Mortgage News Archive - November 2010
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Home Prices Decline in 3rd Quarter
November 30, 2010U.S. home prices fell in the third quarter of the year, as the housing market cooled off following the end...
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Increasing Pessimism Over Home Prices
November 30, 2010Americans are growing increasingly wary of the housing market, with declining numbers saying they think...
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Mortgage Industry Employment Declines
November 29, 2010If you need a mortgage or are looking to arrange a loan modification, there are fewer people working in...
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New Home Sales Fall Back
November 26, 2010New home sales unexpectedly fell in October, dropping back toward the record lows posted last summer,...
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Conforming Loan Home Prices Decline
November 25, 2010U.S. home prices fell again in the third quarter of the year, resuming a three-year downward trend...
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Home Purchase Applications Jump
November 24, 2010Applications for mortgages to purchase a home were up sharply last week, rising a seasonally adjusted 14.4...
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Shadow Inventory Up 10 Percent
November 24, 2010The “shadow inventory” of homes expected to eventually sell as distressed properties increased...
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Existing Home Sales Decline
November 23, 2010Existing home sales posted a small decline in October, following two consecutive months of substantial...
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Mortgage Delinquencies Show Big Drop
November 23, 2010Mortgage delinquencies fell by nearly 3.5 percent in the third quarter of the year, the biggest quarterly...
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New Foreclosure Legal Help for Vets
November 22, 2010Military veterans facing foreclosure or other legal problems are getting some new...Read More
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Mediation Urged to Limit Foreclosures
November 22, 2010The Department of Justice and HUD are promoting expanded use of third-party...Read More
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FTC Targets Foreclosure Relief Scams
November 20, 2010A new rule protecting at-risk homeowners from foreclosure relief scams has been issued by the Federal...
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Mortgage Rates Rebound Sharply
November 19, 2010Mortgage rates posted their first increase in two months this week, rebounding from record lows to jump...
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Private Loan Modifications Dominate
November 19, 2010Government-backed mortgage loan modifications continued to decline in October, even as lenders increased...
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Foreclosure, delinquency rates decline
November 18, 2010Both mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates declined in the third quarter of the year, even as the...
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Fed Exec: Reduce Gm't Mortgage Role
November 18, 2010Saying government involvement in the housing market helped cause the recent economic collapse, the head of...
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Housing Starts Remain Weak
November 17, 2010New home construction fell sharply in October, driven by a big drop in construction starts on multifamily...
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Rates Jump, Mortgage Applications Fall
November 17, 2010Mortgage applications plunged last week, after interest rates on fixed-rate loans jumped about two-tenths...
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Robo-Signing Could Affect Loan Mods
November 17, 2010The “robo-signing” foreclosure documentation scandal could make it easier for financially...
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Scandal a Sign of Deeper Problems?
November 16, 2010The robo-signing controversy could be a sign of deeper problems within the mortgage industry, specifically...
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Low Rates Expected Through 2011
November 15, 2010Recent positive signs in the economy suggest that fears of a “double-dip recession have been largely...
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Underwater Mortgages Still Increasing
November 13, 2010The percentage of underwater homeowners continued to rise in the third quarter of the year, with nearly...
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FHA to Offer New Home Energy Improvement Loans
November 12, 2010A new program to help homeowners obtain low-cost loans to make energy efficiency improvements to their...
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Foreclosure Filings Drop in Wake of Robo-Signing Scandal
November 12, 2010U.S. foreclosure filings fell by nearly 4½ percent in October, with a 9 percent drop in bank...
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Fed Announcement Sends Mortgage Rates to New Lows
November 11, 2010Mortgage rates fell again to new record lows this week, following the Federal Reserve’s announcement...
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Mortgage, Other Deductions Targeted to Trim Deficit
November 11, 2010The mortgage interest deduction could be trimmed or even eliminated under a set of proposals issued today...
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Purchase Applications Rise for a Third Week
November 10, 2010Mortgage applications rose nearly 6 percent last week, as interest rates remained stable and borrowers...
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Jumbo Mortgage Lending Up 20 Percent
November 10, 2010Jumbo mortgages may be making a comeback, as lenders loosen their purse strings to approve more of the...
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Home Prices Down Nearly 7 Percent Since August
November 09, 2010U.S. home prices have taken a sharp downturn in recent months, plunging nearly 7 percent since hitting a...
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Consumer Debt Down $1 Trillion Over Past Two Years
November 09, 2010U.S. consumer debt continues to shrink, although at a somewhat slower pace than over the past two years,...
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First-time Buyers Account for Half of Home Purchases
November 08, 2010Fully half of all homes purchased over the past year were bought by first-time homebuyers, the highest...
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Pending Home Sales Slip But May Recover in 2011
November 05, 2010...
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Fed’s Cash Injection to the Economy Likely to Keep Mortgage Rates Favorable
November 05, 2010Along with the...
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Renée Zellweger’s Apartment For Sale: Mortgage Breakdown
November 04, 2010As reported by...
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Fixed Mortgage Rates Remain Steady
November 04, 2010Fixed mortgage rates remained steady this week, according to the weekly Freddie Mac rate survey.
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Home Ownership Rates Lowest in a Decade
November 03, 2010The economy keeps hitting home for Americans—at least what used to be their homes.
According...
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Fed Seeks to Give Economy a $600 Billion Jolt
November 03, 2010As expected, the Federal Reserve announced today that it will purchase another $600 billion in long-term...
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Serious Delinquencies Trending Down
November 03, 2010Serious delinquencies among conforming mortgages have posted another monthly decline, continuing a trend...
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Refinancing Declines for Third Straight Week
November 03, 2010Mortgage refinance activity declined for the third consecutive week, as interest rates remained stable,...
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Fed Expected to Announce New Stimulus Wednesday
November 03, 2010The last time the Federal Reserve announced that it would make a big purchase of government securities to...
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Foreclosure Backlog Could Take Three Years to Clear
November 02, 2010Clearing out the backlog of distressed housing inventory will likely take more than...Read More
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Foreclosures Rise as Loan Mods Show Slight Decline
November 02, 2010Slightly fewer homeowners were granted long-term foreclosure protection in September, at the same time the...
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Residential Construction Rose in September
November 01, 2010Residential construction spending picked up in September, increasing a seasonally adjusted 1.8 percent...
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