Archive for April, 2010

landlord/tenant issues, experienced or professional advice needed!?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

It sounds drawn out, but I am stating just the facts. I know it is a lot of info, but if ANYONE could give me advice, or if this woman is in the right, or if my cousin can just kick her out without papers, or if this is something only a lawyer can deal [...]

What was the government's role in the sub-prime mortgage loan crisis?

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

I just got out of a lecture by my economics professor, and she was really insightful about the main contributors to the current recession. This is her summary, "The Global Money Supply doubled in the early 2000′s, so investors wanted to make high returns. They looked at treasury bonds of 1-2%, as being too low. [...]

Can you help me understand Fannie Mae's role in the mortgage meltdown?

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Fannie Mae was created years ago to buy mortgage loans from investors in order to keep the supply of mortgage money moving and boost home ownership.. The most dangerous of the mortgages loans made during the housing bubble were Alt A (Alternative A) loans which require little or no documentation. And most of these are [...]

How many of you really know WHY the "Housing Crisis" happened – the who, what, how and why this happened?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

I find that many of those I speak to simply point to the banks and say they did – they got greedy and made unwise loans which ended up in foreclosures. But ask yourselves – why would they abandon sound lending practice for what surely was a risk to high – what motivated them to [...]

WHO SAID HYPERINFLATION IS NOT COMING?

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Interest Rates Have Nowhere to Go but Up Buzz up! 191 Print On Sunday April 11, 2010, 1:00 pm EDT Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates. That, economists say, is the inevitable outcome of the nation’s ballooning [...]

Still Scratching Head About Housing Bubble and Credit Crisis?

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

I think this might explain the head scratching caused by the intentional obscuring of the scam that has caused us the bewilderment: The mortgages (underwriting by lenders like your local bank and national mortgage underwriters like Countrywide) where sold to investment banks that packaged them into MBS Trusts (regulated Mortgage Backed Security Trust buys mortgages [...]

BRIDGE LOANS BRIDGING THE GAP REAL ESTATE BRIDGE

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Bridging Loans and Bridging the gap until traditional funding is in place. commercial mortgage rates, private loans, no doc loans, hard money mortgage, private loans, construction loan, loans high risk, bridge loan, hard money loans, private loans, construction loan refinance commercial,…

Selling your home and renting it back from a Company..advice required please? UK BASED?

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

My friend is really in a bit of a financial pickle:-( Due to her being a credit risk, she pays a higher mortgage rate.Alot of recent finance situations have just changed4 her& has lowered her monthly income majorly!She has asked me to look into some Companies that she has seen in the newspaper, who buy [...]

Homeowners insurance–who decides coverage amounts? Me or the insurance company?

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Hello, all–I am shopping for insurance coverage for our home, and it has been confusing to say the least. It is an average home built in an area where there are considerations like hurricanes (Texas Coast), and the home has been insured consistently for the past year. We have not had any claims. Regarding mortgage, [...]

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