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May 7, 2007
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Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive.   |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The 7 Words That Will Save America Most industrialized nations have laws allowing lenders to garnish wages and seize assets when borrowers default and the mortgaged property doesn't cover the loan balance. You borrow, you pay. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
Zainab Fattah |
Dubai: The First Foreclosure Barclays' landmark case paves the way for other lenders to go after homeowners in default |
BusinessWeek
November 19, 2007
Lewis Braham |
Help a Homeowner, Get a Double-Digit Return Whether the loan is between friends or strangers, private lenders say returns after expenses have historically been in the low double digits. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Gopal & Shenn |
Forecast: A Milder Mortgage Meltdown Low interest rates have helped defuse the option ARM time bomb. |
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
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 |
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 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. |
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
March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homeowners Free-Riding on the Bank's Dime Foreclosed on, but still happily at home. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Take This Mortgage and Shove It! New research could show a way to curb strategic foreclosures. Could attending to homeowners' emotional needs be the answer to the problem of strategic foreclosures? |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 2, 2012
Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors' Prison Since the recovery of the housing market will undergird any broader recovery, we must address the current situation of these debtors' prisons. |
Registered Rep.
August 9, 2012
Mark Miller |
Reverse Mortgage Madness Two recent studies illustrate the pressure that the housing meltdown is putting on older homeowners - and the risks associated with draining home equity. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Gail Liberman |
Hope For Retirees? Reverse mortgages are still being criticized for their complexity and high fees, but demand is rising and some advisors see advantages. |
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
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
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
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
Registered Rep.
April 18, 2012
Kevin McKinley |
The New Reverse Mortgage Magic There is a lesser-known use of this financial tool: letting qualifying buyers purchase a home with a decent down payment, but no mortgage to pay off, and with no in-depth consideration of their income, assets, or credit situation. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2011
June Fletcher |
Going Into Reverse Several big banks have abandoned reverse mortgages this year, some watchdog groups have maligned them and consumers have shied away from them. Nevertheless, now may be a good time to recommend them to clients. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
David J. Drucker |
Distressed Mortgages A couple of companies have found a way for investors to support the bank bailout process while also helping the almost-homeless. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Are You Upside-Down? Falling property values have people owing more than their house is worth. If you're in this situation, don't panic. However, don't expect to find easy answers. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Gail Liberman |
Foreclosure Game Even though most experts expect overall home values to drop further, the time could be nearing for aggressive investors to pounce on residential real estate foreclosures. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2007
Foust & Burnsed |
The Foreclosure "Rescue" Racket As soon as a lender raises the red flag, scammers descend. Here's how they wind up holding the deed. |
Registered Rep.
December 13, 2013
Mark Miller |
A Step Back for Reverse Mortgages New rules from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that took effect in October reduce the size of some reverse loans, boost fees, and make drawdowns less flexible. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2010
Tom Follain |
The Big Fix Is deferred maintenance the next obstacle to market recovery? |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
David Lee Smith |
7 States With Delinquency Problems The Mortgage Bankers Association guides us to where housing problems are the most severe. Clearly, housing's widespread overall recovery isn't imminent. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
John Gittelsohn |
Foreclosure Hits Las Vegas's High End In some cases, banks are repossessing luxury homes. In others, owners are walking away from million-dollar mortgages |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
SEC Fears Banks Are Putting Lipstick on Piggish Loans Are overvalued real estate loans inflating the book value of your bank? |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Revisited Have real estate prices finally hit bottom? As far as home prices go, the data says they have. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2010
Bob Ivry et al. |
Faulty Foreclosures May Prolong the Slump Probes of whether lenders followed the rules could halt seizures, and that could keep the real estate market from finding its bottom. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2009
James Cooper |
Business Outlook: Housing Demand Stabilizes A housing turnaround will be crucial to economic recovery. Recent signs that housing activity is at least stabilizing are a key milestone. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2010
David McLaughlin |
Why Florida's Foreclosure Machine Is Slowing Down As more questions arise about the legitimacy of foreclosure proceedings, Florida is having a hard time clearing its case backlog. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Roundup Financial advisors should understand that the deflation of the real estate bubble presents investors with tough choices -- and intriguing opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Could This Prevent Another Housing Blowup? A house is not an investment -- it's a place to live, and nothing more. Artificially supporting a degree of risk that encourages failure is nuts, since homes are incapable of innovating into anything beyond what they've always been. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Mandatory Education To prevent future stress in the housing market at the levels we see now, financial education should be required of anyone who receives a mortgage. |
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
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? |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group. |
This Old House
Mary Jo Patterson |
11 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Worried you won't be able to make your mortgage payments? Protect your home and your investment with this expert advice |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Farrell |
Bankruptcy Reform Bites Back For consumers, debt relief is harder to come by. And that's adding to housing woes. |
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
December 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Who Really Caused the Housing Bubble The second-home boom. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
The Storm Inside Informal polls show advisors widely share a negative real estate outlook. This is a better time to buy property than 2005 or 2006, but there's no hurry. |
