Effective Immediately – No Refi’s For Borrowers with Modified Loans
1/5/09 – EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY - Modified Loans are Ineligible For Fannie/Freddie Refi’s, while FHA MAY Be Eligible. I have not verified this with the GSE’s personally. I have second-hand verification...
View ArticleMr. Mortgage: Dec CA Foreclosure Report – Defaults up 100%
December CA Mortgage Defaults Up 100% month-over-month, nearly reach record high It’s that time again…the monthly foreclosure reports will soon come pouring out and confuse everyone. Later this week,...
View ArticleThe End of Large-Bank Wholesale Lending – Time For the Mortgage Banker
The End of Large Bank Wholesale Lending – A Resurgence of Middle Market Mortgage Banking – Chase…a Leading Indicator This week, Chase shut down wholesale mortgage lending while keeping retail and...
View ArticleCiti to Follow Chase out of Wholesale – The ‘Rest’ Are Next
1-23-09 Story Update – while Citi was the headline of this piece, this report was more about the demise of large bank wholesale lending showing how Chase and others are leaving or significantly scaling...
View ArticleUrgent – Information Needed
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View ArticleCiti Wholesale Update 1-23
1-23-09 Story Update – while Citi was the headline my alert on Thursday ( link below), the report was more about the demise of large bank wholesale lending showing how Chase and others are leaving or...
View ArticleMortgage Rates Soar – Fed Better Buy More
Rates have shot up considerably in the past week and a half from roughly 5% at 1 point to 5.5%-5.625% at 1 point to the borrower. This was despite the Fed in the market buying $19 billion in Agency MBS...
View ArticleMr Mortgage Reports to be Delivered by Email
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View ArticleCA Housing Market -Beneath the Headlines / REO Surge to Hit
Beneath the Headlines — the Housing Market is Languishing The chart below shows a CA housing market languishing with ‘organic’ sales (pink) at an all-time low. This, while loan defaults (yellow) – a...
View ArticleFarewell Post – House Sales & Mortgage Loan Default/Foreclosure Round-Up
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