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    Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage at 3.43%, lowest since January

    Mortgage rates are at their lowest level since January, the widely watched Freddie Mac survey shows, with the average for a 30-year fixed-rate loan dropping to 3.43% this week from 3.54% a week ago.
    Mortgage rates are at their lowest level since January, the widely watched Freddie Mac survey shows, with the average for a 30-year fixed-rate loan dropping to 3.43% this week from 3.54% a week ago. The survey of rates lenders are offering to solid...

    Tags: Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Hispanic homebuyers a driving force in housing

    First-time buyers make the housing wheel go 'round: As they segue from renting to owning, they set off the sequence of move-up purchases that, in theory, will help the overall market get well.
    First-time buyers make the housing wheel go 'round: As they segue from renting to owning, they set off the sequence of move-up purchases that, in theory, will help the overall market get well. These days, Hispanic consumers seem to be pushing that wheel...

    Tags: Consumer Confidence, Real Estate Buyers, Foreclosures, Services and Shopping, Housing Industry

    3. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Obama budget projects $943-million bailout for key housing agency

    WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's proposed budget projects the  Federal Housing Administration will need a $943-million bailout this year to stabilize its shaky long-term finances.
    WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's proposed budget projects the  Federal Housing Administration will need a $943-million bailout this year to stabilize its shaky long-term finances. The agency, whose mortgage insurance business increased...

    Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, American Enterprise Institute, Budgets and Budgeting, Financial and Business Services

    4. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Buying foreclosures requires patience, and a little more money

    It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days.
    It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days. Investors, both individuals and national corporations, are rushing into the market with the intent of turning foreclosed properties into cash-...

    Tags: Finance, Property, Real Estate Buyers, Foreclosures, Economy, Business and Finance

    5. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. MECU to acquire Advance Bank in Baltimore

    Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore Inc. announced Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Advance Bank, another Baltimore-based institution.
    Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore Inc. announced Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Advance Bank, another Baltimore-based institution. A sale price hasn't been determined and will be based on which Advance assets regulators say MECU can...

    Tags: Banking, Hamilton

    6. Mar 29, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Start early on shaping next year's budget

    Quick question for community association volunteers: When does budget season begin and end?
    Quick question for community association volunteers: When does budget season begin and end? If you have prepared an annual budget, perhaps while on the board or finance committee, you know that preliminary meetings usually take place in late summer or...

    Tags: Fines, Finance, Punishment, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting

    7. Jan 11, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  7. Cash-in refinance makes sense for those with equity just shy of 20 percent

    Real Estate Matters
    Q: I listen to your radio show frequently and wondered if you can offer advice on refinancing my home. My current lender does not offer any refinancing options for me. I have a credit score in the 800s and a 4.8 percent, 30-year fixed rate mortgage. My...

    Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, Chicago Mortgages, Radio

    8. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PennyMac, headed by former No. 2 at Countrywide, files for IPO

    PennyMac Financial Services Inc., the 5-year-old mortgage company founded by former Countrywide Financial Corp. President Stanford L. Kurland, plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. 
    PennyMac Financial Services Inc., the 5-year-old mortgage company founded by former Countrywide Financial Corp. President Stanford L. Kurland, plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.  PennyMac, which makes, buys, sells and services...

    Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Countrywide Financial Corp.

    9. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Woodstock Institute finds gender bias in joint home loan, refinancing approvals

    Co-borrowers may want to rethink whose name goes first on a mortgage application.
    Co-borrowers may want to rethink whose name goes first on a mortgage application. Early findings from a study under way at the Woodstock Institute found that in the six-county Chicago area, joint applications for home purchases and refinancings were much...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Loans, Feminism, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Mortgages

    10. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to merge some functions in new company

    WASHINGTON — The federal regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took the first major step toward possibly shutting down the taxpayer-rescued firms by deciding to merge some functions of the mortgage financing giants into a new company. The...

    Tags: Finance, National Government, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC

    11. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. When the government backs mortgages

    How should we reform our broken housing finance system? To what extent should the federal government continue to provide guarantees for mortgage financing, such as the ones it provides for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? With Fannie and Freddie in a federal conservator ship that has already cost taxpayers more than $140 billion, it's politically popular to suggest that the answer is "not much."
    How should we reform our broken housing finance system? To what extent should the federal government continue to provide guarantees for mortgage financing, such as the ones it provides for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? With Fannie and Freddie in a federal...

    Tags: Finance, Loans, Financial Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping

    12. Feb 22, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  12. Manufactured homes and FHA financing

    Real Estate Matters
    Q: We have a problem. My son bought a manufactured home last year at the age of 21 and got an FHA mortgage on the home. It appears that he should have never received the FHA loan due to the home. Due to their failed marriage, my son and his ex-wife hired...

    Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Finance, Moving and Storage, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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