Due to shifts in global bond markets, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.49 percent on Monday, which is down from 4.2 percent a year ago. Therefore, it’s a good time to check the rate on your home mortgage because you might be able to...
Shaffer & Gaier, LLC represents nine homeowners who had negative amortization loans with Countrywide (Countrywide was, of course, bought by Bank of America.). Our firm represented these homeowners who brought a consolidated lawsuit against Bank of America for...
Mortgage rates remain low and the housing market is showing signs of recovery. Even new construction is picking up. And best of all, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidelines in January which protects consumers from the kinds of mortgages that...
On January 10, 2013, Federal regulators unveiled a range of obligations and restrictions on lenders for residential mortgage loans. These include bans on risky “interest-only” and “no documentation” loans that were largely to blame for the last decade’s housing...