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September 30, 2010

NATIONWIDE    Moody’s forecast for housing and economy Moody’s Investors Service see a narrowed future of the US economy and housing market. In the agency’s ResiLandscape report issued last week they warn that there’s a stronger chance the country will slide back into a recession and they are foreseeing a longer and deeper housing correction. [...]

Moody’s forecast for housing and economy

Moody’s Investors Service see a narrowed future of the US economy and housing market. In the agency’s ResiLandscape report issued last week they warn that there’s a stronger chance the country will slide back into a recession and they are foreseeing a longer and deeper housing correction. "We have lowered the near-term econonomic outlook and [...]

Latest Short Finance Program and its hurdles

The ostentatious reason for the introduction of the latest “Short Finance” Program is helping out underwater home owners, by converting their mortgages into loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration. While doing so, the mortgage servicers have to agree for reducing the loan balance by at least 10 percent. But there are innumerable hurdles this [...]

23 September, 2010

NATIONWIDE   Disappointed applicants for loan modification file law suits Government proposes but bank disposes – this seems to be the latest and fitting idiom applicable in the case of distressed home owners, approaching the lending banks for modification of their mortgages, but get frustrated by the indifferent attitude of banks. Instances have come to [...]

Encouraging comments by IMF Chief on U.S. housing markets

Trends are confusing in most of the real estate markets of the country, whereby different opinions from financial analysts and market watchers emanate, adding up to the confusion in peoples’ minds. But what is more authentic and coming from a long experience of experts in the know, ultimately counts. In that sense, what the Chief [...]

Disappointed applicants for loan modification file law suits

Government proposes but bank disposes – this seems to be the latest and fitting idiom applicable in the case of distressed home owners, approaching the lending banks for modification of their mortgages, but get frustrated by the indifferent attitude of banks. Instances have come to the fore that some borrowers seeking the help of banks [...]

September 16, 2010

NATIONWIDE   Success rate of mortgage-relief plans not impressive – Experts Right from their introduction, the mortgage relief programs of the federal government met with criticism from knowledgeable circles, on their inadequacy to meet the needs and address the woes of the distressed home owners. There cannot be two opinions about the good intentions behind, [...]

Success rate of mortgage-relief plans not impressive – Experts

Right from their introduction, the mortgage relief programs of the federal government met with criticism from knowledgeable circles, on their inadequacy to meet the needs and address the woes of the distressed home owners. There cannot be two opinions about the good intentions behind, but the way in which these programs were devised and executed, [...]

Home prices will decline further in Metropolitan areas of the country

Based on purely the data relating to U.S. real estate activities till July and not going into the economic conditions and unemployment, market analysts are of the view that prices of residential properties will be going down further and this position will continue till 2012. What are all the basic data to put this prediction [...]

September 9, 2010

NATIONWIDE   U.S. households suffer from “financial distress” Is it not a well-known fact already? Day in and day out, media carries loads of news stories about it. But what we are apprised by CredAbility, an Atlanta-based non-profit agency engaged in credit counseling and education is not one that is a passing reference on it, [...]