Mon, Dec 17 2007, 8:00 AM
So-called FHA reform reached an important milestone
on Friday when the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved its version of the
legislation.
The...
Mon, Dec 17 2007, 3:14 PM
Thu, Dec 13 2007, 8:00 AM
The U.S. House Judiciary signed off on Wednesday on a bill designed to
help certain bankrupt homeowners stay in those homes.
The highly controver...
Thu, Dec 13 2007, 8:00 AM
The two mortgage interest rate surveys upon which we
report each week showed big changes for long term rates during the week
ended December 6 and ...
Wed, Dec 12 2007, 12:05 PM
Tue, Dec 11 2007, 8:17 AM
Tue, Dec 11 2007, 8:00 AM
Late Monday, after the market closed of course, Washington
Mutual announced that, in an attempt to raise cash, it will
conduct a $2.5 billion conv...
Mon, Dec 10 2007, 8:34 AM
Mon, Dec 10 2007, 8:00 AM
Plenty of people, including Matthew Graham, MortgageNewsDaily's op-ed
columnist, are talking about the practical realities of
Mon, Dec 10 2007, 4:50 AM
Fri, Dec 7 2007, 8:00 AM
"Grumble, grumble, grumble," echoed loudly today across America after
The President, along with members of the Treasury, unveiled a "plan" to
help s...
Thu, Dec 6 2007, 10:26 AM
Thu, Dec 6 2007, 8:00 AM
Several hours before President Bush announced the details of his
administrations plans to assist homeowners who are facing foreclosure the
Mortgage ...
Wed, Dec 5 2007, 11:04 AM
Wed, Dec 5 2007, 10:32 AM
Wed, Dec 5 2007, 8:00 AM
While it will continue to market Option One to possible buyers, HRB
has announced it will shut down the origination portion
of the business while ...
Tue, Dec 4 2007, 8:00 AM
Most of the mortgage bigwigs were in Washington, DC
on Monday, attending the National Housing Forum sponsored by the U.S.
Office of Thrift Supervi...
Mon, Dec 3 2007, 8:00 AM
If you don't have a TV, a radio, or a newspaper, you may have missed
all of the negative press surrounding the mortgage and
housing markets . The...
Fri, Nov 30 2007, 10:57 AM
Fri, Nov 30 2007, 8:00 AM
It is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the housing surveys that
come from economic forecasters, trade associations, and the government
but one ...
Fri, Nov 30 2007, 8:00 AM
MSNBC, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal were reporting early
Friday that the United States Treasury is about to
announce a plan to help some ...
Thu, Nov 29 2007, 11:34 AM
Thu, Nov 29 2007, 8:00 AM
As usual the two monthly reports on home sales -
existing homes and newly constructed houses - were issued in lockstep on
Wednesday and Thursday a...
Wed, Nov 28 2007, 11:36 AM
Wed, Nov 28 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage rates continued to decline by baby steps as
reported by Freddie Mac in its Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-
year fixed-rate mortgage...
Wed, Nov 28 2007, 8:00 AM
The Associated Press was reporting early Wednesday that yet another
major mortgage bank "has finally bogged down in the mortgage muck that's
muddyin...
Tue, Nov 27 2007, 10:50 AM
Tue, Nov 27 2007, 8:00 AM
The U.S. Council of Mayors released a devastating
report on the impact on member communities of the ongoing
housing market problems. The report, p...
Tue, Nov 27 2007, 8:00 AM
Washington, DC - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight Director James B. Lockhart today announced the maximum 2008
conforming loan limit f...
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 8:07 AM
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 8:00 AM
It may be hard to remember now but there was a time when real
estate was fun , maybe even fun and games. It was in those long
ago days before falli...
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 8:00 AM
Late Monday morning one of Citigroup's analysts, Stephen Kim,
downgraded the entire homebuilding sector because he
could not find anything to sugg...
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 8:00 AM
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter on Monday
to Ronald A Rosenfeld, Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board,
expressing his "serious ...
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 5:53 AM
Fri, Nov 23 2007, 10:25 AM
Wed, Nov 21 2007, 10:07 AM
Wed, Nov 21 2007, 9:33 AM
Wed, Nov 21 2007, 8:00 AM
With the exception of the five-year treasury indexed hybrid adjustable
rate mortgage (ARM),
