Report Unveils Tactics of Loan Scammers

One in nine home owners are more than 90 days behind on their mortgage payments, which has prompted loan modification scams that promise to rescue home owners from foreclosure doom to skyrocket. Four fair housing organizations...

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Mortgage Industry Cuts Workforce by 50%

The mortgage industry has reduced its workforce by more than 50 percent since the housing market peak. The industry has gone from more than 500,000 employees in late 2005 to 248,000 in February, according to the Bureau of Labor...

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Mortgage Applications Bounce Back, Up 5.3%

The number of mortgage applications are back on the rise again after a monthlong decline in filings, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage applications increased 5.3 percent the past week, with most of the...

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Banks Hurt Creditworthy Buyers

When you look at the success of FHA over the last few years since the downturn you have to wonder what’s up with the banks. Although the agency has had its credit challenges it never lost sight of the tough times borrowers face...

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Owner Financing Strategies

Owner financing is a time tested, proven method of selling property. But in the late 1990′s and especially in the early-mid 2000′s, the availability of easy money made owner financing unnecessary. It became a lost...

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New FHA Guidelines

3.5% down payment required, may be a gift from family or grant. 6% seller contribution to buyers closing costs & prepaids allowed. 31% / 43% debt ratio. non occupying co borrower allowed, immediate family member or...

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