Housing: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

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Home Today's Headlines ATW Forums Q&A Mortgage Rates   Top Stories       Housing: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly The big question everyone is asking: The Home Buyer Tax Credit Has Expired. Will Home Sales Improve, Contract, or Go Sideways? - MND NewsWire Window Dressing Begins. Bonds End Bad Day At Worst Levels The violent spike in rates we witnessed today will force market participants to re-evaluate their strategic and tactical biases as bullish interest rate... - MBS Commentary HUD Chief Looks To Simplify Home Rental Assistance Program HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan presented the details of a new rental assistance program to members of Congress on Tuesday. The program is part of the President's... - MND NewsWire FHFA Publishes Framework To Establish... - MND NewsWire Rise In Refinance Demand Tempered... - MND NewsWire Understanding Reverse Mortgage... - Community Commentary New Bond Rating Supplier With a... - Pipeline Press Mortgage Rates On Two Day Losing... - Mortgage Rate Watch Healthy Concession Balances Demand... - MBS Commentary MBS Lower and Wider As Originators... - MBS Commentary Econ Data Recap. Rates Break Long... - MBS Commentary »View more top stories jeffer90576 Profile View Edit Member Toolbox -MBS/Treasury Quotes -Mortgage Rates -Write an Article -Mobile MND -News / Rate Widgets -Manage Email Alerts -Update Profile -Not a Premium Member Yet? Upgrade Here. MBS Quotes FNMA 4.0 98-28 -0-25 FNMA 4.5 101-25 -0-17 FNMA 5.0 104-13 -0-13 FNMA 5.5 106-15 -0-08 FNMA 6.0 107-17 -0-06 Updated: 5/27/10 4:30 PM Treasuries 3 MO 0.1700 0.0000 2 YR 0.8700 0.0500 5 YR 2.1800 0.1200 10 YR 3.3400 0.1300 30 YR 4.2400 0.1300 Updated: 5/27/10 5:40 PM Mortgage Rates 30 Yr FRM 4.86 0.03 15 Yr FRM 4.15 0.01 FHA 30 Year 4.89 0.03 Jumbo 30 Year 6.42 0.03 5/1 Yr ARM 3.83 0.03 Updated: 5/27/10 6:43 PM Latest Video       View:All Videos Time to Retire Rating Agencies? 5/27/2010 Rating agencies don't seem to have many friends these days, with Jerome Fons, former Moody's managing director. FINRA's Compliance Meeting 5/27/2010 Regulatory reform and the so-called "flash crash" on the agenda at FINRA's annual compliance meeting, with CNBC's Mary Thompson. Obama Holds News Conference 5/27/2010 President Obama shares remarks on the BP spill and more. Around The Web       Property Taxes Surprisingly Steady IMF Economist Argues Home Prices Still Have Far To Fall Did You Know: Home Remodeling Forecast The Home-Buyer Tax Credit May Have Actually Worked Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin Remarks before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Mortgage Lenders Seek Relief From Forced Bad Debt Repurchases Federal Reserve to Hold Public Hearings on HMDA Changes With credit scores, it should be equal access for all S&P Won't Downgrade Banks Yet Mortgage Rates Fall to 4.8%, Home Buyers Still Scarce »View All Recent Articles JOIN THE CONVERSATION Recent Comments Adam Quinones on 5/27/2010 - read this comment In an announcement dated May 26, 2010, USDA Rural Development has now confirmed that the Agency will continue to accept and process application packages. As has been done previously when program funds... Michigan Appraiser on 5/27/2010 - read this comment As a member of the appraiser community, I think everyone in the loan industry should be upset with the underwriting guidelines of the banks. They are the ones setting up guidelines as to what they will... Emmett Dempsey on 5/27/2010 - read this comment I used to think the AMC appraiser was to blame, but after doing some "post-mortems" of deals that were killed via HVCC I am seeing other wise. What is happening is that a lot of these AMC's... Susan Myszkowski on 5/27/2010 - read this comment In my opinion a stronger case should be made for not including foreclosures and short sales to the comps that an appraiser is required to find for a property that is not distressed. First of all most of... Questions I have a buyer purchasing a home that is requiring flood insurance... what is a balloon rider? is it the same as a balloon mortgage... Can I put my house up for sale if I owe back taxes on it, and... Who pays the realtor's commission on the purchase of an REO... Answers Can a monthly payment that can not be made due to other financial... How does balloon payments affect interest on a loan? Can I refinance with my house being upside down? How long do you need to wait to get a new mortgage if you have... Forum Discussions Appraiser Jobs are being Outsourced to India - It's time for Appraisers & Mortgage Professionals to Contact their Senators!! HELP!!! Recent home Appraisal Loan Scenario: CT, $312,000, 665, 89% LTV, Refinance (Rate and Term) Urgent - NAMB Call-To-Action Receiving Unemployment and Purchasing a Home Loan Scenarios Post | View All   State Date Amount Loan Type CT 5/27/2010 312,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) OR 5/25/2010 300,000.00 Purchase NH 5/19/2010 59,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) CA 5/15/2010 550,000.00 Purchase TX 5/11/2010 300,000.00 Refinance (Rate and Term) AL 5/10/2010 220,000.00 Purchase Mortgage News Daily

