Federal mortgage reform unlikely in 2007
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Homeowners unable to pay monthly mortgage bills and facing foreclosure shouldn't count on help from Washington this year. Regulators and lawmakers seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach as they confront the fallout from several years of lenders making too many home loans to people with inadequate credit.
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Borrowers should be wary of programs that play off their fears of losing their homes when mortgage rates reset to significantly higher levels.
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For senators with presidential aspirations, 2007 looms like a potential minefield.
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As bad as they were, the 2007 housing start numbers probably should have been worse.
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Mortgage refinancing is available ... for those who need it least.
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Despite five consecutive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is an unbelievably low 5.69 percent.
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With the New Year likely to perpetuate many of 2007's trends, the keys are caution and patience
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A wave of foreclosures could be prevented if the largest federal home-ownership program were open to more delinquent borrowers, according to a study being mulled by the nation's largest mortgage investor group.
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More than $1 trillion in U.S. home mortgages have interest rates that will adjust up sharply next year, which could squeeze some owners out of their most important investment.
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A tsunami of interest rate increases on adjustable-rate mortgages is coming, meaning that the worst of the subprime lending fiasco is far from over.
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Growing scrutiny into subprime mortgages has failed to stop unscrupulous lending practices to blacks, Hispanics and other minority groups, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said on Monday.
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U.S. lenders would have to determine  that a borrower can afford a mortgage before making the loan  under a Federal Reserve staff proposal on new regulations  released on Tuesday.
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WITH economists holding mixed views on the future course of interest rates, homebuyers face difficult choices when trying to decide which type of mortgage to go for.
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The Federal Reserve is set to change home-loan lending practices that are blamed for pushing the nation into a housing downturn, but the effort is expected to fall short of far more stringent efforts by Congress.
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Most economists don't think the real-estate bust will lead to a recession.
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The accounting irregularities at home loan giant Fannie Mae could end up raising mortgage rates, but the impact, if any, will be difficult to measure given the enormous size and dynamic nature of the market.
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At the Thrift Savings Plan, 2007 was a year of growth and 2008 looks like a year of change.