(Smart Money) — A mortgage with an interest rate lower than 4% may have seemed like a pipedream during the housing boom five years ago, but plenty of Americans are locking them down in August. Could they be kicking themselves in September? With mortgage rates hovering near 40-year lows and selling prices still depressed, many potential […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Dennis Davis has a nearly perfect credit score, equity in his home, considerable savings and a solid pension plan. But Mr. Davis recently found that his lender didn’t want to refinance his mortgage. The problem? Mr. Davis’s income-tax return showed he had taken a loss on an investment he made in […]
There is a deluge of foreclosures hitting the market, a government watchdog found.