Premature refinancing in early 2026 presents a wealth-destroying trap for homeowners. A rigorous analysis of bond market dynamics, transaction friction, and credit scoring models reveals why the optimal financial strategy is calculated inaction. The opening weeks of...
For decades, getting a mortgage meant meeting the standards of one primary credit scoring system: FICO. It was the undisputed benchmark for the entire industry. But that’s all changing. In a landmark decision that will redefine the path to homeownership in 2025...
Section 129B(d) of TILA, as added by the Dodd-Frank Act, permits consumers to bring actions against individual mortgage loan originators for violations of certain provisions of TILA. For example, while LO’s can be held personally liable for receiving...
A new analysis suggests that the tide of home foreclosures isn’t going to recede soon. The report from the Center for Responsible Lending, “Lost Ground, 2011,” finds that at least 2.7 million mortgages loaned from 2004 through 2008, or about 6%,...
Buying a home can be very exciting! It’s part of the "dream" we all have for ourselves, the marriage, the family, the pet, the white picket fence – all of these things are dependent on having a home. Having means owning, not renting; to those of us wishing...
