On Monday, March 12th, the proposed Settlement documents were filed in Federal Court revealing what each of the Lenders is required to do. You can read the details at http://nationalmortgagesettlement.com/. How they’ll meet those obligations is critical to upside down homeowners. Those details are slowly emerging through analysis, press-releases, and side deals. Here’s what you [...]

A credit bureau based credit risk scoring model, more commonly known as a credit score, is a numeric representation of your credit risk based on a review of the information in your credit file. The score is generated by a sophisticated credit scoring model, which is made up a series of complex algorithms. The most [...]

Realty Times – 30-year Fixed-rate Mortgage Averages 3.90 Percent.

As reported in DSNews.com, government officials have announced changes to the administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) which are expected to extend relief to a larger share of struggling homeowners as well as renters, according to federal officials. One of the key adjustments to the program centers around principal reductions. HAMP currently includes an option for servicers [...]

When you apply for a loan one of the things you need to consider is the term of a loan. Most lenders will offer you a 30 year or 15 year term. The insider tip here is that you have other choices that most lenders will not mention to you and you might want to [...]

Homeowners with underwater mortgages or those who owe more on their homes than their properties are currently worth dropped in the third quarter in the U.S., according to real estate data firm CoreLogic. The decline, however, was marginal falling to 10.7-million residential homeowners, which is 200,000 less than the second quarter of 2011. Another 2.4-million [...]

Recently I have been asked about recourse and non-recourse loans. I am not an attorney and any information concerning your situation should be reviewed with an attorney. That being said, here is what I understand concerning Mortgages. In California, purchase money loans made on your home are non-recourse. (Roseleaf Corp. v. Chierighino, 59 Cal. 2d [...]

      Mortgage Rates Drop to All Time Record Lows. By Mike Colpitts For the second week in a row mortgage rates dropped to all-time record lows as the U.S. government attempts to energize the housing market and Treasury bonds fall to record lows. The fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage averaged 3.94%, falling [...]

Credit freezes are one of the most effective tools against economic ID theft available to consumers. They allow you to seal your credit reports and use a personal identification number (PIN) that only you know and can use to temporarily “thaw” your credit so that legitimate applications for credit and services can be processed. That [...]