House pushing mortgage plan
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Looking to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, the Democratic-controlled House wants to insure mortgages and provide affordable housing grants well beyond limits favored by the Bush administration.
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After a shallow, one-week dip, mortgage rates have risen to just about where they were two weeks ago. Rates are still low. The question is whether they are low enough to keep the housing market hot.
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Investor's Business Daily - Despite rising interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s seasonally adjusted index of application activity edged up 6.6% to 666.5 in the week ending June 8. Its index of purchase activity rose 7.2%, while refinancing activity climbed 5.6%. Analysts called it a scramble to head off rising borrowing costs. Mortgage rates are at their highest since mid-&#39;06.
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WASHINGTON -- Spurred by the crisis in the home mortgage industry, Congress is readying a slew of proposals aimed at changing some lending practices and helping financially distressed homeowners hang onto their homes.
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The plan will delay the foreclosure process for qualified homeowners for 30 days as they negotiate a more affordable mortgage.
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Producers are ready to shell out big bucks to keep their   House in order.
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Fresh signs of strength in the economy have caused mortgage rates to rise. Mortgage company Freddie Mac says the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is now 5.81 percent, up sharply from 5.72 in last week&#39;s survey.
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Mortgage lenders have hit back at accusations that they are responsible for the rapid rise in house prices.
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The rate consumers pay on a 30-year, $200,000 home loan will likely rise 0.2 of a percentage point - an extra $9,200 over the course of the loan - as the largest US buyer of mortgages slows growth to meet regulators&#39; request to boost capital, said Kevin
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Five steps to figuring out if refinancing your mortgage is really necessary right now.
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Starting Monday, it's going to get much riskier to fib about your income when you apply for a home mortgage.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will raise by 7.8 percent the limit on the size of single-family-home mortgages they will purchase, increasing the pool of home buyers who will qualify for lower-cost financing.
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Business & money: Britain's biggest mortgage lender ups its house price growth forecast for this year to 6%, and said that London house prices would rise 12%.
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Business & money: Homeowners may have to provide their buyer with a home information pack as early as September 1.
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The rate consumers pay on, for example, a 30-year, $200,000 home loan will likely rise 0.2 percentage point -- an extra $9,200 -- as the largest US buyer of mortgages slows growth to meet regulators&#39; request to boost capital, an analyst said Friday.
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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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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Assoc.&#39;s mortgage applications index rose 5.5% in the week ended Sept. 7 as interest rates fell to the lowest since May. Analysts said tighter lending standards may be prompting borrowers to file more than one application. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell 0.17 point 15 6.25%. The refi share of applications increased 0.7 point 15 42.1%.