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Opinion: How did homeowners get into home equity prison?

Housing Wire

While the person sits back and watches the value of their house climb to levels that have never been seen before, they are still struggling to get back to their pre-pandemic income level while also having to pay more for homeowner’s insurance and property taxes, not to mention the fact that all of their other bills have increased as well.

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Reverse mortgage alums secure financing for alternative equity-tapping product

Housing Wire

The funding will go to support the company’s specialty home equity-tapping product known as the Cornerstone Home Equity Insurance/Investment Funding Solutions (CHEIFS). The product operates similarly to a shared equity investment. CHEIFS is currently available in four states: Arizona , California , Florida and Pennsylvania.

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Portrait of a pre-foreclosure peacemaker

Housing Wire

Now Sandoval, who was featured earlier this year in a Wall Street Journal article , is the one knocking on the doors of homeowners facing foreclosure or other distressed circumstances. She wants to offer those homeowners the resources and care that her mom and stepdad didn’t experience. “I There is nothing like that face to face.

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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

One of the unsung heroes of the most prolonged economic and job expansion ever recorded in history was the passing of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act and the 2010 qualified mortgage rule under Dodd-Frank. As we can see below, the bankruptcy levels were extremely high before the bankruptcy law was passed in 2005.

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The 2022 housing market: A tale of two halves

Housing Wire

Homeowners who refinanced during the pandemic simply aren’t going anywhere, according to Nick Smith, managing partner and CEO at Rice Park Capital Management. They are not selling and have a lot of equity in their homes. Homeowners in 2022 also tapped into their home equity, which peaked at $11.5

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Housing credit data in Q4 looks nothing like 2008

Housing Wire

Homeowners have actually never looked better and the data from the Federal Reserve ‘s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit shows why. Homeowners are not the people we need to be concerned about this time. Homeowners, on the other hand, are sitting pretty and are the envy of the world. The truth is, U.S.

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

When mortgage rates fall, the majority of homebuyers (including homeowners who need to sell to buy another home) are mostly employed, so lower rates greatly benefit them, and housing demand increases. If they lost their job, they have a lot of equity in their home, and most likely their financials have gotten better over time.

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