Posts Tagged ‘loans’

St Louis Mortgage Analysts No Longer Optimistic at HAMP Stopping Foreclosures

Sunday, April 18th, 2010


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News: Even the Treasury With Mixed Comments Knows  HAMP Not Working

With the numerous reported failures of the federal program known as HAMP, inside senior officials seem to be jumping on the band wagon sharing their new found pessimistic viewpoints on where this program may be headed.

With letters being traded between Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP),  and one key senator, he has recently said (more…)

St Louis Home Loan Experts Reports Home Mortgage Fraud Down

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010


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News: Fraudulent Home Mortgage Practices Are Dropping

A report just released said one in every 200 residential loans funded last year which totaled $14 billion, involved some type of fraudulent activity, according to First American CoreLogic.

Although this may look like an an unsettling amount of shadiness lurking within the mortgage market, the (more…)

St Louis Refinancing Mortgage Minute Edition 47

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

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News Topic A Potential Money Mistake: Co-signing a Loan -

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St Louis Mortgage News Reports HAMP Gets Scrutinized by TARP Inspector

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

 
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News: TARP Inspector Barofsky Takes a Close Look at HAMP

Special inspector general to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Neil Barofsky, has initiated an audit of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

The U.S. Treasury Department allocated $75 billion from TARP to fund HAMP when the program (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Report Finds Borrowers Unable to Refinance

Friday, April 2nd, 2010


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News: Large Number of Borrowers Unable to Refinance at Lower Interest Rates

The numbers involving homeowners not being able to refinance their mortgage are higher than most analysts expected.

Approximately 37 percent or better than 1 out of 3 borrowers with 30-year fixed rate mortgages pay (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Analysts Say Tax Credit Stimulus Failing

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010


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News: Home Tax Buyer Credit May Not Be Doing Enough for Real Estate Sales

The country has been arguably experiencing the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression of 1929.

So, with unemployment at around 10%, analysts hoped that the home buyer’s tax credit bailout plan (more…)

Bank Failings May Further Hurt Our Economy According to St Louis Mortgage Experts

Thursday, March 25th, 2010


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News: There have been 22 bank failures this year and the number is rising…

The banking industry received more distressing news earlier in the month.  Regulators were forced to close 2 more banks bringing the number of bank failures to 22 thus far and only 2.3 months of the year is almost over.

The banks which were shut down are (more…)

St Louis Lending Community Sees Possibility of 3 More Years of Foreclosures

Monday, March 15th, 2010

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News: An Unprecedented 33 Months of Coming Foreclosures

An alarming report released by The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) financial company announced that the so-called hidden supply of REOs and pending foreclosures will (more…)

St Louis Refinancing Mortgage Minute Edition 33

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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News Topic: FHA and Going Green -

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St Louis Home Loan Consumers Jolted at Massive Freddie Mac Losses

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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News: 4th Quarter Losses Total $6.5 Billion for Freddie Mac

While financial losses in the billions would bankrupt even the most affluent of companies, the government-owned mortgage financing firm Freddie Mac has managed to stay afloat in short due to cash infusions costing taxpayers additional billions.

The near record loss of $6.5 billion (more…)