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Interest rates up? Sales will be down.
Back in March, I blogged about whether home buyers should buy now or wait for further declines in home values and how interest rate increases could price a home buyer out of the market. A economist with Stewart Title provided a scenario where some home buyers would be priced out of the market if [...]
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Buy Now or Later
Recently I attended a seminar given by Dr. Ted Jones, Senior Vice President-Chief Economist for Stewart Title Guaranty Company, a national company that provides title insurance and escrow services in the real estate industry. He provided a lot of common sense information about the current state of our economy. But the one idea [...]
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Facing foreclosure?
Last Tuesday, President Obama, through Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, laid out his plan to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure – either because they are already behind in their monthly mortgage payments or because they are about to be. The plan is designed to help homeowners who are having difficulties paying their mortgage payments [...]
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To refinance or not to refinance?
Interest rates have been hovering around 5% – dipping to 4.875% a couple of weeks ago and rising to 5.12% this past week. With interest rates at these levels, you may be asking yourself, “When does it make sense to refinance?”
Acording to Kellie Allen of Guild Mortgage, the general guideline for refinancing
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Mortgage Loan Modification Specialists?
The Idaho Department of Finance is warning struggling Idaho homeowners against the upsurge of “mortgage loan modification specialists” who are making promises of relief from increasing mortgage payments. Gavin McGee, director of the Idaho Department of Finance, states that “We are receiving an increasing number of inquiries from struggling homeowners about such offers.” [...]
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Interest Rates Today
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Hope for Homeowners Act
The Hope for Homeowners Act goes into effect today. This Act, passed by Congress and signed by the President in July, provides an opportunity for distressed homeowners to refinance their existing loan into an FHA-backed fixed rate loan.
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Help for Troubled Homeowners
You purchased a home a couple of years ago. Now your subprime adjustable rate loan is about to re-adjust upward and you don’t know how you’ll make the payment, Now there’s help.
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Correcting Credit Report Errors
So, you’ve gone to AnnualCreditReport.com and printed out your credit report. You find an error or maybe more than one. What next? Again, thanks to Kellie Allen of Countrywide Home Loans for some excellent advice on disputing the errors.
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Struggling to make your mortgage payment? Here’s help….