Anyone who has purchased or refinanced a home has experienced the onslaught of paperwork at the closing table. Presumably, there is ample opportunity for lenders and researchers to correlate housing data with home owners. However as the Fed researcher in the article states, it’s quite difficult to get accurate and relevant research on foreclosures and [...]
Read More Foreclosure, policyQuestion: Short Sale Vs. Foreclosure: How Does Each Affect My Credit? A short sale in real estate occurs when the outstanding obligations (loans) against a property are greater than what the property can be sold for. In this time of option-arms coming due we will see more and more borrowers trying to negotiate short sales as opposed to [...]
Read More credit scoring, Foreclosure, short saleHere is something I’d like to know. How many investor-owned properties were foreclosed in 2007? What about the first half of 2008? My theory is that speculators getting zero-down, stated income, non-owner occupied, negative amortizing loans contributed more to the unraveling of the credit markets than primary homeowners who got a low rate adjustable mortgage. [...]
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