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Today's Mortgage Terms starting with F Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac): A semi government agency that acquires conventional loans that are underwritten to its specific guidelines. These guidelines are an industry standard for residential conventional lending. Federal Housing Administration (FHA): A federal agency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which insures residential mortgage loans made by private lenders and sets standards for underwriting mortgage loans. Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae): This agency purchases loans that are underwritten to its specific guidelines. These guidelines are an industry standard for residential conventional lending. FHA Loans: Fixed or adjustable-rate loans that are insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of FHA loans is to make housing more affordable, especially for first-time homebuyers. First Mortgage: A mortgage which is in first lien, taking priority over all other liens. In case of a foreclosure, the first mortgage will be repaid before any other mortgages. Fixed Rate Loan: Fixed-rate loans have interest rates and payments that are fixed through out the term of the loan. Foreclosure: A legal process in which a mortgaged property may be liquidated to pay off a mortgage loan that is in default. View all Terms

Wilkes mortgage rates news:

Business week in review - Scranton Times
As real estate values dropped nationally, home prices in Northeast Pennsylvania remained relatively flat over the last year. Federal data released Tuesday show home prices in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton metro area for the 12 months prior to ...

Credit tightens on shoppers - Cincinnati.com
Christmas shoppers who rely on credit cards for their spending can expect higher interest rates, fewer on-the-spot store credit offers and possibly fewer gifts under the tree. Tighter credit will bring challenges for shoppers and could doom the ...

Forced sales of homes jump - West Online
The forced sale of Perth houses at opposite ends of the property market underlines how the economic downturn is hitting luxury and budget homes alike. A Marmion home at 2 Lennard Street is valued at about $1.4 million and will be the subject of a ...

Week in review - Scranton Times
Delegates to the Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom met this week in a city that proved its ability to comfortably and securely host a major global conference: Scranton. Diplomats and legislators from 20 countries ...

UPDATES: Barack Obama Big News Page - Huffingtonpost.com
LISTEN TO THE FULL OBAMA April 6. FUNDRAISER SPEECH HERE Some highlights - Obama responds to Krugman toward the end of the audio (46:20); Obama discloses his trip to Pakistan (40:17); Obama discusses fundraising successes (15 min); Obama discusses ...

The underemployed languish below government radar - Scranton Times
April Davies teaches swimming at the Catholic Youth Center in Wilkes-Barre for two or three hours a week. For now, it’s her only job. Yet the Glen Lyon 26-year-old is considered employed by the state and federal governments, which calculate ...

Retailers slash prices to prop up sales - The Independent
£31bn wiped off blue chip shares Borrowing nearly doubles in a year It was our national pastime – but now shopping is just so over Shareholders approve RBS bail-out plan Iceland owes UK £2.2bn over Icesave Matthew Norman: Cameron can't afford ...

Rising college costs trouble families - Sun and Press
As college tuition costs rise, savings shrink and some loans become harder to find, it's a question that more college-bound students and their parents could be asking this year. For parents like Tina Hodnik, who has one child in college and one on ...