Thursday, July 7, 2011

Revisiting Mortgage Booms and Busts Offers Perspective

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Jul 7, 2011 11:04AM

Revisiting Mortgage Booms and Busts Offers Perspective

[I am away from the computer on a daily basis, and my access to e-mail is sporadic and not timely. In my place are daily commentaries from a series of very knowledgeable mortgage industry people with different backgrounds, and they have been given very little direction about what to write about - the latest is below. Our views may or may not coincide, but I thank them for their time in volunteering and helping out.] Today's contribution comes from: Anthony B. anthony@abadvisory.com Four selected...

Jul 7, 2011 2:30PM

HUD Gives Jobless Homeowners Extra Time to Catch Up

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has modified the existing policies related to two of its assistance programs to give unemployed homeowners additional time to obtain a job before losing their homes. The changes impact FHA requirements and the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program. The changes to the FHA's Special Forbearance Program will require its servicers to increase the minimum forbearance period for qualified homeowners from four months to 12 and servicers participating...


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Today's Comments

John White

"Heard from a little bird that the USDA loans may be suspended from August to November due to funds running out....anyone else heard this?"

Russ Martin

"Leave it to the government to turn a simple problem into a genius level brain teaser. What is so hard about simply taking the standard HUD-1 form, adding..."

Mike Bertolami

"Especially now with the new LO COMP This could be really simple but government wont allow it to be. When shopping for rates the borrower should be shown..."

Today's Q&A

Anonymous

"Is real estate tax Paid "in advance" or for the past..."

Anonymous

"I have excellent credit rating/score/history but low income,..."

Anonymous

"I stopped paying my mortgage for 9 months but it has been a year..."

Today's Forum Discussions

Glenn Radford

"We have a client that's a full Eagle HUD-FHA mortgage banker/broker in business for 15 years with extremely aggressive pricing. They have some of the..."

Jason Wayne

"Was wondering if anybody is currently using these marketing avenues. If so any feedback on company's that are handling this for you and the success..."

BRENT HARDMONEYMAN

"Florida No 1 Private and Hard Money Lender ltvs to 50% Rates from 10% to 12.99% Make sense underwriting Loans from 30k to 5 million. Seeking free and clear..."