The White House is considering a mass-refinancing plan that would enable homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance into today’s low interest rates. The Obama administration hopes that if the plan comes to fruition the refinancing would leave consumers with lower mortgage bills and more spending money. Currently, many homeowners are too “underwater” on their mortgages or lack the credit standing Read full article »
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Underwater Borrower’ Outlook is Deteriorating
According to a survey conducted by Fannie Mae, 26 percent of mortgage borrowers now believe that they are underwater, and they are getting more anxious about it all the time. The company that they are keeping is not serving to help them stay optimistic, either, with 57 percent of underwater borrowers indicating an acquaintance with someone who has defaulted on Read full article »
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How Stupid Can They Be? Government Offers Financing For Overleveraged Properties Through FHA
Underwater homeowners without FHA loans will have a new refinancing option starting in September of this year courtesy of that organization. The FHA is going to offer qualified borrowers who are underwater but current on their mortgages the opportunity to qualify for an FHA-insured mortgage – if the borrowers can convince their current lender to write off at least 10 Read full article »
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The Real Truth Of Why Short Sales Are So Hard To Complete
I had a meeting this week in Las Vegas with some high net worth investors and a colleague of mine who runs a large real estate brokerage that focuses on asset management and foreclosure disposition for very large mortgage lending clients. He was explaining the process of foreclosure auctions and mentioned that the vast majority of properties that go to Read full article »
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The Politics of Real Estate
Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.
Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.
Mortgage Industry News
Few things change more rapidly than the mortgage market, and with the increasing dominance of GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the mortgage business, it's more important than ever to keep up. Here are a few recent mortgage news updates:
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Mortgage News
- HAMP Success Tally Slowly Growing
- Western States Working Through Foreclosure Backlog Quicker than Eastern
- Biggest Down Payments in the Country Found in New Jersey
- President Bypasses Congress, Appoints Director of the Consumer Protection Bureau
- Federal Reserve Recommends Expanding GSEs to Turn Housing Market Around
- Mortgage Rates Likely to Remain Low for a While Longer
- Top Former FDIC, Wells Fargo Execs Say Fannie and Freddie Must Go
- FHA Continues to Extend Anti-Flipping Waiver
- More Homeowners Using Delaying Tactics to Slow Down Foreclosures
- Now that It’s Passed: The True Cost of the Payroll Tax Cut
About Bryan Ellis
Bryan Ellis is an Atlanta-based real estate analyst and publisher of the widely read newsletter "The Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter". With over 200,000 subscribers - including real estate investors, agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals - the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter is among America's largest sources of unbiased coverage of politics and public policy for the real estate industry.
Bryan Ellis serves as editor in chief for the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter and is assisted by an extraordinary staff of writers, researchers and editors who are each real estate experts in their own right and who assure that the news we report is well researched, factual, and highly relevant to today's real estate industry.
Bryan is very happily married and has two wonderful daughters. He makes his home in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. You can contact the team at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter here.