These 9 Things May Keep You From Getting a Mortgage
Applying for a mortgage can be a daunting process for new homebuyers. The best way to prepare for it is to know exactly what lenders want from you — as well as what they don't want.
Applying for a mortgage can be a daunting process for new homebuyers. The best way to prepare for it is to know exactly what lenders want from you — as well as what they don't want.
A palatial home custom-built by late, legendary musician Tom Petty is now for sale, but the Encino house's history is more like runnin' down a nightmare. It all began when an arsonist set fire to the property in 1987, while Petty and his family were in the house-nearly everything was destroyed, except for the basement…
ROSEMARY THOMPSON; TIMOTHY E. THOMPSON, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; AMERICA'S SERVICING COMPANY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM; WMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; STARTEX TITLE COMPANY; STARTEX TITLE COMPANY, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees Rosemary and Timothy E. Thompson filed a pro se complaint against various financial institutions and companies involved in recording a refinanced mortgage on their property…
Throughout our 42-year history, In These Times has often played the role of Cassandra. Perhaps the most unhappy instance is our prediction of the burst of the housing bubble, and the devastating foreclosure crisis that followed. Foreclosure News
March 25–ERIE — Conneaut Lake Volunteer Fire Department has reached a tentative settlement agreement with its main creditor to resolve the fire department's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The fire department and Mercer County State Bank reached a potential settlement following an all-day mediation session on Wednesday, according to a report filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court…
The Great Recession was a period between 2007 and 2009 when the housing bubble burst and employment, GDP and the stock market plummeted for the longest period since World War II. The Great Recession was a period between December 2007 and June 2009 that saw the 2008 financial crisis, some of the worst unemployment rates,…
While mortgage payment delinquencies are generally down across the country, they were explainably up in states hit by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, resulting in a slightly raised annual delinquency rate, according to the October 2017 Black Knight Mortgage Monitor. Irma and Harvey can be blamed for a total of 229,000 “past due” loans, which represent…