3 ways low mortgage rates can work for you

Just when it looked as if they couldn't fall any further, they did. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (excluding jumbos) hit an average of 4.3% in September, the lowest level since 1953.

Freddie & Fannie Loans: 98.6% Are Current

Freddie & Fannie Loans: 98.6% Are Current Last week the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mortgage Metrics Report was released (10/22/08) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This quarterly report is a, “Disclosure and Analysis of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Mortgage Loan...

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter, Led by Nevada

More bad news for the US subprime crisis. It may not be a total shock that the number of US home forclosures increased in the first quarter, but the number is truly staggering."U.S. foreclosure filings more thandoubled in the first quarter as payments rose for...

Deregulating the Dream

"Deregulating the Dream America is close to being a 3rd world country when it comes to class and wealth. My take: Americans (mostly republican) constantly brag about how we are the BEST at everything, the problem is that we are not. Its time we faced facts and started...

Illinois Wisconsin VA, First Time Buyer, Refinance, FHA, Jumbo

Inlanta Mortgage, your local Wisconsin and Illinois mortgage broker, offers first time home buyer, 80/20, cash out refinance, jumbo, construction, lot loans, no money down, refinance, 100% financing, interest only, investment, my community mortgage, FHA, VA and rural housing...

Illinois Mortgage Refinance Wisconsin Mortgage Refinance

Inlanta Mortgage, your local Wisconsin and Illinois mortgage broker, offers first time home buyer, 80/20, cash out refinance, jumbo, construction, lot loans, no money down, refinance, 100% financing, interest only, investment, my community mortgage, FHA, VA and rural housing...

Subprime Mortgage Refinance Fiasco

"Currently my girlfriend and I are caught up in the mortgage fiasco surrounding New Century Financial which is the parent company of Home123 who she is trying to refinance through. Unfortunately our fiasco began back in November of 2006 with Beneficial in Olympia WA. and we...

US Airways secures $1.6B in debt refinancing

"US Airways Group Inc. has reached an agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. to borrow up to $1.6 billion. The funds would allow the airline to refinance $1.25 billion of its senior secured debt and $325 million of unsecured...

Mortgage Crisis? Act Now to Avoid Foreclosure

"Mortgage packages could be mouth watering but in so many instances it does turn out to be what it should be. so how can you avoid losing your home and ruining your credit? "

When Does Mortgage Refinancing Really Pay?

""Since it costs money out of my pocket to refinance, how do I know whether or not I will end up saving money?" To save money, you must stay in your house longer than the "break-even period" – the period over which the interest savings just cover the refinance costs. The...

Here is a method that is helping borrowers shop for a mortgage

As many are aware, multiple inquiries in a short period of time can affect credit scores. Yet without shopping around how can you be sure you are getting accurate information and at a fair cost structure?

Understanding The Good Faith Estimate - Part 2

This a summary of all the fees for title, escrow, state and local government fees, and recording fees.