mba: MBA, NAR and NAHB push hard for tax credit expansion, yes expansion - 10/13/09 04:56 PM
Affordable mortgage money and in many areas really mouth-watering prices are helping the real estate market out, but it needs much more than that in this frustrating economic environment. The famous up to $8,000 tax credit, it is due to expire at the end of November, for first-time home buyers did (9 comments)
mba: FHA market share increases, but cash reserves shrink - 09/06/09 04:07 PM
FHA is a mortgage loan insurer that has stepped into the rather sizable vacuum the recent housing finance market collapse created. Inside Mortgage Finance reports that its market share has jumped from a paltry 3% in 2006 to a strong 23% in the second quarter of 2009. It has become very (12 comments)
mba: Home loan applications climb for the week - 10/31/07 11:12 PM
Good news are still rather rare in this current real estate environment, so when something noteworthy takes place, you ought to jump on it and shape a report to spread the word. Here's one of them that may not yet repeat itself week after week, but at least for now the curve (10 comments)
mba: Brighter side of mortgage foreclosure news - 09/19/07 12:04 PM
The recent headlines about the foreclosure stats compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association, or MBA, informed the world that the amount of loans sliding into trouble is the highest ever for this survey. It was started in 1953, a few moons ago. Numbers like that will make you wonder what will (2 comments)
mba: Mortgage defaults bring opportunities - 08/31/07 10:26 PM
Real estate flippers and other speculators have been flogged badly in recent months for being partly responsible for the quick run-up in prices during the boom years and now for the smoldering ruins they left behind. And deservedly so. They managed to do most of the damage in four states, namely (2 comments)
mba: Subprime home loans have many users - 08/27/07 06:43 PM
The word subprime mortgage has lately been one of the most used words in national headlines. To a point that you get vertigo seeing it. It has been featured in the print media, on the Internet, on TV, across the lips of consumers, on talk shows, just about everywhere. It has (5 comments)
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