The U.S. housing market may still be in the doldrums, but funds that are betting on big gains in mortgage-related investments are a hot ticket this year on Wall Street. A number of hedge funds, asset managers ...
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Analysis: U.S. mortgage funds emerge even as housing stays weak
Posted by mortgage 22 days ago (Editorial)
Qualifying for a mortgage has gotten much tougher, analysis shows
Posted by mortgage 38 days ago (Editorial)
The average successful applicant for a conventional home purchase mortgage in February had a FICO score of 764, well above what was once the norm, and a down payment of 22%. WASHINGTON ? How do you stack up as a potential mortgage candidate in this year's increasingly tough underwriting environment? Do you have the right stuff ? credit score, debt-to-income ratio, equity or down payment ? to
Analysis: Rights groups try to avoid US high court setback
Posted by mortgage 80 days ago (Editorial)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Civil rights advocates took extraordinary steps over the last three months to persuade the city of St. Paul, Minn., to withdraw a fair-housing case the U.S. Supreme Court had already agreed to hear, reflecting their expressed fears about the court under Chief Justice John Roberts. Their successful effort, actively joined by the U.S. Justice Department and former Vice ...
QuestSoft Adds Geocoding Auditing and Lending Analysis to HMDA RELIEF
Posted by mortgage 105 days ago (Editorial)
QuestSoft, a provider of mortgage compliance software and Home Mortgage Disclosure Act analysis and submission software, has upgraded its popular HMDA RELIEF software in preparation for the 2011 submissions.
Analysis: Obstacles high for more mortgage prosecutions
Posted by mortgage 109 days ago (Editorial)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the financial crisis, prosecutors face an uphill struggle to win more convictions like the two they scored on Wednesday against former Credit Suisse Group AG mortgage traders. David Higgs, 42, and Salmaan Siddiqui, 36, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in New York to a criminal charge of ...
Analysis: Banks expect to spend less on bad mortgages
Posted by mortgage 115 days ago (Editorial)
(Reuters) - Even as President Barack Obama is calling for more assistance for struggling mortgage borrowers, major banks are looking forward to spending less to handle problem home loans. The chief executives of JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp , the two biggest U.S. banks, said this month their rate of spending to handle troubled mortgages had topped out and should begin to decline .
United Guaranty and REMN Announce Pilot Agreement for New CoverEdgeSM Product Post-Close Loan Analysis Is Designed to ...
Posted by mortgage 140 days ago (Editorial)
United Guaranty Corporation today announced that Real Estate Mortgage Network, , a national mortgage lender headquartered in River Edge, New Jersey, has signed a pilot agreem
Analysis - Bank of America's mortgage market share plunges
Posted by mortgage 223 days ago (Editorial)
Charlotte, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America is set to lose nearly all the mortgage market share it gained by buying Countrywide Financial Corp in 2008, in the latest sign of how painful the acquisition has been for the bank.
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