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Housing: Some zero-down mortgages perform exceedingly well
Who says lenders need to charge you a cash down payment when you take out a mortgage in this era of hyper-strict underwriting?
Housing: Why some listings fail in sellers' markets
With full-fledged sellers' markets under way in dozens of metropolitan areas around the country, new research has found curious statistical patterns emerging: Even in cities where listings get multiple offers within days or hours, significant numbers of homes are sitting on the market for si…
Housing: Second mortgages make a comeback
Using your home as an ATM no longer is a financial option, but the tools that allowed owners to pull out massive amounts of money during the boom years - equity credit lines and second mortgages - are making a comeback.
Housing: Consumer bureau's complaint hotline is revealing
Got a beef with your mortgage company or loan servicer? Lots of people do, and thousands of them - including Tucsonans - have been turning to a federal complaint hotline for action, or at least a quick response from the lender.
Housing: Those who save energy may profit
WASHINGTON - If you buy or own an energy-efficient house, does this make you less likely to default on your mortgage? Is there a connection between the monthly savings on utility costs and the probability that you'll pay your loan on time?
Housing: Mortgage surprise: AZ widow, 92, keeps home
Jeanette Ogle, a 92-year-old Arizona widow with a reverse mortgage on her house, got a huge birthday surprise last week: She did not lose her home at a scheduled foreclosure auction that had drawn scrutiny from federal and state agencies and consumer advocates.
Housing: First-time buyers missing in action despite reviving market
WASHINGTON - Though the housing market is rebounding in many local markets, there is one important segment that is not: First-time buyers are missing in action and represent a smaller proportion of overall sales activity than their historical norm.
Housing: HUD gives AZ senior a birthday haymaker
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Housing: Signs suggesting that sales may bloom earlier than usual
Could we be looking at an early spring this year - not in meteorological terms but real estate? Could the chilly December to February months, which traditionally see fewer buyers out shopping for houses compared with the warmer months that follow, be more active than usual? And if so, what d…
Housing: Home equity leapt in 1st 9 months of '12
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Housing: New reverse-mortgage rules will cut drawdowns
WASHINGTON - You've probably seen the reverse-mortgage pitchmen at work on your TV screen - former Sen. Fred Thompson and actors Robert Wagner and Henry "Fonzie" Winkler prominent among them - urging seniors to pull cash out of their homes through a loan program guaranteed by the federal gov…
Housing: Polls on homeowners' deductions are mixed
WASHINGTON - In the congressional and White House negotiations on tax reform - including the mortgage interest and property tax deductions - who has the crucial political advantage of counting documented public opinion on their side?
Housing: Underwater owners fret over expiring tax relief
WASHINGTON - Patrick Boris, a banquet chef in Las Vegas, is inching closer to his own "fiscal cliff," 2,100 miles away from the political brinksmanship under way on Capitol Hill.
Housing: Changes in FHA rules could affect borrowers
WASHINGTON - You may have seen headlines last week about the Federal Housing Administration needing a taxpayer "bailout" by the Treasury and wondered: Uh oh. Is the FHA heading down the fiscal drain like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have required billions in federal assistance just to s…
Housing: Some 'fiscal cliff' issues will affect homeowners
WASHINGTON - With the House and Senate back on Capitol Hill for the lame-duck session, preliminary negotiations aimed at keeping the country from careening off the "fiscal cliff" began in earnest this week.
Housing: Second mortgages making a rebound
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Housing: Lenders are even more strict these days
WASHINGTON - With 30-year mortgage rates hitting new lows and recent borrowers' payment performance the best by far in decades, you'd think that banks and other lenders might be loosening up on their hyper-strict underwriting standards.
Housing: FHA eases financing of condo mortgages
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Housing: It might be easier to get a home loan, but then again ...
WASHINGTON - With home prices rising in many markets around the country, might mortgage lenders start loosening up on their hyper-strict underwriting rules and extend loans to buyers who now find themselves on the sidelines?
Housing: Go green, get more for home
WASHINGTON - It has been a controversial question in the home real estate market for years: Is there extra green when you buy green? Do houses with lots of energy-saving and sustainability features sell for more than houses without them? If so, by how much?
Housing: Some sellers unwittingly play 'pinball'
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