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Refinance

1. Press: How not to prevent foreclosures
   With foreclosures surging, the last thing the nation needs is another government-hosted meeting where mortgage lenders pledge once again to do their utmost to help distressed borrowers stay in their homes — and then go…
2. Press: CA to Congress: Protect homeowners and taxpayers
   As Congress decides how and if they should toss a trillion dollar life preserver to the sinking financial services industry today, Consumer Action (CA) urges lawmakers to prevent millions more homeowners from losing their homes…
3. Press: Countrywide to pay $600 million in shareholder lawsuits
   Countrywide Financial Corp. which epitomized the home-loan industry’s boom and bust, has agreed to pay $600 million in the largest settlement yet of shareholder lawsuits stemming from the mortgage meltdown. The agreement, given preliminary approval…
4. Press: Time to refinance? Rates hit record lows
   For anyone under the age of 57, mortgage rates are at the lowest point ever in their lifetime. This fact isn’t lost on a growing number of homeowners who have started a new wave of…
5. Press: Reasons not to refinance a mortgage
   LEW ALTFEST knows how clients will react when he tells them they shouldn’t refinance their mortgages. “Their faces move from smiley to glum,” because they thought that by refinancing, they would be “outfoxing someone,” said…
6. English: Successful Homeownership - Leader’s Guide
   Buying a home is a major achievement. But successful homeownership does not begin and end when the closing documents are signed. This Leader’s Guide provides information and background to help you teach prospective, new and…
7. Press: FHA modifies loan standards
   Recent changes on FHA loans and how they will affect borrowers and sellers: Upfront insurance premium What is it? A fee the Federal Housing Administration collects from borrowers that can be paid in cash at…
8. Press: Add-ons may be dissuading many from refinancing
   With mortgage rates at unprecedented lows, why are more people not taking advantage of them to refinance or buy houses? The answers are complex and include sagging consumer confidence in the economy and high unemployment…
9. Press: Lenders to disclose how credit scores affect mortgage rates
   Home mortgage shoppers should see an addition to the application paper blitz starting Jan. 1 — a mandatory alert on how their credit scores might affect the rate quote and terms they receive from their…
10. Press: Avoiding foreclosures
    A $7.6 billion federal effort to help unemployed homeowners avoid foreclosure will soon be running in all 18 states sharing the funds.  The Hardest Hit Fund, announced by President Obama a year ago and expanded…
11. Press: Refinancing? Ask yourself these 6 questions
    Refinancing your mortgage can be a great way to save money, but it’s not a sure thing. Before you take the plunge, ask yourself these six questions to avoid making a major money mistake.
12. Press: U.S. may back mortgage refinance plan
    The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing market, but the bar is high: plans must help a broad swath of homeowners, stimulate the economy and cost next to nothing. One proposal…