Posts Tagged ‘ FHA loan program ’

Foreclosures: What Each Presidential Candidate Will Do About It

Oct 27th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: West Region

One in every 400 homes in Colorado is in foreclosure according to Team Cox Realtors.
It’s an issue every voter is looking into to see which presidential candidate is best for them.
A group of Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain supporters met in Colorado Springs on Sunday to discuss how McCain’s plan will help keep Americans in [...]



FHA has Helped 300,000 Families with Government-Backed Mortgages

Aug 7th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: Financial News

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston announced that 300,000 families have refinanced their mortgages with HUD’s affordable mortgage insurance program. Since September 2007, FHASecure - the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) refinancing product - has provided struggling families with expanded access to safe and affordable mortgage financing. FHA is on pace to [...]



Mortgage Applications Rose Slightly Last Week

Aug 6th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: Financial News

The volume of mortgage applications filed last week rose slightly, increasing a seasonally adjusted 2.8% compared with the week before, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported on Wednesday.
Applications dropped 33.7% for the week ended Aug. 1, compared with the same week in 2007, the Washington-based MBA said. The MBA’s survey covers about half of all U.S. [...]



Existing-home sales down in June, says NAR

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: Housing News

Existing-home sales - including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops - fell 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.86 million units in June from a pace of 4.99 million in May, and are 15.5 percent lower than the 5.75 million-unit rate in June 2007, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).
NAR President [...]