KCM Weekend Library Links
Hey KCM Community!
This weekend we’re breaking down our “Library Links” into categories. Hopefully this will make it easier for you to sort through the information, and more efficient for you to find what you’re looking for.
If you have any suggestions, comments, or if you just wanted to let us know how your week went– feel free to them in the Comments Section below. (We love hearing from you!)
-The KCM Crew
Builders
Is ‘spec’ building making a comeback?
Buyers
Delinquency Rates
U.S. Prime Jumbo RMBS Delinquencies Approach 10%
Foreclosures
A look at Chicago’s foreclosure problems
Here come the high end foreclosures
As we just said: Here come the high end foreclosures
January foreclosure numbers down 10% … but surge is coming
Home Values
Another report on negative equity
Housing Market
Fed’s Bullard: Housing should be key in reform
Quick look at the Miami market
Housing Crisis Getting Uglier in 2010
Interest Rates
What could force the Fed to re-enter the mortgage market?
Mortgaging
Even the Mortgage Bankers Association got carried away during the boom!
Loans easier to come by than last year
Modifications
HAMP: lack of succes is apparent.
HEADLINE: HAMP Permanent Modifications Picking Up– STORY: Over 1M need help 66,0000 get it
Option ARMs
Pricing
What homeowners think about future prices.
Prices predicted to stabilize over the next 2 years.
Zillow: Signs of a Possible Double Dip in Home Values?
Second Liens
Now we have to worry about the 2nd mortgages
Sellers
Supply & Demand
Housing inventory rises slightly
Tax Credit
Tax deductions on home buyers tax credit
Unemployment
HUD: jobs are necessary to stabilize housing
Vacancy Rates
Great graphs on vacancy rates. Will this become a bigger issue in 2010?
Walking Away
A double standard being applied to ‘walk aways’?
What?! Paying Borrowers to Pay Their Mortgage
Don’t walk away! We’ll let you stay for six months even if you don’t pay.
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