A U.S. Senator is asking President Barack Obama to expand his administration’s mortgage relief program. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is the first member of the senate to request an expansion of the $1.5-billion bail-out program to include his home state, which may signal an increase in the plan even before it gets off the ground. The… Continue reading Senator Calls for Expansion of Homeowner Relief
Category: Housing Market
Homeowner Bail-Out Moves Forward
By Kevin Chiu The $1.5-billion government bail-out plan targeted to save homeowners from foreclosure in the worst impacted states will be handled by local housing finance agencies working in conjunction with the Treasury Department. A formula will be designed to allocate funding in each of the state’s most harshly affected areas, according to a White… Continue reading Homeowner Bail-Out Moves Forward
Housing Bail-Out to Help Limited Number
By Mike Colpitts The White House $1.5-billion bail-out of troubled homeowners will help only a small fraction of those in need of aid, administration officials acknowledge. The foreclosure crisis, first forecasted by Housing Predictor nearly three years ago has claimed an estimated 4.5 to 5-million homes since it began. The crisis has become so massive… Continue reading Housing Bail-Out to Help Limited Number
Obama Pledges $1.5-Billion in Housing Aid
On a visit near Las Vegas, Nevada, the worst affected city in foreclosures in the country President Barack Obama pledged $1.5-billion in federal aid to help the five states most heavily impacted by the real estate crash. Nevada, California, Florida, Michigan and Arizona will get federal aid under the program. In each state the average… Continue reading Obama Pledges $1.5-Billion in Housing Aid
Home Prices Forecast to Deflate More
Anchored by severe headwinds, including high unemployment, lack of equity in real estate, rising foreclosures, a tight mortgage market and the expiration of government programs home prices in the majority of U.S. markets will deflate more in 2010, according to the latest national forecast by Housing Predictor. The average price of a home is now… Continue reading Home Prices Forecast to Deflate More
Foreclosure Numbers Decline
Foreclosure notices declined in January, but still remain at record high levels for the year, according to the latest Realty Trac monthly report. Some 315,716 properties were tagged with notices during the month nationwide. The decline in notices marked a 10% drop from December numbers, but shows that one in every 409 housing units is… Continue reading Foreclosure Numbers Decline
Fueling the Fire of Second Housing Bubble
By Kevin Chiu Government efforts to stabilize the financial system have kept interest rates low, and bought up more than $1.4-trillion in mostly failed mortgage-backed securities. But widespread fraud and other government efforts may already be driving the development of another housing bubble. The FBI says mortgage fraud is still at epidemic levels, which may… Continue reading Fueling the Fire of Second Housing Bubble
Losing Money on House Hard to Handle
By Mike Colpitts Nobody wants to think about it and nobody wants it to happen to them. Losing money is an awful thing to go through. But millions of Americans have seen their stock market portfolios blow-up and their home values erode. Losing money is a hard thing to do. The run up of America’s… Continue reading Losing Money on House Hard to Handle
No Bottom in Housing Market in 2010
The bottom of the housing market will not develop in 2010 in the majority of U.S. markets as a result of high unemployment, the record plague of foreclosures and tight mortgage lending standards, prolonging the downturn as the economy struggles to recover. The new assessment by Housing Predictor analysts was determined after a lengthy review… Continue reading No Bottom in Housing Market in 2010
Two Years Later Foreclosure Crisis Far From Ending
By Mike Colpitts Two years after Housing Predictor was the first real estate research firm to forecast the foreclosure epidemic the crisis is caught up in a maze of bureaucratic red tape, squabbling in Congress and political turmoil. Since the crisis began bankers have made an estimated 5-million foreclosures, and it is only forecast to… Continue reading Two Years Later Foreclosure Crisis Far From Ending