Selling Mortgage Leads News for 05/22/2009




A Sin of Omission (Columbia Journalism Review)
McArdle finds that Andrews, who reports on the economy, natch, didnt discloseEURin either his New York Times Magazine piece or his bookEURcritical information about his wifes financial history, information that muddies his story quite a bit...

Friday linkage - Los Angeles Times

NewsHour

Friday linkage
Los Angeles Times, CA
Last week I posted a link to New York Times economics reporter Edmund Andrews' tale of his own home mortgage default. Now, the Atlantic reports Andrews' wife had filed for bankruptcy -- twice. That makes their story more complicated than a couple .
Ed Andrews Responds to Criticism in the Blogosphere NewsHour
TOTALLY BUSTED. Tapped
The truth about a NY Times columnist's tell-all The Daily Deal (subscription)
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Mortgage Investors Fear Safe Harbor Law - Forbes

Mortgage Investors Fear Safe Harbor Law
Forbes, NY
As part of a larger housing bill, President Obama signed a provision granting special legal protection to mortgage servicers that modify loans under the administration's Making Home Affordable plan and the Federal Housing Administration's foundering .
Local foreclosures dropped in April South Coast Today
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Mortgage Leads - Free Vs. Filtered - Tenezo.com
Advertisement. EURThere is no such thing as free lunch.EUR That phrase certainly rings a bell, doesn't it? Unfortunately, the same phrase, only worded slightly differently, can apply to mortgage leads. There is no such thing as a EURfreeEUR ...

NJ puts home buyer tax credit loan on hold - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

NJ puts home buyer tax credit loan on hold
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ
"There's major confusion," said Jeff Belonger, an area manager with Infinity Home Mortgage Company in Cherry Hill. "Everybody's just making up their own assumptions right now." Adding to the confusion, HUD issued - and then rescinded - a letter with .
HUD announces sanctions against more than 120 FHA-approved lenders RealEstateRama
Bridge to a new home Connecticut Post
First Time Home Buyer Program Ripe for Abuse The Washington Independent
kjrh.com - Mortgageorb
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Yes, You Can Buy Real Estate (Forbes)
Opportunities in REITs, shopping malls and even mortgage-backed securities...

Q & A with Barbara Corcoran - Real Estate Channel

Q & A with Barbara Corcoran
Real Estate Channel, FL
A - An HECM loan is a reverse mortgage for people 62 or over and I'm guessing that, as newlyweds, you're probably too young for that! The Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don't actually make loans - the FHA insures loans, .
Can you get an Obama loan modification? Bankrate.com
Freddie Mac, FHLB, Fannie Mae 2009 note calendar Reuters
Will you be bailed out by Obama's loan modification? NH Primary
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Demand for property reassessments skyrockets - San Jose Mercury News

Demand for property reassessments skyrockets
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
"The county reassesses one day, then a home down the street sells for $50000 less. It's hard for them to keep up," said Jim Chubb, a finance expert and branch manager of Pacific Island Home Mortgage in Soquel. Chubb says homeowners, who are seeing .
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Expert Available to Discuss Impact of Economy on Homeowner Associations (Newswise)
Many of the nation's homeowner and condominium associations will be the next casualties of the recession due to ongoing mortgage foreclosures and falling real estate values, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago scholar of private government...

Santa Clara County home prices flatten, but experts say recovery . - San Jose Mercury News

SFist

Santa Clara County home prices flatten, but experts say recovery .
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
"Short sales" occur when an owner sells property for less than is owed on the mortgage; the sale must be approved by the lender, which is often a long and bumpy process. If Aiona and his family do finally get the keys to the home they've signed a .
Median home prices show welcome jump in April Appeal-Democrat
Southern California median home price falls to $247000 in April Los Angeles Times
Is the Bay Area housing market stabilizing? Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Ventura County Star
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For One Reporter, a Personal Journey Through the Mortgage Meltdown (The Online NewsHour)
In the latest report of his Making Sen$e series, Paul Solman talks to New York Times economics reporter Ed Andrews, who chronicles his personal tale of the mortgage crisis in "Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown."..

