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As Mortgages Improve, Old Ills Still Hit Big Banks

“The five mortgage services that signed the National Mortgage Settlement are legally required to take specific, rigorous, and enforceable steps to protect homeowners,” Attorney General Schneiderman said. “Wells Fargo and Bank of America have flagrantly violated those obligations, putting hundreds … Continue reading

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US Homeowners Rise Above Water on Mortgages

The negative equity numbers also don’t say anything about whether or not the loans coming out from underwater are delinquent. While the overall delinquency rate dropped dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 7.09 percent of all loans, according … Continue reading

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Mortgage Mess Still Mires US Housing Recovery

Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped more dramatically than did refinances, down 10 percent from the previous week. While one week does not a trend make, rising mortgage rates, coupled with severe inventory shortages, are not the mix needed … Continue reading

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Fewer Borrowers Are Behind on Mortgages, but for How Long?

“The declines in the mortgage delinquency rate will likely be muted for the foreseeable futures as the foreclosure process in some states can take more than 1,000 days,” notes Tim Martin, of TransUnion’s financial services business unit. “It is not … Continue reading

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Already Time to Throw Up Caution Signs on Housing?

Fitch contends that home prices remain overvalued and that price growth is not being driven by fundamentals but by technical factors that could easily change. As more homes move more quickly to final foreclosure, especially in states that require a … Continue reading

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Why Today’s Housing Report Spooked Investors So Much

The good housing numbers are all up from a year ago: Sales, starts, building permits, prices, earnings. The bad numbers are down: Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, negative equity. So why are investors pulling out of the home builders today? And why … Continue reading

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Why Home Refinancing Boom Is Different This Time

U.S. home owners are refinancing their mortgages at the fastest clip since 2005, but the difference now is they are putting cash in, not taking it out. At the going rate, 25 percent of all first-lien U.S. mortgages will be … Continue reading

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Is Housing Risen From Ashes? ‘Industry Has Come Back’

Economists are saying it, and now even some Americans are saying it. After falling to depths not seen since the Great Depression, the U.S. housing market may finally be rising from the ashes.  It may not seem like a lot, … Continue reading

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More Homes Are Above Water, But Some Sellers Still Suffer

As home sale prices rise, overall home equity rises, and consequently more and more mortgages are no longer “under water.”  1.3 million homes that were previously worth less than the mortgages on them came back into positive territory in the … Continue reading

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‘Underwater Mortgage’ Refis Get Fresh Push in Congress

A slight improvement in home prices has helped to pull some U.S. homeowners back above water on their mortgages, but the gains are small, and the problem is still epidemic.  As of July, 22.4 percent of homeowners with a mortgage … Continue reading

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