Loan modifications are lowering monthly payments Federal bank regulators have just reported that 75% of the loan modifications lenders made in April, May and June of this year reduced borrowers’ monthly payments. Smaller monthly payments are...
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Topics: Jobs Report, Mortgage Rates, Unemployment

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President Barack Obama recently proposed that all lenders offer “plain vanilla” mortgages so consumers could understand the loan terms and the risks associated with the mortgages.  The proposal includes creating a Consumer Financial Protection...
Topics: Finding a Loan on Zillow, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Types

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One of the keys to having good credit scores is to stay way below your credit limits.  This is especially true around the time you are trying to secure a loan for a new home or trying to refinance.  Credit is tight enough in this market that you...
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Just this morning, I was reading an article that I came across regarding a couple things that are going on with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)….and it wasn’t pretty.Basically what’s going on right now is that there are...
Topics: fha loan approval, fha loan changes, FHA Loans, fha requirements

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