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Cash-out refis at 6-year low
on Nov 2, 2009 in Fannie & Freddie Refi Freddie Mac’s quarterly refinance report for Q3 shows nationwide … Share of refinance loans resulting in new mortgages that were 5% or more higher than the paid-off first mortgage balance — a measure of “cash-out” refinancing ̵...



Minorities get fewer mortgages. But is that bad?
on Nov 2, 2009 in HMDA Polls National Mortgage News reports that Home Mortgage Disclosure Act figures for 2008 show that minorities “were big losers in the market contraction last year.” And with credit still tight, the outlook for minority access to home loans this...



Readers debate paying off their mortgages
on Oct 23, 2009 in Mortgage Answers Randy Johnson, president of Independence Mortgage Co. in Newport Beach, author of “How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Home Mortgage” and a mortgage broker since 1983, answers questions… Louis in Irvine asks: Q. I am a married 74-year-old...



Georgia bank becomes 101 failure this year
on Oct 23, 2009 in Bad debt Bank failures Bank woes Meltdown (Update: Two more banks fail.) Two banks have failed so far today, bringing the total nationwide to 101 FDIC-insured bank failures so far this year. American United Bank of Lawrenceville, Georgia was the 101th bank to fail. Read more HERE. Partners...



These homes are about to be foreclosed
on Oct 22, 2009 in Auctions Defaults & Foreclosures distress Are any of these properties in your neighborhood?



Are banker pay cuts justified?
on Oct 22, 2009 in Bailout Buzz Polls The Obama administration has ordered executive pay cuts of an average of 50 percent at financial companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts. “I don’t think there will be any charity cases on Wall Street,” s...




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