Mortgage Foreclosure & Refinance Resource

If everything follows their model, the economists say property values should bottom out by mid-2009.
If you are a prospective home buyer waiting for the bottom of the housing market, there is another fact you need to take into account: mortgage rates are rising.
Rates on a 30-year fixed-rate loan, which were as low as 5.89 percent [...]

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The housing collapse dragged down home values, especially clobbering subprime borrowers. Many were left with mortgages that exceeded the value of their homes. They were further socked by low introductory rates on their adjustable mortgages resetting to higher rates, making their monthly payments difficult or impossible to afford. Problems in the credit markets have made [...]

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According to the LA Times a new incentive for lenders to refinance more mortgages is being considered by regulators who oversee the U.S. thrift industry, which suffered a record $5.2-billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007 as the housing market deteriorated, the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision said Wednesday.
The OTS said it was looking [...]

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