Archive for January, 2010

FHA increases premiums, tightens loan standards (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Ever since home mortgage lenders tightened their standards, home buyers without much money for a down payment have turned to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which was far more lenient.

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CCG Catalyst Provides Vendor Evaluation Services to Financial Institutions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

PHOENIX—-Phoenix-based CCG Catalyst, which provides strategic guidance for banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders and other financial organizations, announced it offers vendor evaluation services to ensure financial institutions are making the right decision on third party solutions to meet their future business objectives and budget.

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FHA bailout? New real estate fees, loan rules aim to avert one (USA Today)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The Federal Housing Administration is raising fees and tightening lending standards to shore up its strapped finances and avoid a taxpayer bailout.

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Financial Times FT.com (Financial Times)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

House prices have beaten inflation over the past 50 years although the cycle has varied widely over that time, according to a new study from Halifax, one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders.

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Leads360 Collaborates With Google on New Comparison Ads (Marketwire)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Leads360 to Provide Lead Management for Mortgage Lenders

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Top 9 Reverse Mortgage Myths – Separating Fact from Fiction (RISMedia Real Estate News)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

RISMEDIA, January 20, 2010—Recent headlines pointing to the detriments of reverse mortgages aren’t getting the story straight. One of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, Generation Mortgage Company, wants to separate fact from fiction. “Because so many Americans over the age…

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Generation Mortgage Refutes Top 10 Reverse Mortgage Myths (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Recent headlines pointing to the detriments of reverse mortgages aren’t getting the story straight.  One of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, Generation Mortgage Companyâ¢, wants to separate fact from fiction.

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PriceMyLoan Collaborates on Google AdWords Comparison Ads (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

PriceMyLoan announces that it is providing loan pricing technology to Google for a new feature that enables Google users to search for rate quotes and connect quickly to mortgage lenders.

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‘08 subprime lending down but not out (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

As mortgage lenders and financial institutions collapsed aroundthe nation in 2008, a number continued to do brisk subprime lendingbusiness in Northwest Indiana, a Times computer analysis of federalhome loan data shows.

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Mortgage lenders can sidestep new rules to prevent lowball estimates (Washington Post)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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