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Obama’s New Deal Hopefully!

Wednesday 29 July 2009 @ 6:33 pm

A Renovation Loan? What the heck is that?

Many people in the lending and real estate industry have learned about the “new school” 203k renovation loan. What some people might remember is the “old school” version of the 203k loan which was used widely in the 80’s and before.

Simply put, the “new school” version of the 203k renovation loan which was brought back into widespread use by Congress passing The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 is much simpler to use than the older version with less paperwork, less red-tape and faster approval times.

At the current time, most lenders can approve FHA 203k Renovation Loans in approximately the same amount of time that they take to approve most standard FHA loans once the improvements have been determined by the homeowner.

While the initial thrust and what most people think of using 203k loans for seems to be for fixing up existing bank-owned homes that were trashed, the loan in effect not only applies for completely trashed houses, but also for some that just might need some new carpet and paint basically any home being purchased, under the FHA maximum amount, would qualify as long as the the property updates make sense.

Which brings us to the second point. What the heck happened to people having second mortgages on their homes?

This one we pretty much all know the answer to, they are simply gone for the most part. Lenders in particular really, really do not like being in second position when there are widespread foreclosures going on as is currently happening.

Simply put,second mortgages have largely been replaced by Renovation Loan Financing because there is only 1 loan on the property and the renovation funds are actually used for renovations which are adding value to the home.

Congress simply got tired of people taking out a second on their home to buy a motorcycle, go to Europe, pay down some credit card debt, and not using the money to actually improve the value of the property and the community. That was the original intent of a second, right? to borrow money against the house to actually improve the property?

Our great grandparents knew that the whole system which we had created by robbing Peter to pay Paul with our equity in our homes was a dead end street in addition to lenders up until the past few years being told by Congress that is was OK to loan up 125% of the value of homes in general.

Apparently, the ghost of FDR came to our members of Congress in 2008 and whispered to them that renovation funds should actually be used for improving the properties, as originally intended.

If FDR were alive today, no doubt he would make sure that the 203k renovation loan would also be promoted as a way to get people back to work as well as bringing civic pride back into both the appearances of our neighborhoods and also self-respect for those who now have viable employment.

The great thing about 203k loans is that the lender will loan on the projected value of the house once the renovations are completed i.e., if updating that old kitchen might add some value to the house, your lender would want to talk to you about that so your equity needed would not necessarily be the same as if you were approaching these renovations as in the old fashion of getting a second which we all know to a large extent have disappeared anyways.

So in effect, any home which could use a little updating, or just a little TLC in general and falls under the local FHA Maximum Amount is perfect for a 203k loan.

Is the 203k Renovation Loan the real new deal? It just might be.

Richard Bonn is the owner of 203K Renovation Loan. For more information on Richard please visit http://www.203KRenovationLoan.com

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The Difference Between Home Loan Modification And Mortgage Refinancing

Tuesday 28 July 2009 @ 4:35 pm

During these difficult economic times, more people are losing their jobs and having a tough time making their mortgage payments. This has resulted in millions of foreclosures and millions of people on the verge of losing their homes. Fortunately, there are opportunities out there that can help homeowners stay in their homes. Two options are Home Loan Modification and Mortgage Refinancing. When considering these two options, it is important to understand their differences.

Home Loan Modification

Home Loan Modification is when a lender and mortgage holder change the terms of a mortgage by changing the amount of the monthly mortgage payments. The goal is to make payments more affordable for the homeowner. If a lender is owed money, they will often prefer modifying a home loan instead of advancing with a foreclosure as there are many fees associated with the process. Giving a mortgage holder the chance to bring the mortgage up to date and provide better terms is much easier and less expensive. Other benefits of a home loan modification include: it does not depend on a person’s credit score, it usually results in a lower interest rate, and it allows lenders to get rid of a bad asset and sell the new loan on the open market. For many homeowners, refinancing is not an alternative. For homeowners who cannot make monthly payments or have recently lost their job, a home loan modification may be a good solution. A homeowner will have to provide proof to show that their current loan has put them in substantial financial difficulty.

Mortgage Refinancing

Mortgage Refinancing means the terms of an existing mortgage are withdrawn and a new mortgage is put in place that offers better rates and terms and conditions. You are actually paying off your existing mortgage with a new mortgage. The conditions and terms are negotiated by the lender and homeowner and they both agree to the new terms. The result is usually better terms and payments. The major difference from home loan modification is that mortgage refinancing will involve fees and penalties, and home loan modification does not have these fees. Mortgage refinancing involves paying such fees as title fees, escrow fees, lender fees, appraiser fees, and taxes. Most home owners refinance in order to lower their interest rate, to extend the life of their loan, or to pay off other debt. Lenders normally require that homeowners who are looking to refinance have a good credit score, equity in their home, and proof of job security.

Deciding which option is best often depends on the homeowner’s personal situation. There are advantages and disadvantages with each type of home loan. If you have built up a lot of equity in your home, you should consider refinancing. If you have a poor credit rating, you may want to consider a home loan modification. With the increase of mortgage defaults, homeowners should know there are options out there to save their home from foreclosure. It is just a matter of researching and choosing the best option that meets their particular needs.

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What Do Home Appraisers Look For When Doing An Appraisal For A Mortgage Refinance

Tuesday 28 July 2009 @ 4:17 pm

When undergoing a mortgage refinance, one step in the process is acquiring an appraisal of your home. An appraisal is a written estimate of the market value of your property. Mortgage lenders will use an appraisal to determine the amount one qualifies for the mortgage. The appraisal will also establish how much equity there is in a home. It gives an estimate of the price that can be obtained by selling the property. An appraisal is a necessary step when refinancing existing mortgage because it assures the lender or bank that the property will sell for at least the amount which they will be providing as a home loan. This protects them in the event of a mortgage default by ensuring they will get their money back if they have to repossess the house and sell it.

The mortgage lender will normally arrange for the appraisal. It often depends on the mortgage company’s policy for obtaining appraisals. A home appraisal is different from a home inspection. Appraisers look for value in a home. Lenders need to know the home is worth what you want to borrow. The appraiser is a licensed professional that will do a market analysis of the sale price of a home. The appraisal will require a thorough inspection of your home inside and out. The appraiser will look for problems in the property.

Appraisals generally include: evaluating the condition of your home, details of the property, a comparison of the property with other properties in the area, an evaluation of the real estate market in the area, the type of area where the property is located, and an estimate of how long it will take to sell. Although it may vary among appraisers, generally speaking, they take home sales within about a 1/4 mile within the last 4 - 6 months and average them per square foot. They then multiply that number by the square footage of the home being appraised.

The appraiser will assess the actual home. He or she will measure the outside of your home, look at the inside, take pictures of both the outside and inside and determine a market price for your home based on the most current previous sales of nearby homes. Such aspects that affect a home value include: kitchen, number of bedrooms, size of rooms, finished basement, new roof, number of bathrooms, new windows, and a solid foundation. They will also measure the property line to get the amount of square feet on the outside. They will then notify the lender or person who requested the appraisal. The lender uses all of the information to determine the amount of the refinance loan.

The appraiser’s assessment of a home is an extremely important part of refinancing a mortgage. It is important to inform the appraiser of any new additions such as a garage or patio deck. Before an appraiser arrives, make sure that you have all repairs completed that can affect the value of your home. Factors that can affect the value can include poor upkeep of the property and any damage to the home. Because of the low interest rates being offered by banks and other lenders, this is a great time to refinance. Knowing what appraisers look at when assessing a home and neighborhood will increase the likelihood that you will get a great refinance loan.

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Choosing the Right Stop Foreclosure Services

Tuesday 28 July 2009 @ 1:33 pm

Can’t pay your mortgage? Are you wondering what you will do if your mortgage provider serves you with a foreclosure notice on your home? Read on because you could find some answers here.

Rise in the Number of Foreclosures

The current credit crunch has meant there has been a huge increase in the number house foreclosures. This is largely due to the fact that many people have lost their jobs and are no longer able to keep paying the mortgage. When people don’t pay their mortgages, this can result in house foreclosures.

If you have a mortgage and fail to meet the payments on your home then the lender may inform you that unless it is paid by a certain date, they intend to foreclose. Foreclosure means that the lender can force you out of your home so that they can sell it to pay off what you owe.

Try to Avoid Foreclosure

Ideally you should do everything that you possibly can to avoid foreclosure. If there is no way you can catch up on your missed mortgage payments while you are out of work, then after ninety days the lender will foreclose, unless you can prevent it.

-Contact your mortgage provider as soon as you know you are having difficulty paying your mortgage.
-Send a letter explaining things in more detail
-Ask if you can go in for a chat about a possible resolution.

If there is no way that you can come to some kind of mutual agreement with your mortgage provider then you should try to find some other means of avoiding foreclosure.

Remonetization

Providing you have kept in contact with your mortgage provider and apprised them of the changes in your circumstances, then it might be possible for those missed payments to be added back onto the overall loan. This is known as remonetization and will mean that you are extending the amount of time that you will be paying for your home, but you will avoid foreclosure.

Forbearance

The increasing number of homes foreclosures has led to questions in Government. Some mortgage providers have responded by approaching mortgage default in a different way. It may be possible for you to cease making payments on your mortgage for an agreed period, this is known as forbearance. One problem with avoiding foreclosure in this way is that after the agreed period you will be required to pay the extra debt incurred, on top of your normal monthly mortgage payments.

Sell and Rent Back

If you don’t feel that your situation is going to improve in the near future, then it might be worth approaching a company that offers to buy up foreclosure homes and sell to them. When you sell your house in this manner, you avoid foreclosure and further damage to your credit rating; you may also be given the option of renting back your home for an agreed monthly sum.

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The 5 Year ARM Hits a Low for the Year

Monday 27 July 2009 @ 11:40 pm

The 5 Year arm dropped from 4.83 to 4.74 this week reaching a low for the year. What is interesting is that we have moved back to a normal state when comparing the 4 major mortgage products to each other. Earlier this year the 5 year arm fell below the 30 year fixed rate which is highly unusual. This basically made the five year arm pointless for borrowers. But with the drastic fall in the 5 year rate in the last few weeks we are now starting to see a normal relationship between the 5 year arm and the 30 year fixed rate.

Why is this happening? Its hard to know for sure but it might have to do with the risk of inflation. Earlier this year it seemed that banks were pushing up rates for the 5 year arm in part because they had lost so much money on arm related mortgages that they were not interested in making more of these loans with their associated high risk of foreclosure. But now with mortage rates at historical lows and inflation on the horizon the prospect of giving out loans with a 30 year term is probably less appealing. The prospect of giving out loans where the interest is only fixed for 5 years has some advantages. Below are rates for different mortgage products for the last few weeks and from January 8, 2009 (6 months ago)

Jul 23, 2009
30-yr 5.20 15-yr 4.68 5-yr ARM 4.74 1-yr ARM 4.77

Jul 16, 2009
30-yr 5.14 15-yr 4.63 5-yr ARM 4.83 1-yr ARM 4.76

Jul 09, 2009
30-yr 5.20 15-yr 4.69 5-yr ARM 4.82 1-yr ARM 4.82

Jul 02, 2009
30-yr 5.32 15-yr 4.77 5-yr ARM 4.88 1-yr ARM 4.94

Jun 25, 2009
30-yr 5.42 15-yr 4.87 5-yr ARM 4.99 1-yr ARM 4.93

Jan 08, 2009
30-yr 5.01 15-yr 4.62 5-yr ARM 5.49 1-yr ARM 4.95

Comparing today’s rates to rates from 6 months ago its interesting to look at the 30 year versus the 5 year arm. While the 30 year rate has risen from 5.01 to 5.20 in the last 6 months the 5 year arm has falled from 5.49 to 4.74 in the same time period. Using our mortgage calculator widget we calculated the mortgage payment for a 200k loan based on today’s rates and mortgage rates from 2 weeks ago and December

