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HUD and Yield Spread Premiums
October 3, 2001 The recent decision of the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Culpepper vs Irwin has suddenly swung the spotlight on HUD policy regarding yield spread premiums (YSPs) retained by mortgage brokers.  To this date, HUD has been impotent in dealing ... more...

HUD's Proposals For Reform
October 19, 2002 On July 29, 2002, HUD released a set of proposals to substantially change the ways in which home loans are originated in the US.  As usual, the proposals were open for comment, and many thousands of them were received.  Mine was among them, and is shown ... more...

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RESPA
Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) A federal law passed in 1974 that requires lenders to provide home mortgage borrowers in advance with information of known or estimated settlement costs. RESPA also limits the amount lenders may require to be held in escrow for ... more...

Good Faith Estimate, GFE
Good Faith Estimate (GFE) A disclosure of estimated settlement costs. Lenders or brokers must provide this list to the loan applicant for a mortgage loan within 3 business days after receipt of the application. The GFE is intended to assure that consumers have adequate ... more...

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RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of ... more...

The 10 Golden Rules of Trading
1 IntroductionIn this article we cover the few important rules that should never be broken in trading. If you can apply these rules consistently, and with discipline, you will be well on the way to being a profitable trader.The rules we cover are: Have specific goals and objectives Be consistent ... more...

Home Buying Tip: Know Your Rights Under RESPA
Buying a home can be a complicated and confusing process. It's also probably the biggest investment you'll ever make.These two factors combined add up to this - you need to be well informed about your home buying rights.Here's the most valuable home buying tip you'll ever receive: Learn about RESPA ... more...

Personal Injury - 12 NEW Methods!
Advertisements just drive you crazy... one company says one thing and other one down the road saying another, but both effectively are trying to say the same thing. For an injured person, it gets confusing. Who to trust and turn to?In hospitals, there will be organised and 'posh' literature on ... more...

How To Avoid Injury Compensation Claim Dilemmas
You then become frustrated with salespeople asking, or begging for a compensation claim? You don't know them and they want to be your best 'buddy'. For a while, I guess?! You dont have a clue about their company, what they do and how they complete. But you're about to make a mistake, thanks to ... more...

7 Money Rules You Should Break
When it comes to learning fiscal knowledge, some lessons result in better memories than others. One of the most satisfying lessons I have ever learned is that there are rules simply made to be broken.Rules that produce benefits for everyone are not what I am talking about. These good rules include ... more...

The 7 Major Reasons Businesses Fail and How to Overcome Them
This year, over 800,000 of the approximately 2,000,000 start up businesses will fail!Nearly 1,000,000 of those remaining will fail within 3 years. Why do so many businesses fail? Many studies show that approximately 98% of all failures occur because of the owners. The other 2% are a result of ... more...

Class Action Lawsuits and Unethical Settlements
AN INVITATION FOR CLASS ACTION ATTORNEYS TO ENGAGE IN UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Copyright 2004 by Michael A. S. Guth. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this article, including this web page, may be copied, retransmitted, reposted, or duplicated in significant portion without the express written ... more...

Time Limits for Making Mortgage Endowment Complaints in the UK
There is much discussion in the financial sector regarding the endowment mortgage misselling scandal that has affected up to 8.5 million policyholders in the UK.Endowments policies were sold heavily in the UK during the 80s and 90s as a cheap yet secure method of repaying your mortgage debt. The ... more...

The UK Endowment Mortgage Scandal - Millions Left with Shortfalls May be Entitled to Compensation
During the 1980s and 90s a new concept of property mortgaging arrived in the UK. Endowment mortgages became extremely popular with homebuyers who wanted a secure but affordable method of repaying their mortgage debt. Most large financial organisations were happy to offer these products and they ... more...

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