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Fannie Mae announced on Friday that its Housing and Community Development division will now be called Multifamily Mortgage Business, or Multifamily. According to its press release, the new name parallels the government-sponsored entity’s Single-Family Mortgage Business, more clearly conveys what the business does and emphasizes the multifamily mortgage business platform. The Associated Press reported on Friday … Continue reading Affordable Financial Services Weekly Finance Review As of October 4, the Federal Housing Administration will raise insurance fees on many of the mortgages they back, according to an article in today’s Newsday. The reason for the hike, the FHA says, is to offset the loss of funds as the result of the recent foreclosure crisis. FHA loans are generally used by first-time … Continue reading FHA Set to Hike Insurance Fees Today’s Bloomberg BusinessWeek article reported that, for the fifth consecutive week, the number of mortgage applications increased. This streak could be attributed to more people refinancing their loans as mortgage rates hit record lows. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index was up 2.7% in the week ending August 27, according to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek article. Refinancing increased … Continue reading Mortgage Applications Index Increases for Fifth Straight Week Today’s issue of REALTORMag posted an article on the decrease in foreclosures but there are more people who are missing their payments. Citing data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey, the article says that, in the second quarter of 2010, foreclosure action was started on 1.11% of loans, down 12 basis points from the … Continue reading Fewer Foreclosures, But More People Falling Behind on Payments If finding a job in the current economic climate wasn’t difficult enough, job seekers have one more potential roadblock on the way to securing a new position: their credit file. Based on a recent survey, up to half of employers eliminate potential job candidates with low credit scores. Though some 20 states have introduced recent legislation … Continue reading Credit Scores May Affect Prospective Employment The Associated Press recently reported that more people are dropping out of the Obama administration’s loan modification program — a sign, experts say, that foreclosures will rise and cause further damage to an already weakened housing market. The Treasury Department says that, of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the program since March 2009, 530,000 … Continue reading More Homeowners Leaving Government Loan Program Now that the Wall Street reform bill has been passed by the Senate and President Obama announced his intention to sign it into law next week, these regulations will not only affect the way commodities are traded but who can and cannot obtain a home mortgage. REALTOR Magazine recently reported that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform … Continue reading How Will Wall Street Reform Bill Will Affect Mortgage Lending? Millions of Americans’ credit scores are sinking to new lows, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Data provided by FICO Inc. shows that 25.5 percent of consumers now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders. This could lead to those consumers being denied credit cards, loans or mortgages. It … Continue reading Credit Scores Dip to New Lows, But There is Hope This blog has previously reported on those who have strategically defaulted on their mortgages — that is, they have stopped paying their mortgages altogether, knowing they can no longer afford to pay them. Now, it’s not just middle-class and lower-middle-class folks throwing in the towel in their struggle to make payments; it seems the rich … Continue reading Who’s Defaulting Now? The Rich The housing crisis may get more personal for struggling homeowners, even those who have perfect credit. RISMedia reports that homeowners seeking a loan modification or considering foreclosure to help them pay their mortgages might see their credit score fall sharply, thanks to the effects of the housing debacle. It gets worse. Citing complaints from bankers that … Continue reading Housing Crisis May Ruin Your Credit Score |
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