Jul 23
30-yr $1098.22
15-yr $1548.44
5-yr ARM $1042.08
1-yr ARM $1045.7

Jul 02
30-yr $1113.09
15-yr $1557.72
5-yr ARM $1059.02
1-yr ARM $1066.32

Jan 08
30-yr $1074.86
15-yr $1542.28
5-yr ARM $1134.32
1-yr ARM $1067.53

Looking at these numbers we see the same thing. Since January 8th the payment on a 200k loan with a 30 year fixed mortgage has risen by 2 percent but the mortgage for a 5 year arm has dropped by over 8 percent. I would still not recommend a five year arm in the current market in most circumstances. Since rates are likely to increase the difference (although large) is probably not worth locking in for 30 years unless one is sure they A) they plan on moving in less than 5 years and B) are confident they will be able to sell their house.

Ki works in Austin Texas. His site is a clearinghouse of information on Austin Texas real estate. It also provides different mortgage widgets including a mortgage calculator widget.

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The Reverse Mortgage Loans Bring Monthly Cash For Retired People

Monday 27 July 2009 @ 11:03 pm

The reverse mortgage loans offer an opportunity to take a part of the equity out, but still to continue living in an old flat. And as long as you own your flat or house and live there, you do not have to pay the loan back. The flat remains in your name.

1. The Reverse Mortgages Allow Retired People 62 Or Older To Convert Equity In Their Homes Into Cash.

This is the basic term for the reverse mortgage loans. You must be at least 62, says the law. The older you are, the more cash you can get upfront from your home equity. Other things, which influences on the reverse mortgage loan terms are the location and the value of your flat or house.

2. The Reverse Mortgage Loans Are Flexible Ones.

Because the main idea of the reverse mortgage loans is to give you cash for your everyday living, you can decide how you want them to pay you. As monthly payments, as a credit line or as a slump sum. When you do the reverse mortgage purchase, just decide it.

If the target to take a reverse mortgage loan is to buy a flat to your child, for instance, you can take the whole loan sum as a one slump sum. In this case the loan costs will be added to the amount of the loan.

3. The Reverse Mortgage Loan Will Be Paid Back, When You Move.

The law rules that the rolling costs can never climb higher than the value of your flat or house. This means that you will always get something back when you move away. Another important ting is, that the inflation normally increases the value of your house and if the rate is bigger than the interest of your reverse mortgage loan, you will win every year.

4. You Will Remain The Owner Of Your Home.

Despite of the fact that you use the equity of your home by taking the reverse mortgage loan, you are still the owner until you will permanently move away. So there are actually these two benefits to you. You can get the monthly cash or a cash as a slump sum but you are allowed to live in your old home.

This means also, that as an owner you have to take care of all the bills the house ownership brings. The insurance, possible repairs and the property taxes, they all belong to you.

As you see, the reverse mortgage loans offer a very special product for retired people to get cash for purposes, they see more important than to keep the cash in their home equity.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development asked Congress for nearly $800 million for the insurance program of the reverse mortgage loans for 2010. If accepted, this means better terms for loan takers.

Juhani Tontti, B.Sc. The Reverse Mortgage Purchase Means, That You Will Take The Reverse Mortgages On House To Get Cash. Visit: Reverse Mortgage Loans

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Reverse Mortgage Loans: 3 Reasons For Fast Growing Popularity

Monday 27 July 2009 @ 1:22 pm

It was president Reagan, who signed the legislation for reverse mortgage loans already in 1961. So the question arise, where the present popularity comes from? The answer is in demographics. The baby boomers will be close to the retiring age and are looking information about reverse mortgages and their main assets are usually their homes.

1. The Reverse Mortgage Loans Are For People, Who Want To Keep Their Life Styles.

Gone are the days, when American people would work until 62 and have a pension, which guarantees their life style. Nowadays people want to live full life and to have their hobbies and old homes. The reverse mortgage loans allow them to take cash out from their home equity for these purposes, but to continue living in their old house or flat.

