Why wannabe sellers are looking but not listing their homes
Call them the frustrated wannabe sellers — eager to list their homes for sale this spring, but feeling locked...
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Banks upping issue of equity lines, second mortgages as homeowners’ stake grows
Using your home as an ATM is no longer a financial option, but the tools that allowed owners to...
CFPB database catalogues grievances against biggest U.S. mortgage lenders
Got a beef with your mortgage company or loan servicer? Lots of people do, and thousands of them have...
Revising the bill for the mortgage-interest deduction
In the contentious debate over whether to reduce or eliminate the home mortgage-interest tax deduction — or leave it...
Scammers in the neighborhood
No one wants to take the blame for the housing bust in this political season, but scammers and rip-off artists in the hundreds are working overtime to siphon dollars out of the wreckage of...
Listings down, but ‘shadow inventory’ looms
Though many home shoppers who assume they are still in a buyer’s market find it hard to believe, one...
FHA rescinds strict credit restrictions
In a policy switch that could be important to thousands of applicants seeking low-down-payment home mortgages, the Federal Housing Administration has rescinded tough new credit restrictions that had been scheduled to take effect July...
Pinball wizard
They’re known as “setups” or “pinball” homes, and this spring’s improving conditions in some markets could be stimulating more of them. A setup or pinball property is a home listed with an unrealistically high...
Home buyers should request energy audits before signing on the dotted line
It may be the best-kept secret in home real estate: For a couple of hundred dollars, a potential buyer...
FHFA speeds short sale process
If you’re one of the estimated 11 million homeowners burdened with an underwater mortgage, a new federal policy change could be good news: Starting in June, when you want to do a short sale...
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