As of Monday July 14th, 2008, the government has passed new laws which cause a decent amount of change within the mortgage industry and how these companies give out loans to homeowners. Even though they were passed on Monday, these rules wont take effect until October 2009 to give time for companies to transition to [...]
The nation is all a buzz with talk of the housing market, and chances are, you’ve seen foreclosures popping up all over the place–including your own neighborhood. It’s not a short-term problem (foreclosure rates having been climbing for some time now), and people are beginning to investigate to determine who is really at fault. Who [...]
Life doesn’t hold too many real guarantees anymore. Seniors work hard their whole lives and expect to receive a pension and often those pension funds aren’t available or the company closes and the individual is left looking for work late in life with no pension at all, starting over. Borrowers go to their local banks [...]
So what has been going on in the world of finance and mortgages? Certainly the biggest news was the fall of IndyMac. Last week we heard that IndyMac had stopped giving out new mortgage loans and was going to concentrate on simply servicing the existing loans in its portfolio. Apparently this was due to the [...]
If you are considering buying a new home, then you may already know that there are many requirements that potential home buyers must meet. One such requirement is private mortgage insurance. Private mortgage insurance, or PMI as it is commonly called, is a form of insurance that is designed to provide protection for the lender [...]