pPosted To: a href="/consumer_rates/"Mortgage Rate Watch/a/pWhat a boring day in the markets! Stocks added to yesterday's gains and bonds added to their losses. This pushed mortgage rates marginally higher. The best 30 year fixed mortgage rates are still in the 4.125% to 4.375% range for well-qualified consumers, but less lenders are offering rates below 4.25% today. If your lender is still willing to offer a rate below 4.25%, your closing costs are about 25bps higher today (0.25% of your loan amount). AQ's comments from yesterday still apply... We're not panicking over this sell off. There has been no change in our fundamental economic outlook, we see no new reason to be optimistic about a rapid recovery. What we witnessed today was a technical adjustment, an adjustment that could reverse course on Friday morning if the Employment Situation Report...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/consumer_rates/170098.aspx"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170098/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170098" width="1" height="1"
pPosted To: a href="/news/"MND NewsWire/a/pThe National Association of Realtors released the Pending Home Sales Index today. NAR's Pending Home Sales Index measures the number of home purchase contracts that were signed in the monthly reporting period. Once "pending" sales contracts are closed, they are considered an existing home sale. Because the Pending Home Sales index tells us how many contracts were signed, it is consider a forward indicator of existing home sales. A signed contract is not counted as an existing home sale until the transaction actually closes. Excerpts from the Release... Following a sharp drop in the months immediately after expiration of the home buyer tax credit, pending home sales have modestly risen. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator, rose 5.2 percent to 79.4 based on contracts signed...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/09022010_july_pending_home_sales.asp"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170181/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170181" width="1" height="1"
Believing being upside down in equity is a hardship.
One of the criteria for getting a loan modification is that you must have had a hardship. While there are several things that qualify as a hardship (loss of a job, death of a household income provider, etc.), being upside down in equity on your home is NOT a hardship. Like it or not, your home is an investment. And in the eyes of the lender, if your home is worth less than you bought it for, you simply made a bad investment.
pPosted To: a href="/news/"MND NewsWire/a/pCommunity organizers, state and federal government officials, and representatives from banking, research and educations institutions are currently meeting in Washington at a REO and Vacant Properties Summit sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank. The two day conference is focused on examining the problems associated with vacant and abandoned property and to explore approaches to neighborhood stabilization. Governor Elizabeth Duke, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve opened the summit on Wednesday. In her remarks she introduced the types of issues that are faced by communities with high rates of foreclosure and REO and highlighted some of the lessons learned in the last few years about neighborhood stabilization strategies. She pointed out that the impact of each foreclosure goes far beyond...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/09022010_neighborhood_stabiization_reo.asp"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170144/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170144" width="1" height="1"
pPosted To: a href="/mortgage_rates/blog/"MBS Commentary/a/pWhat a rough morning! It appears my hard drive no longer wants to work. I tried to reach out for help, but no one answered. Then my gf called and reminded me that today is 9.02.10. This explains why Glenn is M.I.A, he's curled up on his couch watching re-runs of 90210! I think his favorite character is Dillon. Enjoy your day off Glenn! Oh well. I'm up and running again...... The day has not been so pleasant for originators either. Loan pricing is 2.9bps worse on average today. That doesn't sound too bad, but take a closer look. The largest rebate reductions were applied to the note rates closest to par. These are the rates most borrowers are hoping to be quoted. There is good news though, you can still lock in a rate below 4.25%! It's just gonna cost more at the closing table. The stock market...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/blog/170151.aspx"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170151/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170151" width="1" height="1"
pPosted To: a href="/channels/pipelinepress/default.aspx"Pipeline Press/a/pIt's good to know the jumbo market is alive and well! Alive and well for Tiger Woods who just got a residential construction loan for $54.5 million on Jupiter Island in Florida, which he agreed to pay back by January 2016. Of course, folks like pediatricians are having trouble finding an 80% loan for a few million, as are self-employed borrowers like architects, CPA's, or sail makers. But there is hope! (No, I don't know the lender or the terms) OK, here goes, in no particular order, the very recent investor changes (skip to the bottom if uninterested). As always, readers should examine the bulletins themselves, but this will give you a flavor for what is happening: Fannie Mae told servicers that it updated the allowable foreclosure time frames in the states of FL, MD, NV, and NY, is monitoring...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/pipelinepress/09022010-mortgage-investor-fannie.aspx"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170091/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170091" width="1" height="1"
pPosted To: a href="/garrett_watts/"The Garrett Watts Report/a/pIrsquo;ve been on the road for the past three weeks, mostly performing reviews of mortgage bankers for warehouse lenders. I am happy to report that all channels of origination are doing well. Irsquo;m no longer hearing the grumblings we heard earlier in the year as record low rates have sparked a mini-refi boom throughout the country and in certain areas the purchase market is also doing well thanks to record high levels of home affordability. If one is gainfully employed and has excellent credit, it is a great time to buy a home. Referral based retail and internet retail shops are generating impressive profits. Contrary to the naysayers, the broker business is thriving and wholesale lenders are quite busy. Everyone appears to have adjusted to the new RESPA regulations and companies are settling...(a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/garrett_watts/170119.aspx"read more/a)pdiv style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px; color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"strongForward this article via email:/strongnbsp;nbsp;a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/170119/3/forward.aspx" style="color:#3333CC;"Send a copy of this story/a to someone you know that may want to read it./div/pimg src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=170119" width="1" height="1"
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