By Mike Colpitts The thought of Congress wiping out two major institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac even over a long period of years is mind-boggling. It’s extraordinarily rare when government giants fall, and you can bet your last dollar that it’s not going to be when Congress is being beaten like a dead… Continue reading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Stay
Category: Housing Market
Shadow Inventory Falls 200,000 Homes
By Mike Colpitts The inventory of U.S. homes that have not yet been foreclosed but are in financial jeopardy recognized as the shadow inventory has declined by 200,000, according to real estate research firm Core Logic. The current residential shadow inventory is 1.8-million units, which represents a nine months supply of inventory at present sales… Continue reading Shadow Inventory Falls 200,000 Homes
Questions to Ask on Refinancing a Mortgage
If you are thinking about refinancing your existing mortgage, you may be wondering what refinancing questions to ask your mortgage lender. While there are a number of questions to ask when refinancing, there are a few points you will want to be perfectly clear on before committing to a refinance. Knowing what to ask when… Continue reading Questions to Ask on Refinancing a Mortgage
Vacation Home Sales Surge Higher
By Mike Colpitts In a sign that the housing market is finally making a major move in a positive direction, vacation home markets, some of the most battered in the real estate downturn, are making a surge higher in many of the hardest hit areas of the nation. Condominium sales in Hawaii and Florida are… Continue reading Vacation Home Sales Surge Higher
Housing Watch Index Shows Improving Trends
By Kevin Chiu Starting today Housing Predictor debuts a new real estate index. Housing markets that make the new “Watch List” are being monitored closely for changing economic conditions in the near future as a result of at least two improving economic trends. Some of the markets on the list have already been forecast to… Continue reading Housing Watch Index Shows Improving Trends
Real Estate at Pennies on the Dollar
By Kevin Chiu California real estate investor Simon Volkov says stick it to the bank, and buy real estate at pennies on the dollar purchasing single family homes at wholesale prices. Volkov is a foreclosure and tax property note specialist, who urges investors to take advantage of the distress in the current marketplace to ring… Continue reading Real Estate at Pennies on the Dollar
Flood Insurance Reform to Raise Rates
By Mike Colpitts Legislation being debated to reform homeowners federal flood insurance would renew the program for five years, and is likely to raise the rates on insurance premiums to over come the $18.3-billion deficit facing the National Flood Insurance Program largely due to damages paid as a result of hurricanes in 2004 and 2005.… Continue reading Flood Insurance Reform to Raise Rates
Tiger Woods Moves Out of Orlando
By Mike Colpitts Until his fall from grace with the public explosion of his sexual escapades, Tiger Woods was Orlando, Florida’s second best known resident right behind Mickey Mouse. Now Woods is departing Orlando for the east coast side of Florida and his departure is barely being noticed. Woods is moving into a newly renovated… Continue reading Tiger Woods Moves Out of Orlando
Underwater Homeowner Relief Program Extended
By Kevin Chiu As the housing relief programs implemented by the Obama administration come under attack in Congress, the refinancing program administered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help underwater homeowners is being extended in efforts to aid more upside down homeowners. The underwater relief program has become a vital component in the Obama… Continue reading Underwater Homeowner Relief Program Extended
Home Price Direction Fact and Fiction
By Kim Olson Home prices have been moving in one direction in most areas of the U.S. and that isn’t comforting homeowners. It’s a fact that most areas of the nation are seeing more home sales but only because prices have come down so much because of foreclosures, and other bank-assisted sales. What can prospective… Continue reading Home Price Direction Fact and Fiction