Home equity

Clusterstock Jun 12

Using yesterday's Flow of Funds from the Fed, blogger WCW gives us the chart below. As you can see, it illustrates the stunning vaporization of real estate wealth. So does this mean we've hit bottom? Not by a long shot. As a percentage of...

Home Equity Distress Hurting Small Businesses

InvestorCentric Jun 10

Many small business owners have had a rough time during this recession. Not only do they face lower sales but home equity loans, that were once a crutch against cash shortfalls, have become increasingly difficult to come by. Tim Iacono from The...

CHART OF THE DAY: Our Vanishing Home Equity

Clusterstock May 15

Everyone knows that U.S. house prices have fallen almost 30% from the peak. What is less well known is that Americans' equity in those houses--the part that American homeowners actually own--has fallen much further. Why? Because, despite all the...

Valuing Your Home: Lost Home Equity Can Bite You

Invesmint Mar 11

It’s hard to go a single day without hearing or seeing a headline shouting about the mortgage crisis. High foreclosure rates and tighter lending practices are causing the inventory of houses for sale to increase and the number of sold houses to...

Jennifer Openshaw: Three tips to make sure your home equity credit line isn't cut

MarketWatch Feb 23

Past Due Home Equity Lines of Credit Increase Most Since 1987

naked capitalism Jul 2

Yet more signs of consumer stress. From Bloomberg:Consumers fell behind on loans secured by their homes at the fastest pace in two decades in the first quarter, signaling deeper distress in the U.S. economy, the American Bankers Association...

Home Equity Lines Pulled

Credit Writedowns May 18

First the banks won't refinance, then they won't restructure mortgages, now they're pulling out all stops in this mortgage mess. They are pulling existing home equity lines of credit. That's right, in a feeble attempt to save their sorry asses...

US Home Equity Falls Below 50%

Contrarian Profits Mar 6

Americans' percentage of equity in their homes has fallen below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, according to the Federal Reserve. CNN reports that "homeowners' percentage of equity slipped to a revised lower 49.6% in the...

Home Equity Defaults Signal More Trouble for Homeowners, Lenders

Money Morning Feb 6

By Jennifer Yousfi Managing Editor With default rates rapidly increasing, credit standards for home equity loans and revolving home equity lines of credits (HELOCs) have tightened, cutting off what was once a reliable source of capital for ...

Using your Home Equity

The Dividend Pirate Jan 2

Taking equity out of the increased value of the home is generally considered bad especially with the current mortgage crisis. However if you are smart about the way you handle the money from your home equity, it can help you make a lot of money. A...

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