By Mike Colpitts Mortgage interest rates had little immediate change as a result of Standard & Poor’s credit agency downgrading the U.S. economy for the first time in the nation’s history since the announcement was made after banks and financial markets were closed Friday. S&P announced the credit downgrade from AAA to AA+ Friday evening.… Continue reading S&P Credit Downgrade May Restore Confidence
Category: Foreclosure
Mortgage Defaults Surge Higher
By Kevin Chiu Mortgage defaults, the first step homeowners face in the foreclosure process, surged higher during the month of June demonstrating an increase in future anticipated foreclosures growing at the fastest rate in more than a year, according to Lender Processing Services, a real estate data supplier which tracks defaults. The surge in mortgage… Continue reading Mortgage Defaults Surge Higher
Mortgages Fall on Interest Rate Hike
Mortgage activity fell as interest rates saw a hike last week on signs of a weaker economy and trouble related to the U.S. budget debacle, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The composite index, a combination of refinancing and new home mortgage applications had a fall of 5% from the prior week as an increasing… Continue reading Mortgages Fall on Interest Rate Hike
Home Sales Dip Troubling Real Estate Market on Cancellations
By Mike Colpitts Home sales saw a dip as weary buyers cancelled more purchase transactions in June, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing sales declined in the West and Northeast to out pace an increase in real estate sales in the Southern and Mid-Western sections of the U.S. Sales of single family homes,… Continue reading Home Sales Dip Troubling Real Estate Market on Cancellations
BP Oil Spill Triggers Major Home Value Loss
By Mike Colpitts A study of home sales in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida along the Gulf of Mexico shows that home values have fallen an average of 15% so far as a direct result of the BP oil spill. The devastating impact from the massive oil spill has also contributed to the growing foreclosure… Continue reading BP Oil Spill Triggers Major Home Value Loss
Housing Recovery Delayed as Foreclosures Stall
By Kevin Chiu As many as 1-million homes that should have been foreclosed in 2011 will be delayed until 2012 stalling a housing recovery in the U.S. as lenders work through problems with foreclosure procedures, lawsuits and other legal problems, according to RealtyTrac. The foreclosure tracking firm reported that a total of 1,170,402 residential properties… Continue reading Housing Recovery Delayed as Foreclosures Stall
MERS Orders Foreclosure Halt
By Mike Colpitts The electronic mortgage registration company at the center of the robo signing scandal has ordered a halt to foreclosures in an effort to protect itself from legal problems in the growing foreclosure crisis. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) has issued a new policy on its website advising members not to foreclose or… Continue reading MERS Orders Foreclosure Halt
PMI Offers Money to Homeowners
By Mike Colpitts One of the nation’s largest mortgage insurers is offering cash money to upside down homeowners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. PMI Group, Inc. is launching the innovative program with a former Goldman Sachs Banker, who started the program in an effort to get troubled homeowners to stay in their… Continue reading PMI Offers Money to Homeowners
Sheila Bair Exits FDIC with Warning
By Kevin Chiu Completing her term as the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) with a last appearance on Capitol Hill, Sheila Bair warned a Washington, D.C. audience to be aware that the financial crisis is rooted in real estate, which is blocking an economic recovery from developing. “The fact that so many… Continue reading Sheila Bair Exits FDIC with Warning
Former Homeowners Not Hurt By Bad Credit
By Kevin Chiu The threat of bad credit isn’t hurting millions of former homeowners who have undergone foreclosure when it comes to finding a new place to live. Landlords are even getting used to hearing from foreclosure victims applying for homes and apartments to rent. In fact, the plight of former homeowners isn’t even considered… Continue reading Former Homeowners Not Hurt By Bad Credit