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Credit score requirements are too high for conventional mortgages. With proven employment record credit score requirements should match FHA at 630 FICA.
hat tip Calculated Risk
Refinance rates low; few qualify
Interest rates may have reached their lowest level in nearly 40 years, but that doesn't necessarily spell relief for South Florida's struggling homeowners.
BY MONICA HATCHER
<!-- begin /production/story/credit_line_format.comp --> <!-- end /production/story/credit_line_format.comp --> Recent drops in interest rates have homeowners rushing to call local banks and mortgage lenders about refinancing. Loan applications are pouring in.
Yet, South Florida homeowners are mostly getting a big fat ''No!'' from the bank when they ask to refinance. The chief reason: Falling home values mean they owe more than their homes are worth.
''We got 53 calls to my branch on Friday,'' said Todd LaPenta, a private mortgage banker at Wells Fargo on Lincoln Road in South Beach. ``We could only help about five.''
Average rates for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.14 percent on Wednesday, the lowest level since 1971, reported Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage giant. The number of people applying for mortgages rose by 50 percent last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association also reported.
more....
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/825962.html
Agent walks through repossessed home -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RiQXk3Qpw
hat tip Calculated Risk
Refinance rates low; few qualify
Interest rates may have reached their lowest level in nearly 40 years, but that doesn't necessarily spell relief for South Florida's struggling homeowners.
BY MONICA HATCHER
<!-- begin /production/story/credit_line_format.comp --> <!-- end /production/story/credit_line_format.comp --> Recent drops in interest rates have homeowners rushing to call local banks and mortgage lenders about refinancing. Loan applications are pouring in.
Yet, South Florida homeowners are mostly getting a big fat ''No!'' from the bank when they ask to refinance. The chief reason: Falling home values mean they owe more than their homes are worth.
''We got 53 calls to my branch on Friday,'' said Todd LaPenta, a private mortgage banker at Wells Fargo on Lincoln Road in South Beach. ``We could only help about five.''
Average rates for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.14 percent on Wednesday, the lowest level since 1971, reported Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage giant. The number of people applying for mortgages rose by 50 percent last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association also reported.
more....
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/825962.html
Agent walks through repossessed home -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RiQXk3Qpw