Mortgage Security Bondholders Facing a Cutoff of Interest Payments
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Interest payment cutoffs, which are expected to accelerate, would be the latest blow to markets as investors try to anticipate the next problem that might shake confidence.
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At a time when mortgage lenders were touting efforts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, delinquent borrowers were almost twice as likely to lose their homes as they were to reach an agreement with their lender that would allow them to stay put, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association survey...
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States will be issuing bonds to cover unfunded retiree obligations. When that happens, buy.
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The truism that higher interest rates function as a tax on people who hold variable debt has been particularly apparent to homeowners holding adjustable-rate mortgages.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho  - As regulators in Washington hammer out a final directive on how the mortgage industry should provide hybrid products, state regulators say the regulation must also address the ability of borrowers to repay loans on their homes.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are feeling some pain in the wake of Fannie&#39;s recent accounting problems.
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With the housing market in decline, financial predators are finding yet another way to take advantage of people who fall behind on their payments.
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Standard & Poor&#39;s may cut 612  residential mortgage-backed securities backed by U.S. subprime  loans, affecting $12 billion in debt, the rating company said  on Tuesday.
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Minority homeowners are especially being hurt as rising interest rates make subprime loans even more expensive.
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Beware of interest-only mortgages and other extreme loans.
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People taking out home mortgages may gain new protections soon against shady lending practices as the Federal Reserve seeks to back even the riskiest borrowers, already hit hardest by the housing and credit crunches.
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The discount broker posts a loss as mortgage-related losses mount.
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Source: Mortgage financer may be forced to keep up to $31B on hand while it fixes accounting woes. WASHINGTON  - Embattled mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae was close to a deal with regulators late
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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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This may be Johari Reeves' last chance to catch up on her mortgage payments. The credit cards, she'll worry about later.
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WASHINGTON - Americans may be disappointed the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut won't translate into lower monthly mortgage payments and a revival of the housing market.
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U.S. financial markets were rattled by  news on Tuesday that late payments on U.S. mortgages had  reached their highest level in 3-1/2 years, while regulators  began a probe of subprime mortgage lending and called for  legislation.