Over the next few months, the FHA will make a number of substantial revisions to its annual mortgage insurance premium structure. This is in addition… Read More »Detailing the FHA’s New Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium Structure
While the good news about housing keeps flooding in, one piece of negative data jumped out at me today. The latest Zillow Negative Equity Report… Read More »Nearly 20% of Vegas Borrowers Owe More Than Double Their Home’s Worth
A pair of sweeping mortgage rules is expected to eliminate roughly 60% of today’s mortgages, according to a new analysis from CoreLogic. The so-called Qualified… Read More »New Mortgage Rules Eliminate 60% of Today’s Loans
Over the past several years, scores of homeowners have elected to ditch their unmanageable mortgages via short sales to avoid foreclosure. It’s estimated that roughly… Read More »Getting a Mortgage After a Short Sale: Tips, Tricks, and Waiting Periods
It’s time for another mortgage match-up, with the latest in the series pitting the lesser known “deed in lieu of foreclosure” vs. the more popular… Read More »Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure vs. Short Sale: Here’s Why They’re Different
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Home Affordable Refinance Program lately. While it has picked up steam in recent months, thanks to the… Read More »HARP May Be Expanded and Extended to Promote Mortgage Refinancing
Here’s an interesting little piece of mortgage news. According to an internal presentation obtained by Bloomberg, top mortgage lender Wells Fargo plans to incentivize loan… Read More »Wells Fargo Shifts Loan Officer Pay to Highlight Mortgage Quality
During the third quarter of 2012, another 100,000 or so homeowners “reached a state of positive equity,” per the latest report from analytics firm CoreLogic.… Read More »Higher Home Prices Push 1.3 Million Mortgage Holders Back Above Water
It appears as if 2012 was a very good year for the housing market, according to the latest CoreLogic MarketPulse report released this morning. The… Read More »Short Sales Increased 23 Percent in 2012 While REOs Plummeted
Well, file this one under “was bound to happen,” or, “was only a matter of time.” A clever guy by the name of Marcus J.… Read More »New Petition Urges Mortgage Re-HARPing
