shows up in credit scores for loans financed with backing from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The average credit score has risen to (more…)

St Louis Commercial Loan Modification: Court Upholds Foreclosure Note

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011


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St Louis Mortgage Refinancing and Home Loan News: Florida Appellate Court Says Foreclosure Note Is Enough And Thus Valid
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A trustee that holds a homeowner’s original note and mortgage has enough evidence to establish standing to foreclose even if the homeowner believes the trustee failed to provide documents showing an official assignment of the mortgage note, a Florida appellate court ruled. 

That’s the decision the Fourth District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida wrote in the Isaac vs. Deutsche Bank National Trust case according to St Louis home loan experts. 

The homeowners, who filed the complaint, appealed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment for (more…)

Principal Loan Reduction: BOA Sells Foreclosures

Monday, May 16th, 2011


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St Louis Commercial Loan and Consumer Lending News: Bank of America Sells 1300 Foreclosures Through NSP
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Bank of America (BOA) has resold 1,340 previously foreclosed homes to buyers who used grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The money comes from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).

Since July 2008, roughly $6 billion (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Broker and House Loan: Misery Index Is Bad News

Sunday, May 15th, 2011


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St Louis Finance Lending and Customer Financing News: Misery Index Means Trouble For Current Administration
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The Misery Index has proven costly to past presidential administrations.

This index is a simple calculation that became a political hot potato in the late 1970′s and early 1980′s.

By adding the unemployment rate and (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Refinancing Loan: US Credit Rating Lowered

Saturday, May 14th, 2011


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St Louis Home Loan Mortgage and Consumer Lending News: U.S. Credit Rating Outlook Lowered
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The S&P maintained its ‘AAA/A-1+’ credit rating on U.S. sovereign debt, saying the nation’s “highly diversified” economy and “effective monetary policies” have helped support growth.

But the agency lowered its outlook for America’s long-term credit rating to “negative” from “stable,” based (more…)

St Louis Lending and Refinancing: Mortgage Applications Up

Friday, May 13th, 2011


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St Louis Loan and Consumer Lending News: Home Mortgage Applications Appear To Be Up
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The housing market was happy to see that mortgage applications increased 5.3 percent according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 15, 2011. 

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 5.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier according to St Louis mortgage experts.

On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 5.9 percent compared with the previous week. The Refinance (more…)

St Louis Commercial Financing Loan: Gold Rises To New High

Thursday, May 12th, 2011


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St Louis Commercial Mortgage and Refinancing News: Gold Now Tops $1500 and May Go Higher
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Gold prices rising has topped a record $1,500 for the first time ever shattering an important psychological barrier as investors seek out investments thought to be (more…)

St Louis Home Refinancing Loan: Nearly Half Owe No Taxes

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011


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St Louis Mortgage Broker and Consumer Lending News: An Astonishing 46 Percent of Taxpayers Owe No Taxes
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For tax year 2010, roughly 46 percent of households, or about 69 million, will end up owing nothing in federal income tax, according to estimates by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

Some in that group will even end up getting paid money from the federal government.  But that does not (more…)