Another fact is, that their children earn usually so well nowadays, that there is not a must from the parents to finance their homes by selling their own homes. This is also an emotional question, because families do not want to sell homes, where they have lived for years and which have so many memories.

2. The Great Increase In The Home Equity Values Is A Chance.

People, who were born after the war are the first generation, who really inherited big amounts from their parents. Many of them have had good salaries, with which they have bought nice houses. Now when the children have moved out, the couples still want to live in their houses but to live comfortably.

So it is natural to take some of the equity out in the form of the reverse mortgage loan. The temptation is big, because a senior person can get the sum as a slump sum or as monthly payments and the interest will be added to the loan sum, which can never exceed the value of the home In the long term, the value of the house continues to increase, so the borrower benefits from the bigger value.

3. Your Income Or Credit Are Not Considered.

Actually many borrowers have avoided the bankruptcy, because there is no minimum income or credit criterias in the qualification process. So in the real life these reverse mortgage loans are really open to everybody.

Despite of the great advantages, which the reverse mortgage loans offer, it is wise to either examine the market by yourself or to use some expert. The question is about an important thing to you, which has influences through several years in your life.

Juhani Tontti, B.Sc., Has Over 20 Years Experience In The Investor Market. Would You Like To Take Reverse Mortgages On House, But Want To Hear More About Reverse Mortgage loans And Their Popularity. Visit: Reverse Mortgage Loans

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How to Write a Hardship Letter for Direct Loan Modifications

Monday 27 July 2009 @ 9:25 am

Just about everybody faces one type of financial challenge or another at some point in their lives. If that’s happening to you now and you’re struggling to meet your monthly mortgage payment then you may want to consider applying for direct loan modifications. That’s because a modified loan can provide some principal forgiveness or lower your monthly payments by getting you a lower interest rate or extending the amount of time you have to repay your loan.

The reason these modifications are available is that your lending company would really rather not foreclose on your home because it is very costly for them. If you can convince them that you are worthy of a loan modification then you stand an excellent chance of not losing your home and being able to make lower payments.

In order to get approved one of the things you will have to do is write a persuasive hardship letter. With that in mind, here are some tips that will help you to write a letter that should help you to get your loan modified.

Your loan modification hardship letter should be short and the point, honest. It should directly address the issue.

This letter should be only one or two pages long. In that short amount of space you should help your lender to understand the reasons you haven’t been able to make your mortgage payments. You should show them that you are trying to work through the financial challenges you are facing and make them feel secure that if they grant you a loan modification that you will be able to meet your new monthly payment schedule on time.

It would be in your best interest to put your ego aside and be direct and honest. You have to clearly explain your financial hardship and what caused it.

Perhaps you took a cut in pay or maybe you lost your job. You may be in the midst of a divorce or you or someone in your family might be seriously ill. Perhaps someone in your family passed away. It’s also quite possible that the amount of your payments has increased because of a change in your adjustable rate interest.
Whatever the reason, you must honestly explain the cause of your problem.

Include all the things you have done to try to keep current with your financial obligations. If you’ve taken on a second job or significantly cut back on your monthly expenditures let them know. Give as many details as possible. The idea is to show your creditor that you are a responsible person who’s trying to meet your monthly obligations even though you may temporarily be experiencing hard times.

Conclude your hardship letter by showing how a loan modification would both really help your current financial state of affairs and get you back on track with keeping current on your revised monthly payments.

And for more information about direct loan modifications go to http://www.MartinWorldwide.net/index.php now.

Wendy Moyer is a professional writer.

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Your Realtor Partner Call Capture Program: 3 Steps To Success

Friday 24 July 2009 @ 3:28 am

There has been a sharp increase in the number of professionals in the mortgage industry looking for new ways to forge relationships with real estate agents. One of the more popular ways is the use of call capture systems that allow a loan officer and an agent to share leads. Many loan officers are finding great success with this tool while others can’t seem to get their program off the ground. Call capture has a successful track record in the real estate industry. So why are so many loan officers struggling to turn it into a successful tool for developing relationships with real estate agents in their area? Well, before you learn how to drive a car you think it’s a no-brainer, right? It looks so easy. Gas, brake, left turn, right turn… But then once you get behind the wheel you see that there are a lot of other things that you have to do while you are maneuvering the car around town.

