USA Foreclosure: Foreclosure reviews are a gambit few former owners signed up for

With millions of delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure, the death cries of so many desperate people was bound to have political ramifications. The unprecedented need to process tens of thousands of foreclosures spawned foreclosure mills like David Sterns law office and other who robo-signed...
Foreclosure reviews are a gambit few former owners signed up for

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OCHN: Success of novices is sign of a housing bubble

When those without training, knowledge, or experience succeed wildly and want to teach others, it’s a sign of a financial mania.

People make profitable investments every day. Sometimes good fortune is the result of careful analysis and a disciplined approach; sometimes good fortune is a...
Success of novices is sign of a housing bubble

USA Housing: Rising mortgage interest rates negatively impact the housing market

Since interest rates suddenly and unexpected rose nearly 35% in a two-month period, the mainstream media and bullish housing market analysts have been busy assuring everyone that rising interest rates would have little or no impact on efforts to reflate the housing bubble. Since this is what...
Rising mortgage interest rates negatively impact the housing market

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Real Estate Ruin: Mortgage interest rates bottomed in early 2012

Treasurys plunge as traders, Fed bet on economic strength; mortgage rates may creep up By Associated Press, Published: March 14 WASHINGTON — The bond market is betting on a stronger economy. Prices for U.S. Treasury debt plunged for the fifth straight trading session Wednesday, and the yield on t...
Mortgage interest rates bottomed in early 2012

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Debt Default: Banks are the largest players in the REO-to-rental space

The housing markets are abuzz about the REO-to-rental hedge funds buying up properties. The major players in private equity have committed or spent nearly $3.5 billion dollars to buy single-family homes, rent them out, and hold them for appreciation until the housing bubble reflates and they can...
Banks are the largest players in the REO-to-rental space

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Housing Market: Borrowers who strategically defaulted early on made the best choice

I first began writing about strategic default back in 2008 in the post Should you walk away from home debt?. Many people were facing a cost of ownership greatly exceeding the cost of a comparable rental, and with declining prices, they were sinking underwater and had no realistic hope of future...
Borrowers who strategically defaulted early on made the best choice

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OCHN: Debt fueled housing bubbles devastate economic growth

Of the various types of financial bubbles, debt-fueled housing bubbles are the most damaging.

Debt is great for an economy as it grows and expands — at least on the surface. Politicians like debt growth because when citizens borrow and spend, it stimulates the economy, and a strong...
Debt fueled housing bubbles devastate economic growth

Real Estate Loan: Recent home price increases are due to increased purchasing power and not economic conditions

There are many reports showing increasing home prices of 5% or more; for 2012 Case Shiller, Core Logic, NAr, Data Quick, and many others.  In addition, it seems like home builders are having a rally as their stock prices have increased.  However, there is one overall factor that determines home v...
Recent home price increases are due to increased purchasing power and not economic conditions

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OCHN: Zillow: Coastal California house prices may decline as mortgage rates rise

 Coastal California real estate will be among the most susceptible to problems with affordability due to rising mortgage rates.

Mortgage rates went down from 2007-2009 because it was necessary to save our banking system — or at least to save the assets of the idiots in charge. Lenders ...
Zillow: Coastal California house prices may decline as mortgage rates rise

Housing Forecast: What happened to the REOs that were due spring 2012?

Last fall B of A and other major banks increased their filings of Notices of Default. Since then I have been predicting a spring surge of REO that would snuff out the spring rally. Right on schedule in January, Notices of Trustee Sale and the number of REO acquired increased, and it looked like...
What happened to the REOs that were due spring 2012?

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Mortgage Refinance: How to game the system with FHA loans for maximum advantage

Our current housing finance system is a mess. It’s laden with moral hazard, and likely to implode with enormous losses to be absorbed at taxpayer expense. All our current policies are geared toward saving our banking system from financial ruin and making loan owners comfortable with their...
How to game the system with FHA loans for maximum advantage

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OCHN: Credit expansion is the problem in housing, not the solution

Expanding credit makes lenders and realtors more money in the short term, but it invariably leads to inflated house prices and a market collapse.

The real estate cycle that culminated in the parabolic rise in prices during the Great Housing Bubble was the result of a series of solutions to...
Credit expansion is the problem in housing, not the solution