When choosing a good mortgage lender, whether you choose a mortgage broker or a mortgage banker, you’ll want someone who can do the job right. Finding a lender who will take the time to make sure you understand the different loan programs being offered, and will help you decide which loan best meets your needs is key to having a smooth closing. Check out the articles, columns, blog posts, radio shows and videos for more information about mortgage lenders.
Mortgage Fraud Protection
What can you the consumer do to protect yourself from falling victim to mortgage fraud? Learn some ways to figure out if your lender is trustworthy and steers clear of mortgage fraud.
Mortgage Lenders And Mortgage Fraud
What can banks and mortgage lenders do to protect themselves from falling victim to mortgage fraud? How do they protect themselves mortgage fraud? The best way for mortgage lenders to protect themselves from mortgage fraud is to practice identity risk management.
Top States For Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage fraud is fast becoming a nationwide problem. Florida, Nevada, Michigan, California and Utah topped a recent mortgage fraud list. The mortgage fraud report illustrates that mortgage fraud is now nationwide, and no longer just concentrated in California, Florida, Texas and several high population states along the East Coast. Learn how mortgage lenders track mortgage fraud data.
Types Of Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage fraud is a given in the marketplace whether times are good or bad, but recently mortgage fraud seems to have exploded into the public conscience. While information about mortgage fraud seems to be everywhere it can still seem unclear as to what exactly mortgage fraud is.
Pacman Jones Loses Home to Foreclosure
Former Tennessee Titan football player Pacman Jones, who recently said he wants to be called Adam, will lose his Nashville area home on June 27, when ...
Bad Appraisal Of Home Value Leads To Loss Of Earnest Money
Mortgage lenders require appraisals before issuing home loans. What happens if the home you want to buy appraises lower than what the seller wants? It depends on the contract. The buyer may lose his earnest money if the home does not appraise out and the seller is unwilling to lower the price. It's up to the buyer to cancel the home buying contract if the contract permits him to do that.
Estate Planning Includes Transferring Title To Real Estate
As parents, you may decide you want to pass on your real estate holdings to your children. To figure out the right way to pass along property, without incurring excessive taxes or mortgage liabilities, you should do some estate planning with the help of an estate attorney and accountant. When you change the title of a property to the name of your children without proper planning the cost basis becomes the property's original value as opposed to that on the day of your death.
How Much Mortgage Fraud?
The FBI released its annual report (http://www.fbi.gov/publications/financial/fcs_report2007/financial_crime_2007.htm) on the state of financial crime...
Mortgage Requirements Stricter For First Time Home Buyers
Mortgage requirements have become stricter for first time home buyers. Lenders have tightened credit requirements for first time home buyers, making it more difficult to qualify for a mortgage loan. To qualify for a mortgage loan, first time home buyers need a credit score of at least 660 unless they try for an FHA loan.
Ilyce Glink on WSB Radio – May 4, 2008
Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, Ilyce ran down some of the ways loan options will be restricted, thanks to a new set of guidelines that has just been published by some of the country's top lenders. She answered questions about whether to go through with a new construction purchase, and talked to a seller about whether she could sue a buyer to make sure he closed on the purchase of her house. Don't forget to sign up for Ilyce's weekly newsletter and check out the videos at www.expertrealestatetips.net. and be sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel.