Topic: Mortgages

Numbers showing the biggest price jump in housing prices since January of 2006 are different. That jump was real, this latest spike is not.    Read More

The government is about to make refinancing FHA mortgages more affordable — and potentially easier — for hundreds of thousands of homeowners.   Read More

As real estate investors rush to buy distressed properties and reap the rewards of a still-heating rental market, two distinct phenomena are suggesting caution, perhaps extreme caution.    Read More

Foreclosure activity in April fell nationally to the lowest level since the summer of 2007, but government intervention and the recent $25 billion mortgage servicing settlement are now changing the face of the crisis.   Read More

Take my mortgage, please! Reverse mortgages have been remodeled to provide cash for people not ready to retire but anxious to downsize debt.    Read More

A new report came out this morning with a curious headline: “Foreclosure Activity Declines, Hurting Investors.” I read it twice. You would think declines in foreclosure activity would be a good thing, that is, would help, not hurt. Not in this bizarre housing market.    Read More

Builder confidence jumped five points in May, which is a sign that the nation’s homebuilders are feeling far better again, after an unusually warm winter wreaked havoc with the usual traffic and sales trends.   Read More

President Obama has visited a “responsible” couple who owe more on their mortgage than their Nevada home is currently worth. But did they act responsibly?    Read More

And here’s how he recommends playing it.   Read More

The Realtors say it, the home builders say it, and now the chairman of the Federal Reserve is saying it: “Some creditworthy borrowers are still having trouble getting a mortgage.”    Read More