Faced with plunging property values and rising defaults, lenders are charging borrowers higher mortgage rates and adding fees. Not all of these added costs are set in stone, however. If you're looking for a loan, vigilant shopping and a little haggling can go a long way toward landing a better deal. Here are some fees [...]
The term "short sales" is used to describe a situation in which a homeowner is at risk of defaulting on their loan, and the lender agrees to sell the property below the original appraisal price in order to avoid foreclosure. Most lenders do not readily agree to short sales, although exceptional circumstances such as a [...]
Once upon a time, it used to be that a person with a credit score of 640 could refinance their mortgage and pretty much be assured of getting the best rate on that mortgage. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. The mortgage credit crisis of 2007 and 2008 resulted in nearly every mortgage loan source [...]
Remember the proposed requirement from six federal agencies that home buyers make down payments of at least 20 percent if they want the lowest interest rates? We've been keeping you up to date on this issue here, and the latest is, the 20-percent proposal is still alive, but it's temporarily bogged down in agency reviews [...]
The idea of being upside down on a vehicle is not that new. This commonly occurs when a consumer makes the decision to purchase a new vehicle before they have paid off their existing one. As a result, the balance of the loan on the existing vehicle is added to the note for the new [...]
