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FHA: The Best Bet for a Home Loan Now While other loan options have fizzled, the Federal Housing Administration has expanded and streamlined its lending to home buyers. Here are the details. |
Salon.com
April 16, 2001
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Mickey Mouse is the devil The long, strange journey of New York activist Rev. Billy and his struggle against Starbucks, Disney, Nike and Cindy Crawford... |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
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Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
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Appraisal Nightmares on Main Street If a low appraisal jeopardizes your real estate deal, don't panic. See if your lender will obtain a second appraisal. |
This Old House
Sid Davis |
Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. |
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11 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Worried you won't be able to make your mortgage payments? Protect your home and your investment with this expert advice |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2009
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The New Subprime Lender Please meet the FHA. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2009
Russ Krull |
Banking on Clues From the FHA FHA funds report sheds some light on mortgage performance. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2009
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FHA Facts In today's tight credit market, multifamily owners and developers are challenged with finding financing. In such turbulent times, the Federal Housing Administration loan programs serve as good, reliable sources of capital. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2002
Stephen V. Jacquemin |
Understand Lender Criteria to Finance Manufactured-Housing Communities Manufactured-home community buyers have two main financing choices: long-term loans from institutional or conduit lenders or short-term bank loans. To obtain the appropriate financing for these investments, commercial real estate professionals should understand lender criteria for each type. |
Reason
March 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Glen Fest |
Assuming an Old Remedy Maybe it's time lenders dust off an old idea -- the so-called simple assumption loan. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Mark Obrinsky |
Will Rise in Foreclosures Derail the Housing Market? Even if you do not believe there is a bubble in house prices, fewer and fewer analysts are ruling out the possibility of at least some price declines in some markets. A dip in house prices, even in areas of substantial price appreciation, could cause foreclosure rates to rise. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
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The Real Estate Deal Shopping for a commercial real estate loan can be tricky. Here's what you need to stay balanced. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Justin Hibbard |
The Fed Eyes Subprime Loans Battles over lending to low-income, often minority, home buyers used to be about access to credit. Now they're about access to affordable credit. If new lending data hints at unfair pricing, lenders may have to take a good, hard look at their methods. |
Reason
November 2000
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Stale Claims How long should the law nurse old grievances? |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Prudence Just Ain't FHA's Thing Raise down payment requirements may be a good idea. Factors that assign prime borrower status -- such as credit scores, monthly payments, and income -- aren't nearly as conducive to foreclosure as whether a homeowner owes more than their home is worth. |
AskMen.com
September 2, 2002
Ian Speigel |
Basics Of A Home Mortgage For some people, taking out a mortgage is a nauseating and terrifying proposition. It's not difficult to understand why. After all, you're basically laying your financial bits and pieces on the table and asking to be judged. But it doesn't have to be so bad. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Let the Mortgage Medicine Flow Homeowners suffering as a result of their subprime loans may receive federal assistance. The forms of assistance being proposed include a push for a change to the tax code to allow the FHA to help them rework their loans. Is this assistance justified? |
