SANTA ANA, CA-- - While most people usually think of real estate "affordability" in terms of buying a home, the concept also applies to refinancing. Rate reductions may cut monthly costs and ...
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When Does It Make Sense to Refinance?
Posted by mortgage 3 days ago (Editorial)
AIG Wagers on Subprime Betting Second Time Different: Mortgages
Posted by mortgage 6 days ago (Editorial)
American International Group Inc. (AIG) , the insurer that needed a $182.3 billion bailout from the U.S. government in 2008 after failed mortgage investments, is betting this time it?s different.
Retire with your mortgage or refinance?
Posted by mortgage 13 days ago (Editorial)
If you are age 55 or older and plan to retire in a decade or so, you need to evaluate your retirement funds and your desire to pay off your mortgage before signing that refinance application.Financial planners have mixed feelings about whether homeowners should retire their mortgages before retirement."First, you need to think realistically about what you want your lifestyle to be in retirem
Time to Refinance? Low Rates Are Just One Factor
Posted by mortgage 14 days ago (Editorial)
All-time lows in mortgage rates may make refinancing seem like a no-brainer, but that would be a mistaken assumption for any home owner.
Insight - Time running out for Ally Financial's restructuring
Posted by mortgage 16 days ago (Editorial)
NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - In the fall of 2009, the board of GMAC, one of the largest U.S. auto and home-loan companies, gathered in New York to discuss whether to put its troubled mortgage unit into bankruptcy. GMAC, now called Ally Financial, was just about to receive the last of $17 billion (10 billion pounds) in taxpayer bailouts. The board, including directors named by ..
Time running out for Ally Financial
Posted by mortgage 16 days ago (Editorial)
Interviews with people directly involved in Ally?s restructuring reveal how missed opportunities, competing interests, lax oversight from the government and bad luck have stymied Ally
Can't Refinance? Consider a 'Recast' Instead
Posted by mortgage 23 days ago (Editorial)
If you've found that a refinance isn't for you, there may be another option for lowering your monthly mortgage payments -- if you can pull together some cash.
Fifth Third Mortgage Company to Help Consumers through Enhanced Home Affordability Refinance Program (HARP 2.0)
Posted by mortgage 23 days ago (Editorial)
Fifth Third Mortgage Company, a subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank, and the 14th largest originator in the country announces its involvement in the government?s recent enhancements to the Home Affordability Refinance Program .
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