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Obama’s Mortgage Refi Plan To Go Through FHA
It will go through the government mortgage insurer, the Federal Housing Administration and could cost between 5 and 10 billion dollars, according to senior administration officials.
Housing Demand Defies Fundamentals
Anyone with any cash in hand should be buying a house right now. That’s what any real estate agent will tell you, obviously, but that’s also what many investors now believe. Unfortunately, the potential home-buying public…isn’t buying it.
US Treasury Forcing Mortgage Principal Forgiveness
Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.
US Treasury Forcing Mortgage Principal Forgiveness
Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.
Robo-Reality: Final Foreclosures Fall as Pipeline Swells
The number of new foreclosures in 2011 dropped nearly 40 percent, according to year-end numbers just released by Lender Processing Services; there is, however, little cause for celebration.
New Financial Crimes Unit Could Throw Wrench in ‘Robo’ Settlement
President Obama announced he was ordering the U.S. Attorney General to create a “Financial Crimes Unit,” its number one task being to go after the banks for faulty mortgage originations and securitizations.
President Obama Proposes Mortgage Refinances for ‘Responsible Borrowers’
After several largely ineffective programs to help troubled borrowers and after fruitless attempts at budging the hard-line conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Obama is proposing a brand new refinance program for borrowers who are current on their mortgages, regardless of who owns their loan; the catch is that this one has to go through Congress.
State of the Union Preview: Housing and Fairness Don’t Connect
If the theme of tonight’s State of the Union address is fairness, then President Obama would be wise to steer clear of housing; most of the proposals to fix the nation’s still struggling real estate market are intrinsically unfair to a large majority of Americans.
Foreclosure Investors are Double-Edged Sword
The best and most expeditious way to clear the vast inventory of foreclosed properties weighing down today’s housing market is to get more investors in and sell them these properties at bulk discounts.