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Rise In Refinance Demand Tempered By Appraisal Issues

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Home Today's Headlines ATW Forums Q&A Mortgage Rates   Top Stories       Rise In Refinance Demand Tempered By Appraisal Issues Bank foreclosure activity is putting more distressed inventory on the market and making it harder for appraisers to justify their choice of comps. It's... - MND NewsWire FHFA Reports to Congress on Status of GSEs and FHLBs FHFA Director Ed DeMarco said that the study found that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain "critical supervisory concerns." While the two government... - MND NewsWire Housing: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly The big question everyone is asking: The Home Buyer Tax Credit Has Expired. Will Home Sales Improve, Contract, or Go Sideways? - MND NewsWire FHFA To Implement Uniform Standards... - MND NewsWire Perspective on Fannie & Freddie... - Pipeline Press Mortgage Rates Inch Upward In Volatile... - Mortgage Rate Watch MBS End Choppy Session On Level... - MBS Commentary Rates Test Technical Support After... - MBS Commentary New Home Sales Beat Forecasts - MBS Commentary Thrifts Show Signs of Stability... - MND NewsWire Managing Risk: Secondary Market Activities and Board Oversight »View more top stories jeffer90576 Profile View Edit Member Toolbox -MBS/Treasury Quotes -Mortgage Rates -Write an Article -Mobile MND -News / Rate Widgets -Manage Email Alerts -Update Profile -Not a Premium Member Yet? Upgrade Here. MBS Quotes FNMA 4.0 99-23 0-00 FNMA 4.5 102-09 -0-02 FNMA 5.0 104-28 0-00 FNMA 5.5 106-22 -0-02 FNMA 6.0 107-21 -0-02 Updated: 5/26/10 4:33 PM Treasuries 3 MO 0.1700 0.0000 2 YR 0.8200 0.0100 5 YR 2.0600 0.0500 10 YR 3.2100 0.0300 30 YR 4.1100 0.0400 Updated: 5/26/10 5:40 PM Mortgage Rates 30 Yr FRM 4.83 0.03 15 Yr FRM 4.14 0.02 FHA 30 Year 4.86 0.02 Jumbo 30 Year 6.39 0.03 5/1 Yr ARM 3.80 0.01 Updated: 5/26/10 4:00 PM Latest Video       View:All Videos Bill Gross Discusses Sovereign Debt Default Risk: Video 5/26/2010 May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman... Is The Sky Really Falling? 5/26/2010 Discussing the future of the housing market and the U.S. economy, with Joel Naroff, Naroff Economic Advisors and CNBC's Steve Liesman & Diana Olick... Sales of New Homes in U.S. Jump to Two-Year High: Video 5/26/2010 May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new homes in the U.S. jumped in April to the highest level in two years, as buyers rushed to qualify for a government... Around The Web       New Home Prices: Median Lowest since 2003 Housing's New Normal: Wait and See Why Mortgage Lenders Went Wild Geithner Urges Europe to Reassure Markets Large San Francisco Apartment Complex in Default Real Estate News: Home Prices Weak, PE Firms Return Money to CRE Investors July 4 - Independence Day or Doomsday for Appraisers? Global Cooperation Key to Recovery, Says IMF Chief New Jobs Bill Contains NCSHA-Supported Priorities Buy-Side Analyst Forecasts More Optimistic, Less Accurate Than on the Sell-Side »View All Recent Articles JOIN THE CONVERSATION Recent Comments Bryant Jorgenson on 5/26/2010 - read this comment I finally got some justice for a client who had their house appraised for $348,000 when the borrower thought it was closer to $400,000. Contacted the AMC and pointed out that the square footage was wrong... John White on 5/26/2010 - read this comment Reuters- MADRID – Spain must make far reaching, comprehensive reforms, including to the labour market, while its economic recovery remains fragile, The International Monetary Fund said on Monday. "The... Cristie Champlin on 5/26/2010 - read this comment Thanks for researching this Adam. I learn so much from the articles you post. The numbers speak for themselves. All of these "temporary" programs are starting to look like the "Gulf Oil... Frank Ceizyk on 5/26/2010 - read this comment I agree that POLITICS is not a subject for this forum, but we should be able to have a discourse about the merits of one economic policy vs another without BLAMING anyone. The sad thing is that the current... Questions I have a buyer purchasing a home that is requiring flood insurance... what is a balloon rider? is it the same as a balloon mortgage... Can I put my house up for sale if I owe back taxes on it, and... Who pays the realtor's commission on the purchase of an REO... Answers Can a monthly payment that can not be made due to other financial... How does balloon payments affect interest on a loan? Can I refinance with my house being upside down? How long do you need to wait to get a new mortgage if you have... Forum Discussions AL 5/10/2010 220,000.00 Purchase ID 5/10/2010 250,000.00 Cash Out Refinance Mortgage News Daily

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