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Los Angeles Real Estate Blog: Category Archive for Lenders
Should there be a bailout for underwater homeowners?
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The Nature of the Sub Prime Crisis was NOT caused by appraisals
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Los Angeles Home Buyers - do you have the secret weapon?
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Trouble on the horizon for homeowners hoping to refinance
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Learn why FHA financing might be the mortgage solution for those with low down payments
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Los Angeles Home Buyers Looking for a Deal?
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Refinance Fever: Questions to ask your lender
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3/28/2009 1:16 AM
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The nature of the subprime crisis
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3/9/2009 6:00 AM
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Mortgage Lenders, Back to Basics
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2/28/2009 7:05 AM
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The finger pointing continues
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2/21/2009 3:31 AM
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What is an annual percentage rate?
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2/14/2009 9:40 AM
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The finger pointing continues...
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The subprime crisis continues
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1/23/2009 4:04 AM
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Making his list and checking it twice
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11/17/2008 3:54 AM
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Freddie & Fannie Los Angeles County conforming loan limits set to decrease
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10/18/2008 1:51 AM
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Help for troubled California homeowners
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10/10/2008 2:45 AM
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More on today's interest rate decrease
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10/8/2008 8:45 AM
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Will the Fed interest rate cut impact your home loan?
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10/8/2008 7:01 AM
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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act aka Bail Out
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10/4/2008 8:26 AM
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Mortgage Banking then and now
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9/30/2008 7:39 AM
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Bush Bail Out Rejected
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9/29/2008 3:56 PM
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Bush Bail Out - Round Two
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9/26/2008 6:12 AM
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Loans: Friends of Angelo
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9/26/2008 3:18 AM
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A Tale of two chimneys, the home inspection process
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9/25/2008 6:12 AM
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Bush's latest bail out - 700 billion dollars
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9/21/2008 3:08 PM
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Mortgage Meltdown extends
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9/19/2008 9:11 AM
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Home Loan Shopping - what questions should you ask the lender before you sign on the dotted line?
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9/18/2008 3:50 AM
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More Bailouts
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9/17/2008 9:48 AM
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Mortgage Meltdown
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9/16/2008 3:30 AM
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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae seized - good night or see you in the morning?
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9/8/2008 7:10 AM
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FHA Rescue - Housing Rescue Bill
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8/18/2008 7:49 AM
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This little piggy went to the stock market
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7/27/2008 6:44 AM
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Nearly 1 in 10 Countrywide loans 30 or more days past due
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7/18/2008 12:39 PM
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Mighty Casey Has Struck Out - Indy Mac Down for the count
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7/12/2008 7:06 AM
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Failed Lenders can have disastrous implications for savers
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7/8/2008 12:49 PM
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More job losses in Los Angeles' Mortgage Banking Sector
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7/7/2008 1:18 PM
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The evolution of the Los Angeles mortgage banking industry, Part I
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5/23/2008 1:47 AM
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World Savings spin “deferred interest” not negative am (amortization)
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5/22/2008 3:17 AM
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I can't return calls because my telephone is broken
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5/19/2008 8:19 PM
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Good news for Los Angeles home buyers and sellers
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5/16/2008 4:46 AM
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Why Bush should veto the Frank Bill
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5/8/2008 6:31 AM
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Government bailout for real estate lenders
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5/6/2008 1:15 PM
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Lenders develop new "get tough" policy
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4/22/2008 8:29 AM
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Mortgage Fraud
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4/5/2008 4:24 AM
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Fed cuts rate .75% - but where is the mortgage rate decrease?
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3/19/2008 8:10 AM
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Mortgage Walkers
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3/18/2008 7:42 AM
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New Qualifying Guidelines for Increased Conforming Loan Limits
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3/12/2008 9:52 AM
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Comparison shop that interest rate
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3/10/2008 1:47 PM
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FHA publishes the new increased loan limits for Los Angeles County
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3/6/2008 10:20 AM
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The finger pointing continues
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2/15/2008 8:34 AM
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Mortgage Walker
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2/9/2008 3:08 PM
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California's Conforming loan limits closer to increase
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2/8/2008 8:36 AM
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The finger pointing continues
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2/3/2008 11:37 AM
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Lenders pulling back on HELOCs (2nd's)
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2/1/2008 8:31 AM
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Good News for Interest Rates
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1/25/2008 4:50 PM
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Help! I owe more than my home is worth
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1/23/2008 1:30 PM
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Great News: Fed Makes Deepest Rate Cut since 1984
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1/22/2008 11:52 AM
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The finger pointing continues
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1/18/2008 2:29 PM
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Real Estate News
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1/12/2008 6:40 AM
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Mortgage Meltdown
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1/2/2008 6:05 AM
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Loan Fraud, Lender Underwriting Guidelines
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12/27/2007 1:45 PM
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More On Bush’s Bail out proposal
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12/8/2007 10:49 AM
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Mortgage Bail Out Proposal to Aid Sub Prime Crisis
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12/6/2007 5:30 PM
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Real Estate News
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12/1/2007 8:41 AM
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Loan Work Outs
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11/21/2007 7:45 AM
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The housing market has slowed
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11/16/2007 6:09 AM
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Mortgage Default - Whose fault is it?
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11/1/2007 5:55 PM
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Help! I owe more than my home is worth
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10/31/2007 8:30 AM
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Understanding the Value of Your Home - The Difference between a Realtor's assessment and an appraisal
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10/30/2007 11:31 AM
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Real Estate News
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10/2/2007 3:46 AM
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Home Seller’s – The life of a shaky escrow
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9/26/2007 5:38 AM
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Benefits of the Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage
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9/25/2007 8:42 AM
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Las Vegas Condos & Foreclosure Stats
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9/25/2007 7:55 AM
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And the subprime crisis continues...
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9/21/2007 10:29 AM
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Housing & mortgage news
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9/19/2007 7:35 AM
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So what really happens the week prior to escrow closing?
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9/18/2007 5:49 PM
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Fed Lowers Rate
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9/18/2007 2:03 PM
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The Glass is Half Full
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9/17/2007 5:17 AM
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More Mortgage News
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9/14/2007 8:42 AM
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Beware of Lender Fraud
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9/9/2007 5:03 PM
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Rate Cut Speculation dominates market
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9/5/2007 2:12 PM
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Good news on the housing front!
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8/31/2007 3:12 PM
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Obama - Banks should be penalized for predatory lending
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8/29/2007 2:31 PM
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Is a 30 year fixed loan the way to go?
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8/27/2007 12:27 PM
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Recent Top Headlines
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8/24/2007 2:24 PM
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Understanding your loan options
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8/22/2007 2:25 PM
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Mortgage Woes!
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8/21/2007 9:32 AM
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