Refinance

Why 'For Sale By Owners' Miss 'The Right Buyer'

Trisha Ocona Francis | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Debt, Loan, Nyc, Economics, Ny, Financial Literacy, Economy, Buy, Jobs, Real Estate, Buyer, Seller, New Jersey, Luxury, Homeownership, Bank, Nj, Refinance, Money, Close, Negotiate, Home, New York, Owner, House, Mortgage, Purchase, Investment, Careers, Crisis, Credit Card, Broker, Agent, Savings, Business Finances, Cash, Sold, Business News

In this tough economic market everyone wants to save money, especially home sellers. A home seller may want to consider or even actually venture into ...

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Attack of the Vampire Mortgages

Chris Ladd | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure Settlement, Refinance, Housing Bubble, Business News

Washington's favorite "solution," refinancing into lower interest rates mortgages, will make it cheaper to feed the beast, but it won't stop the bleeding.

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Two Sets of Ideas From the White House

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Refinancing Mortgages, Mortgages, Hamp, Housing Bust, Housing Market, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Housing Authority, Refinance, Housing Markets, Politics News

The White House has a good set of ideas out this AM to a) help the housing market and b) help small businesses and start ups. The former sounds good to me; the latter, less so.

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It's (Still) A Wonderful Life: A Remake

Richard Barrington | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Banking, Loans, Refinance, Interest Rates, Fdic, Debt, It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life Remake, Business News

With remakes being so popular in Hollywood, and with banks being so much in the news this year, it begs the question: Could this film be adapted for today's banking environment?

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Radio Talk Show On Credit

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Credit Reports, Credit Cards, Refinance, Employment, FICO Scores, Business News

I did a radio interview for a show called Tomatoes in the Trenches. I was interviewed by Cheryl Benton & PTA Mom from The Three Tomatoes. We were j...

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New Obama Foreclosure Plan Helps Banks At Taxpayers' Expense

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Housing, Wall Street, Economy, Home Affordable Refinancing Program, Banks, Jobs, Harp, Refinancing, Foreclosure, Obama, Refinance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is introducing a new program on Monday designed to lower monthly mortgage payments for more troubled homeowners...

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Real Estate and Business Concerns Are Front and Center at the MBA

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Near term, economists tell us that less homebuyers and more apartment renters are in our future. Yet, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports that ...

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Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, The Financial Fix, Hamp, Mha, Making Home Affordable, Home Affordable Modification Program, Loan Modifications, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Refinance, Bill Gross, Pimco, Morgan Stanley, Home Prices, Business News

The head of the world's biggest bond fund, bemoaning the slow economic recovery, reignited debate Tuesday by publicly supporting a massive new refinan...

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'Vultures' Save Troubled Homeowners

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage, Refi, Liar's Poker, Foreclosure, Refinance, Homeowners, Real Estate, Mortgage Negotiation, Lewis Ranieri, Business News

Anna and Charlie Reynolds of St. George, Utah, were worried about losing their home to foreclosure last year. Then they got a lucky break--from an unl...

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Is the Next Financial Crisis Approaching? The Case of Public Debt

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Taiwan, Debt, Congress, Dalai Lama, Bankruptcy, Public Debt, United Kingdom, Bank of International Settlements, Bonds, U.S. Treasury, Credit Default Swaps, United States, China, Japan, The White House, Emerging Markets, Interest Rate, G-20 Summit, Gdp, Federal Budget Deficit, Germany, Developed Nations, Budget Surplus, Central Banks, Credit-Risk, Refinance, Financial Institutions, Greece, Business News

China and other foreign countries will not endlessly finance the US budget deficit; China recently sold $34 billion of American treasuries, and now holds less US debt than Japan.

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I See No Bailout

Angie Cordeiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Unemployment Rate, Neighborhoods, Wells Fargo, Naacp, Obama Campaign, Home Foreclosures, Predatory Lending, Unemployment, Poor Neighborhoods, Homelessness, Predatory Lending Practices, Foreclosure, Refinance, Unemployment Statistics, Business News

Wells Fargo made a mistake and has received over $25 billion dollars to correct it. Dollars that the bank said would be used to help stop foreclosures... I see no bailout.

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Loosen Mortgage Lending Standards

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 05.25.2011

We can continue bailing out the banks and Wall Street or, we can take a more reasonable approach by helping out the middle class in a real tangible way.

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