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When credit scores are higher, lenders are willing to offer lower interest rates.

In some cases when a young couple is in the market for first time loans for a new mortgage the lender will request someone cosign the loan.

Foreclosure War Rages On
Considering that community development corporations are experts in real estate development for low-income communities and that affordable housing shortage is at an all-time high, the corporations should play a lead role in foreclosed property disposition if economic stimulation legislation moves forward, the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations suggested in an announcement. To stem foreclosures in Maryland, the governor recently announced a package of initiatives, including the Bridge to HOPE loan program that will provide small gap loans at zero percent interest to troubled borrowers and will be handled by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. To help "hundreds of thousands" of borrowers who face rate resets and at risk of foreclosure, the California Home Ownership Preservation Initiative will contribute $4.6 million to mortgage counseling agencies, the California Reinvestment Coalition announced Monday.

The Net Branch Journal
Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp. announced it added three branches to its network since December. Another net branch reporting growth is First Houston Mortgage, as it will add 100 positions this year after having hired 135 last year. Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. announced it funded $1.74 billion in loans through about 160 branches in 2007, off 13 percent from the previous year.

Tech Advances Go on Despite Decreased Spending
A 2007 survey on 330 mortgage lenders indicated that information technology spending this year will be much lower than previously anticipated, according to an announcement by the survey’s publisher, MORTECH LLC. "Technology vendors will not escape the decimation of the lending market," MORTECH’s owner said in the written statement. But despite the drop in technology spending projected for the mortgage industry, innovations, alliances and other activity have recently continued.

Global Subprime Losses May Top $450 Billion
A recent report from Advisen LTD pegged international losses from the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown so far at $173.2 billion as of Jan. 8. The New York-based firm estimated the 112 companies analyzed might have as much as $1.2 trillion in subprime-backed CDOs and other securities. The Japan Research Institute has released a report projecting potential international losses from U.S. mortgage woes could reach $464 billion and not subside to later this year, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

Wells Cuts Mortgage Tech Jobs
Wells Fargo Home and Consumer Finance Group issued 60-day advance layoff notices to roughly 130 Iowa employees, a spokeswoman told MortgageDaily.com. The job cuts include managers, lending experts and technology developers who worked in a unit dedicated solely to a technology project, she said. The layoffs were not related to market conditions.

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