Finally! Well...ok...it's a Step!

The Fed did come out with some modifying rules for lending. They seem like common sense to most of us, but the last few years a lot of people, real estate professionals also, we more into getting the deal done, than getting a deal that makes sense finished. The Panama City Beach Florida Condominium market is just as bad. With Foreclosure after Foreclosure and Short Sale after Short Sale, it's getting bad all the way around!!! Take some time to review the information below.

Fed Issues New Lending Rules

The Federal Reserve on Monday adopted rules designed to protect homebuyers from the kind of loans that drove many into foreclosure. The new rules apply to all lenders and not just to banks supervised by the Fed. Most are expected to take effect Oct.1, 2009. Escrow requirements won’t go into effect until April 1, 2010.Here are the new requirements:
Prevent loans made without documenting borrower’s income.
Require lenders to escrow money to pay taxes and insurance for risky borrowers.
Limit and in some cases ban prepayment penalties.
Prohibit lenders from making a loan without considering a borrower's ability to repay a home loan from sources other than the home's value.
Require mortgage advertising to contain information about rates, monthly payments and other features of the loan.
Insist lenders credit a mortgage payment to a home owner’s account on the day it is received.
Brokers and others are forbidden from "coercing or encouraging" an appraiser to misrepresent the value of a home.Source: The Associated Press, Jeannine Aversa (07/14/08)

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