Can't make your mortgage? Get an emergency loan
The jobless may not be getting much help from President Obama's loan modification program, but those in Pennsylvania have another place to turn.
Read more News Source - CNN Money
Publish date - 21:39:42 03/08/10

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Fannie Mae Mortgage-Bond Spreads Fall to Record: Credit Markets
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates fell to the lowest relative to Treasuries on record, even as the scheduled end of Federal Reserve purchases approaches.
Read more News Source - Bloomberg
Publish date - 15:23:31 03/09/10

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Fannie Mae Mortgage-Bond Spreads Fall to Record: Credit Markets
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates are trading at the lowest relative to Treasuries on record, even as the scheduled end of Federal Reserve purchases approaches.
Read more News Source - Bloomberg
Publish date - 03:32:35 03/09/10

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ProSchools’ Offers NMLS-Approved SAFE Comprehensive Course for California Mortgage Loan Originators
The Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) has approved ProSchools’ 20 Hour SAFE Comprehensive course required under the S.A.F.E. Act. The S.A.F.E. Act, passed in July 2008, requires all mortgage loan originators originating residential mortgage loans meet minimum exam and education requirements.
Read more News Source - PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Publish date - 09:26:57 03/05/10

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Mortgage loan modifications are hard to get
Donna McCartney made phone call after phone call and wrote letters about her family’s deteriorating financial predicament and their inability to make their mortgage payments. She appealed to her mortgage company, beginning more than a year ago, hoping to get her interest rate reduced. She wrote to the president, her congressman and her senators.
Read more News Source - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Publish date - 05:22:08 03/07/10

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California legislators vote to extend tax relief for home short sales
Mar. 9--Legislation to prevent the state from taxing forgiven mortgage debt cleared the state Assembly early Monday, offering potential tax relief to thousands of Californians who lost their homes in 2009.
Read more News Source - Builder Magazine
Publish date - 19:36:10 03/09/10

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Mortgage Rates Decline; Current 30-Year Fixed Rate is 4.76%, According to Zillow(R) Mortgage Rate Ticker
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 4.76 percent, down four basis points from 4.80 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fluctuated between 4.76 and 4.82 during the past week.
Read more News Source - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 19:35:51 03/09/10

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Bill to ban state taxes on forgiven mortgage debt goes to Gov.
A political showdown is on between the Legislature and governor regarding a bill to ban the state from taxing forgiven mortgage debt.
Read more News Source - The Sacramento Bee
Publish date - 23:54:39 03/08/10

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Real estate agent, father charged in mortgage fraud case
A Bakersfield real estate agent and her father have been charged in a mortgage fraud scheme, accused of getting kickbacks from $4.1 million in fraudulent mortgage loans that almost immediately went into default, according to legal filings. Guadalupe Ramirez, 31, and her father, Augustine Ramirez, 60, were not in custody Thursday but were each wanted on $1 million arrest warrants, according to ...
Read more News Source - The Bakersfield Californian
Publish date - 21:39:47 03/08/10

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Jerry Chautin: Stimulus for Small-Business Loan Programs is Inadequate and Time-Dated
The on-again-off-again stimulus funding for small businesses is giving me a bad case of heartburn. The' lack of adequate funding for lending programs through the Small Business Admin. is myopic.
Read more News Source - The Huffington Post
Publish date - 17:44:11 03/09/10

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