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Big New Housing Problem: Mortgage Insurers Back Off
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This a non-event. Anyone who didn't see this coming wasn't paying attention. But for the sake of argument, let's say it was...
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Jul 21 01:20 am
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Jul 21 01:17 am
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Very interesting discussion on down payment requirements. I just have a couple of points to add: The 20% down requirement is there to...
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Russ Wetherill
Jul 20 10:42 am
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The lenders and their representatives or not willing to either reduce the principal amount as well as the interest received from the...
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Karl Down payment has nothing to do with mortgage defaults. Historically, and I mean for ever, the prime cause for default is the 5...
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Jul 17 09:10 am
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Karl, I would agree with you when it comes to the purchase of rental properties and even 2nd homes. I have to disagree when talking...
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Jul 17 08:13 am
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20% down limits your leverage to 5:1. That's a reasonable leverage ratio. 100% LTV is of course an infinite leverage...... On...
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Karl Denninger
Jul 17 08:00 am
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Ehhh, do you have a bone to pick with the MIs or something like that? Go ahead write to your Congressman, etc do whatever it takes to...
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Jul 17 01:01 am
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If a banker makes too many high ratio mortgages and the bank goes belly up, his depositors' money is guaranteed by the FDIC. The FDIC...
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Jul 16 23:18 pm
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when people realize the extent to which FHA screwed up with their lending practices as of late, they will be happy private MIs are still...
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Gtarras
Jul 16 23:17 pm
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The FHA loans are 96.5LTV and the 1.5% "funding fee" is indeed upfront MI with 55bip annual premiums. To the best of my knowledge the...
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Philip Gvinter
Jul 16 21:05 pm
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I can't believe no one has mentioned the 97.5% LTV FHA loan that requires a 1.5% up front mortgage insurance premium to HUD as well as...
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mortgageminister
Jul 16 18:39 pm
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Don't worry guys FHA loans are still available and are filling in the hole that MI pricing created by making it very expensive to buy a...
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Philip Gvinter
Jul 16 18:01 pm
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The entire mortgage industry, especially mortgage insurance industry is a bust without government's backing/subsidizing. Think about it:...
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Jul 16 16:50 pm
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On Jul 16 02:16 PM markfl wrote: > The tried and true lending worked fine for decades in this country. > We've had severe recessions,...
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