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Taking Out A Mortgage? Banks Will Monitor Your Credit 24/7 Now

By Tom Royce : August 31, 2010

Fannie Mae is taking a dim view of mortgage borrowers who try to scam the system by taking out new loans while their mortgage is being processed. Typically banks will check your debt to income ration in the beginning of the application process. Some borrowers took that as a green light to add debt right [...]

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Taking Out A Mortgage? Banks Will Monitor Your Credit 24/7 Now

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Wells Fargo Requesting Motivation Letter From Potential Borrowers?

By Tom Royce : August 26, 2010

I have never heard of having to write a letter to the mortgage company explaining why a person needed a home loan and certain family circumstances associated with this loan. But that is the story coming from the New York Times as a Linda Falcao and her husband were asked to write a motivation letter [...]

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Wells Fargo Requesting Motivation Letter From Potential Borrowers?

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Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s Relationship With Countrywide Raises Eyes

By Tom Royce : August 8, 2010

One of the big questions that has been asked in the aftermath of the housing meltdown has always been, how did things get so out of control? New information coming out of Washington shows that Fannie Mae was aggressively pushing Countrywide to sell it more loans, no matter the quality. Yes, you heard me right. [...]

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Cash In Refinancing May Be A Smart Move

By Tom Royce : July 27, 2010

If you are underwater on your present mortgage you probably think refinancing is insane. But with the low interest rates available for homeowners with good credit it may make sense.
What is Cash In Refinancing?
Cash in Refinancing is the cousin of cash out refinancing that was all the rage in the early part of the [...]

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Cash In Refinancing May Be A Smart Move

By Tom Royce : July 27, 2010

If you are underwater on your present mortgage you probably think refinancing is insane. But with the low interest rates available for homeowners with good credit it may make sense. What is Cash In Refinancing? Cash in Refinancing is the cousin of cash out refinancing that was all the rage in the early part of [...]

Thanks for reading this post. If you would like to see more articles like this, please come visit The Real Estate Bloggers. where it was originally published.

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Mortgage Default Notices Down 43 Percent in California

By Tom Royce : July 23, 2010

Some good news for the California real estate market came out, mortgage default notices for the 2nd quarter of 2010 are down 43.8 percent. That is great news as the pressure of foreclosures on the housing market has been weighing down the California real estate market.

Default notices, the first stage of the foreclosure process initiated by [...]

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Mortgage Default Notices Down 43 Percent in California

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Mortgage Default Notices Down 43 Percent in California

By Tom Royce : July 23, 2010

Some good news for the California real estate market came out, mortgage default notices for the 2nd quarter of 2010 are down 43.8 percent. That is great news as the pressure of foreclosures on the housing market has been weighing down the California real estate market. Default notices, the first stage of the foreclosure process initiated by [...]

Thanks for reading this post. If you would like to see more articles like this, please come visit The Real Estate Bloggers. where it was originally published.

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13 Year Low For Mortgage Applications

By Mortgage Guy : July 14, 2010

Typically the summer months are the busiest time of year for home sales. But when the Home Buyer Tax Rebate expired it motivated buyers and sellers to move in the spring. That is all good, except now we are looking at a gaping hole in the market.
The market now is moribund. Pending home sales are [...]

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Mortgage rates still dropping

By Jeff Collins : July 8, 2010

The downward plunge in U.S. mortgage rates continued this week, with interest on 30-year, fixed-rate loan hitting a record low for a third straight week. But rates may be leveling off, with 15-year loan rates increasing slightly this week.
According to mortgage giant Freddie Mac, this week’s rates:

Averaged 4.57% for a 30-year loan with an average [...]

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Mortgage Rates Hit Another Alltime Low

By Tom Royce : July 8, 2010

This is turning into a trend:

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.57 percent this week, mortgage company Freddie Mac reported Thursday. That’s down from the previous record low of 4.58 percent set last week.
It’s the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971. The last time rates were lower was [...]

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