Understanding Reverse Mortgages

Understanding Reverse Mortgages
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HUD Eliminates 1% Cap on FHA Mortgages

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) removed the 1% origination fee cap on loans insured by the Federal Housing Agency (FHA), according a mortgagee letter sent out this week.
HUD made the change to remain consistent with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), which will require mortgage lenders to disclose to borrowers [...]

1.8 Million California Mortgages Underwater. In 2008 100,000 Renters were added. 2010 California Housing Market Trends. How Banks Hoodwinked the Public into Believing the Bailouts were to help the Housing Market.

As we wind the year down the California housing market is entering a new chapter in its bubble saga.  2009 brought many new factors to consider in how the housing correction will play out.  One major trend was the growing number of moratoriums.  These programs largely failed at preventing foreclosure and only pushed the inevitable [...]

Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages close out 2009 above 5 percent, rise for 4th week in a row

MCLEAN, VA. — Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, ending the year above 5 percent.
The average fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage was 5.14 percent this week, up from 5.05 percent last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Mortgage rates are closely tied to yields on long-term government debt. The average fixed rate on 30-year [...]

Bad Credit Mortgage Questions

If you need bad credit mortgage and you already have financial difficulties, you must first find out and understand all of the facts so that you may get the best deal for you. If you are not careful and commit yourself recklessly to a mortgage, you might get yourself stumped because some lenders could charge [...]

Getting your credit report done the right way

When buying a home as well a when applying for a mortgage loan, you need to get your credit report done the right way since it is going to be requested by the mortgage lender. It is commonly seen that every item on your credit report may have something wrong, even if only insignificant. Do [...]

What is a Biweekly Mortgage?

What is a bi-weekly payment plan and what can it do for me? By making a small change in the way you make your mortgage payment, you can save tens of thousands of dollars. How? All you have to do is make half of your mortgage payment every other week. It’s just that simple. Tired [...]

Forbes Flubs Reverse Mortgage Article

One can always discern the bias of an article from the introductory remarks.  While the article acknowledges that seniors are living longer, it goes on to suggest that reverse mortgages are “often expensive and unnecessary.”  The reporter ( I use this word begrudgingly) continues, “Though reverse mortgages have their place, it is a rare one. [...]

Unemployment Mortgage Protection Insurance

Unemployment mortgage protection insurance can seem an attractive offering to home buyers in an unstable economy. When the chance of being laid off and losing a job is very real, a home buyer may worry about the risk of taking out a mortgage loan, then not being able to make payments on time and losing [...]

Refinancing Mortgage Tips

If you are thinking about refinancing then you could probably use some refinancing mortgage tips before you begin to apply. We’ll go over some of these mortgage refinancing tips here so that you can be armed with some information and some suggestions when you begin to apply for that mortgage refinance. Whatever you are using [...]