Los Angeles area mortgage customers said good-bye to a long summer and hello to the Fall season. The change in seasons offers more good news for the few borrowers who can qualify for a mortgage loan. Refinance… View full post on All Stories
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Los Angeles Mortgage Customers Welcome The Fall Season with Mixed Results
September 25th, 2011 
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Posted in Personal Loans 
Tags: area, borrowers, good bye, Mortgage, mortgage customers, mortgage loan, Refinance 
Comments OffMortgage applications fall
August 24th, 2011 davidguide Applications for mortgages to buy a house or to refinance an existing loan fell last week, even though mortgage rates are at all-time lows. The D.C.-based Mortgage Bankers Association said overall applications fell 2.4 percent last week, and purchase applications decreased 5.7 percent, the lowest level since December 1996. “Another week of volatile markets and [...]
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: level, Mortgage, mortgage applications, mortgage bankers association, mortgage rates, Percent, prospective homebuyers, purchase applications, time lows, volatile markets Comments OffMortgage company urges plan for principal cuts (Reuters)
May 20th, 2011 davidguide Reuters – American Home Mortgage Servicing, one of the largest servicers of subprime mortgages, is urging the U.S. Treasury to organize a plan to boost principal reductions for up to one million homeowners by unlocking loans from securities. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Banking Tags: american home mortgage, Home, Loans, Mortgage, mortgage company, one million, reuters, subprime mortgages, U.S. Treasury, View Comments OffMortgage rates: Average on 30-year fixed loans rises to 4.86%
March 31st, 2011 davidguide NEW YORK — Fixed mortgage rates rose slightly this week, but the average rate on the 30-year loan remained below 5 percent. View full post on All Stories
Mortgage rates hold steady, Freddie Mac survey finds
March 11th, 2011 davidguide The interest rate on a 30-year fixed loan this week edges up to 4.88% from 4.87% last week, while the 15-year fixed loan is unchanged from 4.15%. Rates on adjustable loans are nearly unchanged. Mortgage rates held steady this week, with lenders offering 30-year fixed-rate loans at 4.88% on average and 15-year fixed loans at [...]
Posted in Banking Tags: adjustable loans, fixed rate loans, freddie mac, Interest rate, lenders, Mac, Mortgage, mortgage rates, rate, survey view Comments OffUncertain Path Ahead For U.S. Mortgage Giants
January 31st, 2011 davidguide The fight over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is part of a larger debate about the appropriate role for government in supporting the U.S. housing market. That market is still fragile and heavily dependent on the government-run giants for new home loans. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Banking Tags: fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, freddie mac, Giants, home loans, housing market, Mortgage Comments OffSome banks help keep mortgage holders out of default, studies find
January 3rd, 2011 davidguide While the nation’s foreclosure crisis has focused blame on bad loan practices by some lenders, new research shows how some banks may have actually reduced the default risk of their homebuyers. Researchers found that low-income homeowners who received a mortgage from a local lender were less likely to default on their loans than are those [...]
Posted in Banking Tags: default, default risk, foreclosure, income homeowners, lenders, loan practices, Mortgage, mortgage company, mortgage holders, Risk Comments Off3 FHA Mortgagees Pay HUD $1.7 Million
December 27th, 2010 davidguide The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development disclosed that WR Starkey Mortgage LLP was hit with a $223,000 civil money penalty. Countrywide Home Loans Inc. entered a settlement with HUD that included a $141,500 civil money penalty and buy downs of $93,263. HUD accepted an $815,913 settlement offer from Birmingham Bancorp Mortgage Corp. View [...]
ARM Activity Headed Higher
December 10th, 2010 davidguide Prospective borrowers chose an adjustable-rate mortgage on 5.6 percent of the applications tracked in the latest Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey . ARM share fell from 5.7 percent the previous week. Based on closed loans, Freddie Mac forecasts that ARMs will account for 6 percent of fourth-quarter volume then climb to 10 percent [...]
Posted in Banking Tags: Activity, adjustable rate mortgage, bankers, freddie mac, headed, higher, Loans, Mortgage, mortgage applications, mortgage bankers association, Percent, prospective borrowers, weekly mortgage Comments OffLearn About Bank of America Refinance Programs
December 7th, 2010 davidguide If you are looking to reduce your monthly mortgage payments, you can consider refinancing your home loan to a lower interest rate or from an adjustable-rate into a fixed rate loan by learning more about Bank of America refinance programs. Bank of America offers good refinancing programs to suit your needs. Furthermore, the bank also [...]
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