Homeowner bailout is state's mistake
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The homeowners who signed these mortgages must be held accountable somehow ("State to refinance troubled mortgages," July 11). Yes, the mortgage companies may have taken advantage, but if the homeowners had hired an attorney or did their homework, there wouldn't be a problem. This is like rewarding stupidity.
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By Milton Dowdy  The Slate Hill fiasco is a terrible mistake. It should have never happened, and it should never happen again. Whatever laws or ordinances from previous enactments are total mistakes, which will not preserve our  beautiful valley.
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For your home or finances, going it alone isn't always best.
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Imagine that you buy a house with mostly borrowed money -- a mortgage -- and the lender insists that you take out fire insurance to protect your house and his collateral.
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Federal energy regulators improperly calculated how much money energy companies should refund to California consumers, and the state should get another
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The state attorney general's office yesterday stopped four mortgage and real estate companies from doing business, alleging they used deceptive practices such as preying on families about to lose their homes, falsifying income and asset information to lenders, and steering consumers toward homes they could not afford.
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Hundreds of local governments are unable to access money they deposited in a statewide investment pool.
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Is this money mistake costing you millions?
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 10--Lenders who foreclose on contaminated properties would have to disclose hazards to buyers under a bill being considered in the Legislature.  "This is just huge moral issue in my view," said state Sen. Karen Fraser, D-Olympia.
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Fannie Mae, the biggest source of money for U.S. home mortgages, broke accounting rules for financial contracts designed to protect against swings in interests rates.
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At that rate, about 1.1 million of the homeowners who took out subprime loans in the last two years will lose their houses, at an estimated cost of $74.6 billion.
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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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Business & money: Â· Governor rules out emergency rate cutsÂ· Bail out would mean repeat of past errors
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Oct. 4, 2004 (Dayton Daily News) Federal regulators have taken the nation&#39;s largest funder of home mortgage loans to task. The charge?
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The price of home insurance on Cape Cod and the tony islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket is soaring, but thousands of homeowners are being insulated from the price shocks by a state regulatory system originally set up to protect low-income residents of inner-city neighborhoods.
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Reporters' poor understanding of housing economics worsens a bad situation.
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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.