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The Motley Fool
November 8, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Fixing Housing: Easier Said Than Done Ever since 2007, there's been a push from both private executives and public policy makers to do more, tweaking every knob in an attempt to end the housing slump sooner rather than later.   |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Gittelsohn & Gopal |
Finding a Better Lifeline for Homeowners With mortgages underwater by a record $745 billion, regulators may force lenders to cut principal. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Dangerously Delaying the Inevitable In order to help the economy recover, the Obama administration relaxes the requirements for government-backed mortgage modifications. |
BusinessWeek
February 12, 2009
Brian Grow |
What's Holding Back Mortgage Modification? Many mortgage services say they can't modify terms to let homeowners avoid foreclosure. But there may be fewer obstacles than they claim. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Where Bank of America Gets It Right The smartest thing it's done in years. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Biggest Failure of the Year Mortgage modification re-defaults -- modified loans that fall back into default -- are quite high. And not just a little high, not just annoyingly high, but horrifyingly high. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2012
Dan Caplinger |
Why This Mortgage Move Is a Bad Idea The rumored proposal to allow refinancing doesn't address the true problem. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Are Homeowners About to Hit the Lottery? Rumors are that the Obama administration is about to order lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth |
BusinessWeek
May 6, 2010
Jody Shenn |
Mortgages: Strategic Defaults Are On the Rise By not making mortgage payments on "underwater" homes, borrowers may be paradoxically helping to boost the economy. |
U.S. Banker
May 2011
Babara A. Rehm |
Waiting and Hoping Is Bad Public Policy It won t be popular, but the Obama administration is going to have to bite some political bullets to deal with foreclosures and mortgage servicing. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Kate Berry |
Paying Seconds First Despite falling behind on mortgages, borrowers continue to make payments on home equity loans. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Dumbest Stimulus Plan to Date Punishing prudence, one bank at a time. One year ago, banks were ridiculed for making so many bad loans. Today, they're being threatened with fines for not making enough. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2009
Morgan Housel |
3 Reasons Mortgage Modifications Are Failing Want a mortgage modification? Cross your fingers, and don't expect a lot of help from banks. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The $215 Billion Hole in the Housing Market Underwater homeowners and the looming debt bomb. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Gail Liberman |
Another Real Estate Mess Clients with option ARMs could be getting a nasty surprise in the coming months. |
U.S. Banker
December 2008
Glen Fest |
Workout Analytics Taken to Loan Level Banks and servicers are broadening portfolio analytics to include more loan-level details and more predictive analytics around consumer behavior. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Theo Francis |
Washington Revives the Mortgage Cramdown As foreclosures continue to surge, congressional Democrats are pitching courtroom solutions to homeowners' woes. The Administration is wary. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Negative Amortization Trap Negative amortization loans are the only way some homeowners can buy their homes, but they present a trap for the unwary. Only by managing your finances carefully can you avoid a potentially disastrous result. |
Reason
March 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses. |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Andrew Dubinsky |
How to Unclog the Loan Mod Pipeline? Eliminate Paper The Obama Administration is doing everything it can to help minimize the effects of the ongoing mortgage crisis but for HAMP to work, the cumbersome documentation and verification process must be eliminated. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homeowners Free-Riding on the Bank's Dime Foreclosed on, but still happily at home. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Opportunity Interest rates on jumbo mortgages rose nearly half a percentage point in August, even as regular mortgage rates were mostly coming down. Is it time to raise the jumbo loan amount minimum? |
Bank Technology News
November 2008
Glen Fest |
Workout Analytics Taken to Loan Level Several technology providers in the past year have rolled out various workout analytics systems to help banks keep homeowners in houses and out of collections. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Glen Fest |
Assuming an Old Remedy Maybe it's time lenders dust off an old idea -- the so-called simple assumption loan. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
Ingrid Case |
Out of the Depths: Is a Short Sale the Best Option for your Client? Financial advisors may recommend a short sale to a client who has has fallen victim to the housing collapse. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Chris Mallon |
In Your Best Interest Rising home prices make interest-only mortgages a popular tool for homebuyers. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2010
Campbell & Henry |
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks Bad second mortgages are about to batter earnings and slow efforts to resolve the foreclosure crisis |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Dissecting McCain's Bailout Plan A little "straight talk" on the candidate's mortgage proposal. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Cut Off ARMs to Spite Your Face Mortgage products aren't the problem. Borrowers are. Used correctly, option ARMs provide flexibility that can be extremely helpful to borrowers whose cash flow isn't steady and predictable. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Kathleen M. Howley |
Delays in Short Sales Frustrate Home Buyers Short sales could accelerate the resolution of the housing crisis -- if the process is streamlined by the big federal mortgage lenders |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why Are Homeowners Idiots? There's nothing that confuses economists more than people not acting in their own best interest by continuing to pay a large mortgage on a devalued house. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Woellert & Stein |
Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess The bailout of Fannie and Freddie could reach $1 trillion |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Bailout Ben's Bogus Brainstorm The Fed chairman would like to up the federal role, and use your money, to solve housing's woes. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Peter Coy |
Commentary: Shred the Debt Ireland is struggling to cover the debts of its reckless banks. American homeowners are wheezing, too. It's time for debt writedowns. |
U.S. Banker
August 2001
Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2010
Kathleen M. Howley et al. |
Mortgage Modifications Aren't Stopping Foreclosures Programs designed to keep owners in their homes are being upended by lost paperwork and procedural errors. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Who Called the Housing Crash Offers Advice Yale professor Robert Shiller on how to fix the housing finance system. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Bernanke Has a Point. Maybe. Is his idea about reducing mortgage principals a reasonable one? |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
Christopher Palmeri |
Short Sales: A Fraying Lifeline for Homeowners Lenders are reining in short sales aimed at helping troubled mortgage borrowers. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Palmeri & Kopecki |
Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
John Engen |
The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2009
Poonkulali Thangavelu |
Stephanie Petosa: Loan service companies come to the forefront How the credit crisis is impacting commercial mortgage servicing, demand for modified loan terms, and problems created by loans going into different CMBS tranches. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