Miami Gardens pastor leads family flock into fraud, money-laundering, prosecutors say (The Palm Beach Post)
The mortgage fraud and money-laundering racket was a family affair, prosecutors say, led by a Miami Gardens pastor with support from his wife - a mother of three - and his brother, a Miami Fire Rescue captain...

Mortgage rates 'all over the map' - CNNMoney.com

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Mortgage rates 'all over the map'
CNNMoney.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Home mortgage rates were mixed this week, with the average 30-year ticking higher, according to a report released Thursday. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumped to 5.24%, up from 5.21% the previous week, .
Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates fall again Bizjournals.com
Refinancing Borrowers Choose Fixed-Rate Mortgages in First Quarter RealEstateRama
30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages remain below 5% for past . MarketWatch
Housing Wire - FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market
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Recession-era movie Drag Me to Hell marks revenge of the repossessed (u.tv)
It could be the first credit crunch horror movie: bank worker refuses Hungarian crone more time to pay her mortgage, resulting in curse, three days of demonic torture and the prospect of eternal damnation...

Lead Providers Move From Mortgage Leads to Debt and Insurance .
Significant trend of lead aggregators and lead providers moving into debt, insurance, and education lead generation...

Real Estate Blog - Zillow Mortgage Marketplace Launches: FREE .
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Police ask for help in catching murder suspect (The Downey Patriot)
DOWNEY EUR Normally, Ly Cong Tran would have been home with his family in Westminster by 7 p.m. But after falling behind on his mortgage payments and facing the possibility of losing his home, Tran decided to extend the hours of his Downey-based drinking water shop...

LEADCRITIC | Mortgage Leads News and Opinions
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Henry Blodget: NYT Reporter Bankruptcy Saga Actually About Love, Not Money (The Huffington Post)
Remember the harrowing story of Edmund Andrews, the New York Times economics reporter who got himself into a debt nightmare and defaulted on his mortgage?...

Obama signs law cracking down on mortgage fraud - Reuters

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Obama signs law cracking down on mortgage fraud
Reuters
It "gives prosecutors and regulators new tools to crack down on what helped cause this crisis in the first place, and that's the twin scourges of mortgage fraud and predatory lending," he said. The financial crisis began when home buyers who purchased .
Obama signs mortgage bill into law The Associated Press
Obama Signs Measures to Help with Troubled Mortgages Washington Post
Reforms For American Homeowners & Consumers Chipley Florida Online Newspaper - Foster Folly News
Naperville Sun - ABC News
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The Secrets to Paying For Camp Tuition (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Many parents joke that they are going to have to take out a second mortgage to pay for college, but what about for overnight camps? What are the costs, and are they worth the benefits?..

Local Leads: Recession Is Over (NBC Washington)
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Internet Mortgage Leads, Why Aren They Working : My Whatever Pages
When it comes to Internet mortgage leads, mortgage companies and sales people have to ask what will really generate more and better clients. The advent of the Internet has of course changed the way business is done all over the globe. ...

Home mortgage debt tough for TALF: NY Fed official - Reuters

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Home mortgage debt tough for TALF: NY Fed official
Reuters
By Al Yoon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Expanding a key US lending program to cover residential mortgage securities is proving tougher than it was for bonds backed by commercial properties, due to more disparate credit risks in the sector, a Federal Reserve .
TALF for Home-Loan Debt Poses Hurdles, Official Says Bloomberg
Extending TALF To RMBS A Challenge Credit Investment
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CORRECT:US EQUITIES WEEK AHEAD:GM Faces Deadline;Market Holiday - CNNMoney.com

CORRECT:US EQUITIES WEEK AHEAD:GM Faces Deadline;Market Holiday
CNNMoney.com
On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors is projected to report a 1.8% rise in existing-home sales. A day later, the government is likely to report new-homes sales grew 2%. Lower prices and mortgage rates are helping unload some new homes, .
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LendingTree Enhances Reverse Mortgage Leads Offering | Lead .
According to Reverse Mortgage Daily, LendingTree is already enhancing their new reverse mortgage lead offerings: In early 2009, LendingTree and GetSmart.com...



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