The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation warns over the next two years an additional four to five million mortgages will enter foreclosure if Congress fails to get a handle on the nation’s foreclosure crisis. The remarks by Sheila C. Bair, the FDIC chairwoman, were made before a Congressional committee charged with the task… Continue reading FDIC Backs Housing Predictor Forecast
Category: Credit
Few Short Sale Approvals
James Wexler Short sales, a little understood part of the mortgage lending business, are receiving approvals from mortgage companies in increasingly fewer numbers as banks and mortgage lenders find themselves in growing financial jeopardy. Loan modifications and short sales are at the heart of the nation’s financial crisis since Mortgage Swap Securities traded on Wall… Continue reading Few Short Sale Approvals
Top Markets with Best Chance to Robust Return
There’s nothing wrong with having a little luck on your side when it comes to a bad economy. So with that made clear we list the Top markets with the Best Chance to a Robust Return in real estate. Chief among all of the candidates to return from the housing bust sooner is Austin, Texas,… Continue reading Top Markets with Best Chance to Robust Return
Real Estate Triggered Recession
Economist Fred Foldvary Real estate crashes have led to recessions in the U.S. economy the majority of times major recessions or economic depressions have developed since the early 1800’s. In California, Santa Clara University economist Fred Foldvary may have been the first to predict a recession for 2008 back in 1997. “Macroeconomists are not always… Continue reading Real Estate Triggered Recession
High End Homes Take Hit
The Luxury housing market is taking a hit of its own in the on-going national real estate slowdown, which ever way you want to put it. Home prices in the mightiest of all real estate sectors, from $5-million and up are taking a beating, and the forecast for the long term isn’t looking good, according… Continue reading High End Homes Take Hit
Credit Card Hustle
By Tony Evans Checked your credit card statement that came in the mail lately? If you’re like many credit card holders you haven’t unless you’ve heard the news. Wait a minute. Look closely. Hold it! Let me get my magnifying glass .. Ah ha There it is. The rate increase nobody told us about in mice print hidden… Continue reading Credit Card Hustle
Lending on Steroids Triggers Bigger Bust
By Mike Colpitts Editor As the nations real estate crisis worsens beyond what once seemed unimaginable, a new Housing Predictor analysis shows that the crisis will deflate the value of U.S. homes in the majority of the country between 55 and 70% on average from the markets highest peaks. The amount of deflation depends on… Continue reading Lending on Steroids Triggers Bigger Bust
Time to Buy or Rent Housing
By David Wilkening Conventional wisdom has it that rental housing is throwing money away. But is it really in these times? Not necessarily. It depends in part on where you are located, but in many areas of the U.S. rents are being held down by the dramatic overbuilding of homes and condominiums. In hyper overbuilt… Continue reading Time to Buy or Rent Housing
Finding Money in a Short Sale
By Tony Evans If youre a homeowner and want to save your credit and eliminate foreclosure proceedings, selling your home through a short sale just might be the ticket. So turn on your computer printer because youll want to print this column for future reference. See how the BUZZZ is taking care of you! There… Continue reading Finding Money in a Short Sale
Selling Real Estate without Silent Second Mortgages
By Mike Colpitts In these challenging days of selling real estate “silent second” mortgages are making a quiet, some what frightening, most often times illegal comeback. Silent seconds as they are called in real estate parlance are second mortgages, which are not revealed to lenders and can find the user’s behind bars in the local… Continue reading Selling Real Estate without Silent Second Mortgages