lenders

Mortgage Industry Reform: Cure Worse Than Disease

by Chris Birk | April 26, 2010

When it comes to potential new legislation governing the mortgage industry, the cure may prove worse than the disease. The Senate is preparing to consider the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act,” a wide-ranging bill that aims to resolve lingering problems involving “too big to fail” outfits and institutional risk. But, at least as currently written, [...]

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Economy

Last Week’s Ugly Economic News Reveals Bright Spots

by Ryan Hinricher | February 1, 2010

Last week, a media storm took place with the large drop in existing home sales. The drop of 16% seemed to shock everyone who was predicting only a 10% decline after the expiration of the initial home-buyer tax credit. Right after this, the numbers came out on new home sales, which painted an even bleaker [...]

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Mortgages & Lending

Bankers Invited to the Wood Shed by Obama; How to Find Lenders willing to Lend?

by Peter Giardini | December 16, 2009

It has been all over the news how President Obama invited the big bankers to the White House this week to encourage them to do their part to stimulate job creation and economic growth by lending more to business; small business in particular. In essence, these bankers got invited to the “wood shed.” The million [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Finding Money for your Borrowers

by Troy Schuricht | August 7, 2008

With the credit crunch in full swing, investors should start to pay attention the the lending options available to their buyers. Most investors and individuals in the real estate profession already know that it has become difficult to finance properties and with daily changing guidelines it is very hard to predict the future, but lets look into [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Real Estate Investors – Learn Where to find Portfolio Lenders

by Troy Schuricht | July 17, 2008

Last week I spoke about why Portfolio Lenders are important to investors, but the bigger question may be how to find them. Tracking down a financing source is never an easy task. Many individuals have no idea where to start so they usually talk to there personal bank first. While the likes of Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America and [...]

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Economy

FEDS BAIL OUT FANNIE AND FREDDIE; EMERGENCY MEASURES TAKEN

by Charles Feldman | July 13, 2008

In a clear sign the federal government is far more concerned about the financial health of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than its public comments indicated as late as Friday, the U.S. government Sunday night announced what some are calling a “massive aid” package to the two shareholder owned and run companies [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Why Portfolio Lenders are Important to Investors

by Troy Schuricht | July 10, 2008

Mortgage loans can be come from a variety of sources, private individuals, banks, mortgage brokers, mortgage bankers, credit unions, etc. Investors need to understand that in most cases these lending sources are not actually making their own capital available for a mortgage. Instead, they are acquiring or borrowing the funds from another party. Pension fund, [...]

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Economy

How the Housing Crisis is Affecting Lenders and the Economy as a Whole

by Joshua Dorkin | October 18, 2007

I’m a bit short on time today, so I’ll share with you a few of the headlines that stand out to me regarding the economy and housing . . . How Housing is Affecting the Economy Dollar Drops to All-Time Low Against Euro on Weak Economic News From Washington – “The dollar fell to a [...]

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Credit

Lenders Taking Steps to Improve Image Problems

by Joshua Dorkin | December 9, 2006

In an attempt to improve their image problems (Note: all lenders have image problems thanks to a little thing called the real estate bubble), Wells Fargo has implemented a program that actually benefits consumers! They have targeted the sub-prime lending market, which has been a source of increased concern for consumer groups and now, politicians. [...]

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Foreclosures

When It Comes To Foreclosures, Keep It Local!

by Charles Feldman | October 24, 2006

Is there anything a mortgage lender can do to help head off a foreclosure? According to an article in the Houston Chronicle written by Lingling Wei of Dow Jones Newswires, the answer is yes…and the answer happens to be, community groups. The article highlights the East Side Organizing Project in Cleveland. It is a neighborhood [...]

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Housing

Risky Business-How Much For Lenders, How Much For Homeowners?

by Charles Feldman | October 20, 2006

Home sales going down; foreclosures going up. Sounds like a bad airplane flight, doesn’t it? Pretty bumpy going. But, this all leads to two key questions, says MarketWatch’s “Real Estate Weekly.”– For mortgage lenders, how much risk should they take on? For buyers, how far should they reasonably stretch their economic resources in order to [...]

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