Very shortly new manual underwriting regulations from FHA will become effective and make it easier for people with low credit scores to qualify for a mortgage. This is good news for people without a lot of debt but a low credit score. Under the new rules the following changes will be made. First, HUD has taken the opportunity to address ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I am also a victim of Appraisal Fraud Countrywide now BofA. Resident in Northern Virginia. Where can/should I turn to seek council for my area. Everything I’ve read was for either California or New York. Your feedback regarding Real Estate Law Center was extremely valuable. I had a clue when the first “dump” of email correspondence was all ... Read More »

“Dear Andy, I was injured and out of work for over a year,and required surgery. My husband was a truck driver, and leased a truck, that was new, and kept breaking down. He could not hardly make enough money to pay the bills,except the mortgage payment. We had to also let a car go back to the bank. We had ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, I have lived in my home for 10 years with a refi in 2003 to get the home in solely my name and to get my mom off the docs. I lost my job in December got back to work 5 weeks ago. Got Hud loan to catch up 5 months of payments on my FHA mortgage through ... Read More »

“Dear Steve, Purchased home under an FHA loan. Will be inspected to see if I am a primary resident in a month and a half. If this is my primary residence, am I also allowed to rent out a couple of the rooms? JJ” The Answer   Dear JJ, Well you want to be very careful that you don’t do ... Read More »

Debora “Dear Steve, In January I lost my job. My husbands hours were cut. We have fallen behind on all of our bills including our mortgage. I have tried to refinance so that we can save our house but our home value came back at less then what we owe so that was not an option. I am not looking ... Read More »