Jul 8 2010
Top 10 states with biggest renter occupied housing. Does having a low owner occupied housing rate create a state housing bubble? Renting is the solution, not the problem with the current housing crisis. Rents have fallen for Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Many articles are now finally highlighting the financial benefits of renting or leasing a home. There is no national association with deep budgets that promotes renting so there is little advertising dollars that go into this market. But in many cases, renting is a solid and financially wise decision. Given this current housing market debacle [...]
Feb 15 2010
Big Loans Facing Big Problems – California Prime Jumbo Loan Defaults Rise to 11.3 Percent Putting $167 Billion in Loans in Distress. California Holds 44 Percent of Prime Jumbo Loans and 50 Percent of Option ARMs.
Most Americans will never deal with a jumbo mortgage. With the nationwide median home price of $173,000 a mortgage of $729,750 seems like an absurdity to most people. But in states where housing prices were climbing by leaps and bounds big mortgages were big business. The prime jumbo residential mortgage backed security market is currently [...]