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Friday, February 10th, 2012According to this morning’s WSJ, banks have reached an agreement over alleged foreclosure abuses (the WSJ’s wording). The settlement is for $25 billion. Details aren’t hammered out but in general, it will… • Provide $17 billion to borrowers at risk of foreclosure. • Offer reductions in loan principal and other assistance to qualifying homeowners. • [...]
Haven’t We Been Down This Road Before?
Monday, January 30th, 2012I read this last Friday in the WSJ: The Loan Quota Rule For the latest example of regulatory overreach, look no further than the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is pushing through a rule to support racial loan quotas a few months before the Supreme Court will rule on whether that’s legal. The [...]
This Stuff STILL Angers Me…
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Begin rant. Just saw this on MSN: Deal could cut principal on 1 million loans Apparantly, there’s ANOTHER deal being hammered out to help homeowers (misspelled on purpose). Here’s how this deal might work out: • $17 billion would go toward principal reductions. If 1 million homeowners were to be helped, that would equal an [...]
AMEN!
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011One thing I have learned over the years is that every decision has consequences. If I choose to spend my entire savings on a new car and then the air conditioner breaks, I have to live with the consequence of spending all my savings on the new car and will have to figure out a [...]
Realtors Have Been Overcounting Home Sales Over the Last Five Years
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011So home sales were worse than we thought. Sales figures over the last five years will be adjusted downward next week. It will be interesting to see how much.
The Average Foreclosure Length: 631 Days!
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Saw this on CNBC.com this morning: Foreclosures are setting new records again, this time not in their overall numbers, but in the time it is taking for all of these properties to be processed through the legal system. The average loan in foreclosure has now been delinquent a record 631 days, according to a new [...]
Four Million Foreclosures Are Subject to Review
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011About 4 million homeowners who may have been improperly foreclosed upon in 2009 and 2010 are getting an opportunity to have their cases reviewed. Whether they will be reimbursed is up to the same lenders who are accused of moving too swiftly to seize their homes. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said [...]
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