People buying homes in the country’s most expensive housing markets likely will face pricier mortgages starting in the fall.That’s when the current conforming mortgage limits are scheduled to expire, with limits for the most expensive markets falling to $625,500 from $729,750 in the contiguous U.S. On Friday, however, two lawmakers introduced a bill in the …
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Housing short sales may be targeted for fraud
Short sales may be targeted for fraud A study estimates that banks and distressed home sellers will lose more than $375 million this year when they sell undervalued houses to tag teams consisting of realty agents and investors. Are banks and distressed home sellers getting rooked on a massive scale in the booming short-sale arena …
Mortgage Practices Overhaul Proposed
State and federal officials are pushing to more tightly regulate the way banks and other mortgage servicers treat struggling homeowners in a bid to stem foreclosures. Current government modification programs are largely voluntary, and there are few rules governing servicers’ practices. But on Thursday, the nation’s largest banks, including Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of …
Longer foreclosure process now takes an average 17 months
The average U.S. borrower in the throes of foreclosure hasn’t made a mortgage payment in 17 months, up from nearly 11 months two years ago — and the time frame may get even longer. Banks and mortgage servicers, who collect payments for lenders, are taking more time to complete foreclosures because of huge volumes of …
Massive Mortgage Changes
Big news in the real estate world today! Fannie/Freddie On Chopping Block –The white house came out with their mortgage reform options today, including the shut-down of Fannie/Freddie. There is a lot of analysis going on, here’s some from CNBC / CNN / WSJ The Obama administration laid out three broad options Friday for reducing …
