Monthly Archives: 2010年July

Foreclosure Activity Slows Again In June 2010

313,841 foreclosure filings were made in June, according to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac. The figure represents a 3 percent drop from May and 7 percent drop from June of last year. Ho......

Mandatory Loan Fees Keep Borrowers From Getting Their Absolute Lowest Rate

Conforming mortgage rates may be posting all-time lows this week, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be eligible for them. You may have already called your loan officer and found this ou......

Should You Refinance Your ARM, Or Let It Adjust Lower?

If your adjustable rate mortgage is due to adjust this year, don’t go rushing to replace it just yet. Your soon-to-adjust mortgage rate may actually go lower. It’s related to the ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 11, 2010

Mortgage markets improved again last week — if only barely — throughout a holiday-shortened week devoid of “major” data and market conviction. Up-and-down trading chara......

The Flawed Home Price Index Shows Home Values Up 0.8 Percent

Last week, the Case-Shiller Index reported home values up 0.8 percent across 20 tracked markets. The public-sector Federal Housing Finance Agency has reached a similar conclusion. Reporting o......

Household Finances : Which Bills Should I Pay First?

Morning television can be “light”, but as far as personal finance interviews go, this Suze Orman segment from The Today Show is loaded with practical financial planning advice. ......

June’s Jobs Report Wasn’t As Bad As The Headlines (And How You Can Take Advantage)

In June, for the first time since December 2009, the U.S. workforce shrank. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy shed 125,000 jobs last month even as the Unemployment Rate ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 6, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week as economic data revealed a slowing U.S. economy. Major stock indices fell to 2010 lows in response to a weak jobs report among other data points, forcing w......

Was The Pending Home Sales Report Really That Bad? It Depends Who You Ask — Buyer Or Seller.

The Pending Home Sales Index plunged in May 2010, just one month after the expiration of the federal home buyer tax credit program. The Pending Home Sales Index is now at a record-low level. A......

The Year Is Half-Over. How Did The Housing Experts Fare On Their Predictions?

As 2009 was ending, the “experts” were busy making forecasts about the U.S. economy and what to expect in 2010. With respect to the housing markets, two predictions were made again......

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