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11/20/2006 The Solo 401(k) Can be Your Best Method for Real Estate Investing
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The Solo 401(k) is not the most common method for investing in real estate but it is perhaps the best kept secret.
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11/20/2006 Mortgage Rate Decreases Spurring a Mini-Boom in Refinancing
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It doesn't qualify as a boom quite yet, but it's shaping up to be at least a mini-boom: American homeowners applied to refinance their existing mortgages last week at a pace faster than at any time since February of 2005.
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11/20/2006 Full Page Ad: Rarely A Good Time To Buy Extended Warranties
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A full page ad that ran Nov. 14 in USA Today says:
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11/17/2006 OFHEO: Conforming loan limit likely to remain at $417,000
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The conforming loan limit -- the maximum-sized loan backed by government-sponsored mortgage repurchasers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- won't be reduced to reflect a decline in home prices, but is likely to stay at $417,000 in 2007.
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11/17/2006 Resetting adjustable loans won't hurt housing
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The 10-year Treasury failed again to break below the 4.53 percent bottom, a level tested again and again since September, so mortgages are stuck just above 6 percent.
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11/17/2006 Foreclosures increase, but don't overwhelm market
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A new study reveals that markets in which property foreclosures exceed 8 percent of sales require deeper price discounts to move inventory.
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11/17/2006 Insurance remains huge barrier to New Orleans rebuild
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NEW ORLEANS -- The biggest barrier to growth in New Orleans after the city was nearly destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 is commercial insurance, according to local real estate brokers. Rates are so high that many companies will have a tough time rebuilding and opening once again.
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11/17/2006 Summit Financial to exit mortgage-lending business
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Summit Financial Group, a holding company with $1.2 billion in assets, plans to sell or close down its residential mortgage loan origination unit, Summit Mortgage, the company said today.
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11/17/2006 Real estate slowdown deepens in Illinois
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Illinois' third-quarter sales of single-family homes and condos fell considerably from the same period last year, while the statewide median home price slipped, the Illinois Association of Realtors reported today.
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11/17/2006 Utah may make mortgage fraud a felony
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Mortgage fraud could soon become a second-degree felony in Utah, prosecutable under the state's anti-racketeering statutes to allow the seizure of assets so they can be returned to victims.
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