Homes And Condos


September 20, 2007

Texas Wholesaler Ends Operations (the oneil building new york condominiums)

Texas Wholesaler Ends Operations
Expanded Mortgage Credit has been shut down by its Houston-based parent. The move was confirmed with an executive at the parent company. Expanded’s failure is the 99th mortgage banking casualty covered by MortgageDaily.com this year.

End of the Line for WMC
General Electric Company’s vice chairman told investors the company is on track to close or sell WMC Mortgage Corp. by the end of the year. "WMC has just been a real drag for us," he admitted. "We’ve made a decision to get out. We’re taking the hit, and we’re exiting this and removing it from investors’ minds as we go forward."

Erroneous Credit Reporting Costs Wells $1 Million
A San Bernardino, Calif., County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a couple suing Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. On Aug. 30, he added $293,594 for costs, post trial motions and attorney fees to the $765,000 awarded to the capital by a jury on March 6. In a statement, Wells said the verdict "clearly falls outside the guidelines of current law." It filed an appeal to the jury’s decision on Aug. 3.

Technologically Advanced
GainClients Inc. combined its On Demand real estate marketing system with VueCentric Inc.’s Software as a Service loan origination system, according to a news release. LoanInsights Inc. said it provides a free, Web-based search platform for mortgage prospects that is designed to search and optimize results for any and every possible loan scenario, giving them direct access to wholesale lending rates and guidelines. Innovations in pricing technology include Sollen Technologies’ announced update to its Web-based configuration management platform. In banking technology, Wells Fargo & Co. announced its mobile banking services now have a solution that lets small business owners access their business and personal financial information from any Web-enabled mobile device.

Economics of Mortgage Lending
Fitch Ratings announced it is encouraged by Thornburg’s recent efforts toward improving funding through a $575 million convertible preferred stock offering and reducing borrowings under its warehouse financing lines with proceeds from a recent collateralized mortgage obligation transaction. IndyMac was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s Investors Service, according to an announcement. Capstead Mortgage Corp. announced it plans to make a public offering of 8.5 million common stock shares. Freddie Mac will buy securities backed by around $6 billion in residential loans.

The term simply refers to the number of years or months it will take to pay off the loan.

Useful information about the real estate market is available online as well as offline.

There is a possibility that your mortgage payments will go down when the interest rate is lowered, however there is the risk that your payments will go up if the interest rate at the next interest rate review is higher than the original rate.

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