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Homebuyers race to line up mortgage financing
Leisurely looking for a mortgage is a luxury South Florida homebuyers can't afford anymore. Sellers have seized control of the rejuvenated market. Strong competition for a limited supply of homes is forcing buyers to quickly arrange financing or face the...Tags: Real Estate, Realty, Coral Springs, Services and Shopping, Real Estate Buyers
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Larger homes are the next big thing, again
Homes are getting bigger again. About 483,000 single-family homes were built last year, and 41 percent of them had at least four bedrooms. Thirty percent of them had at least three bathrooms, and that's the highest percentage of homes with three or more...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Consumers
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Board should address water leak in crawl space
Q: We live in a garden unit of a four-unit condominium building, and when it rains, water infiltrates into our crawl space. We can smell a musty odor in our living area. We have been experiencing this issue for over two years now, and the association...
Tags: Mortgages, Condos
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U.S. House bill gives FHA ability to tighten reverse mortgages
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would give new authority to the Federal Housing Administration to tighten terms for reverse mortgages, where it has faced significant losses. The FHA, which...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Mortgages, Finance
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FHA could stop charging extra interest on mortgage payoffs
WASHINGTON — Pressured by consumer protection regulators, the Federal Housing Administration is expected to end one of its most controversial practices: charging borrowers interest on their home mortgages for weeks after they've paid off the...
Tags: Real Estate, The Washington Post, Services and Shopping, Freddie Mac, Mortgages
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Bouncing back after a credit hit in the housing downturn
The housing downturn touched all areas of the country, but came down particularly heavily in Miami. Now, the market there is healing, and many former distressed homeowners have healed their personal finances, too. "We have lots of borrowers here who have...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Economy, Business and Finance, Fannie Mae, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Financial and Business Services
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CORRECTED(OFFICIAL)-'Shadow' homes could burden US housing agencies-report
Reuters(In Thursday's story, report's authors correct references to number of borrowers in 1st and 2nd paragraphs) WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - Well over a million U.S. homeowners are months behind on payments on government-backed mortgages, raising the...Tags: Real Estate, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Services and Shopping, Real Estate Sellers, Freddie Mac
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High cost of homeownership
As the five-year anniversary of the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy and the collapse of the mortgage market approaches, Americans are still struggling to cope with the consequences of the Great Recession. More than 4 million households have lost their homes to...
Tags: Real Estate, Federal National Mortgage Association, Realty, National Government, Services and Shopping
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'Shadow' home inventory could burden U.S. housing agencies, watchdogs say
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - Millions of U.S. homeowners are months behind on payments on government-backed mortgages, raising the risk federal housing agencies will end up facing the cost of managing a fresh flood of foreclosed homes, two government...Tags: Real Estate, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Services and Shopping, Freddie Mac, Real Estate Sellers
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FHA interest rule under fire
Pressured by consumer protection regulators, the Federal Housing Administration is expected to end one of its most controversial practices: Charging borrowers interest on their home mortgages for weeks after they've paid off the entire principal balance....Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Freddie Mac, Mortgages, Finance
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The woman who paid for Beazer's sins
The Charlotte ObserverEven her husband hasn't seen it. Janette Parker is so embarrassed by the electronic ankle bracelet locked around her right leg that she wears long pants, dresses in private and slips beneath the bedcovers before allowing her closest confidante, the man...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Beazer Homes USA Incorporated, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Prisons
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Foreclosures are cheap, but pitfalls may await buyers
St. Louis Post-DispatchBack in 2011, Christina and Brian Jenkins decided to take up a sideline as landlords. Since then, they've acquired three rental houses in the St. Louis area. Two of them were foreclosures. They have advice for those who want to pick up a foreclosed house...Tags: Real Estate, St. Louis, Services and Shopping, Freddie Mac, Mortgages
Jun 15, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 14, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 14, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 12, 2013
|Story| Reuters
Jun 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 7, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 31, 2013
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May 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 30, 2013
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Jun 8, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jun 6, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Jun 6, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
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