Call capture is much the same and the difference between those that are using their systems with great success for themselves and their real estate agent partner and those that are not is simply a matter of education. It is a mistake for loan officers to get behind the wheel of their call capture system without educating themselves on how to implement it into their businesses and then expect anything but mediocre results. Probably the biggest area that loan officers neglect to educate themselves on is how they should approach real estate agents that they would like to work with. This is a vital step in getting a successful program off the ground. Here are 3 things you need to do before approaching real estate agents about partnering with you.

1. Know Your Call Capture - Your call capture system is going to be an integral tool in developing leads for both yourself and the real estate agent. It is imperative that you have a good handle on how it works, what the best practices are and the role it will play in the development of your leads. Start using the call capture system to develop your own leads before you approach real estate agents to partner with you. Use it in conjunction with free reports or with FSBO’s to start generating leads. Aside from the additional leads you will develop, you will also gain solid working knowledge and experience with the system and show the real estate agent that you are already actively marketing using the system and not resting on your laurels waiting for them to come around.

2. Have A Plan - One of the major complaints that real estate agents have when being approached by loan officers is that there is no plan. You need to go into a meeting with a real estate agent knowing what the partnership will entail. There are always changes that can be made in exactly how things will work and the specific marketing that the two of you may do together but for the most part it should already be laid out. You need to go in telling the real estate agent how they are going to benefit from partnering with you. They need to know what you are going to do and what you expect in return.

3. Have A Solid Presentation - Start with a letter, email or phone call that will introduce your program for real estate agent partners. This will begin to generate interest and qualify agents for you to partner with. You should have already finished educating yourself on your call capture system and developed your program so now will be the time to share it. You should have a presentation that outlines how call capture systems work to generate leads and what the benefits of using them are. You should have already been using the call capture system to generate your own leads and will have reports that you can show them of the leads that have come in and how they were followed up on. Include in your presentation some specific ads and marketing that you have used and that you will use with your real estate agent partner. Let them know about other programs that you run that they can join you in - free seminars, free reports, e-books, FSBOs, etc. The real estate agents that you are going to want to partner with will be busy so keep it informative but brief and to the point.

Loan officers and real estate agents teaming up is not a new concept. However, loan officers are now using call capture systems to help make that partnership even stronger and more successful. As with anything, some are seeing great success while others are not. One major difference between these two groups is the level to which they have educated themselves. Just as you can imagine the guy who took Driver’s Ed has more skills behind the wheel of a car than the one that didn’t, the loan officer who educates himself on how to use call capture to develop relationships will have more skills behind the wheel of his real estate partner program.

Brandi Cummings is an expert author on using call capture technology to generate leads in the real estate industry. For more information and a 15 Day Free Trial she recommends visiting http://www.RealtyOne800.com, a leading real estate call capture provider.

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Loan And Mortgage Rates Could Rise

Thursday 23 July 2009 @ 7:10 am

Commentators have welcomed moves by the UK’s Competition Commission to ban the sale of controversial Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) alongside credit agreements in 2010. But some have warned that this could mean that loan and mortgage rates could rise.

In its final report into PPI, the Commission announced a ban on the sales of PPI at the time the credit agreement is sold. In addition, the practice of charging a one-off upfront premium was banned. This has been thoroughly criticised because most lenders ended up adding the premium to the loan and then charging interest on it.

The Commission says that PPI policies, which are designed to cover the monthly repayments for mortgage, loan, or credit-cards if the borrowers fall sick, have an accident or lose their jobs, should not be sold within seven days of the borrower agreeing to the credit agreement.

The Commission also decided that it should be easier for people to shop around and switch between insurance companies. The advantage of selling the insurance at the same time as signing up people for their credit agreement, has meant that lenders have faced little competition for PPI. As a result they have exploited their position by charging very high prices for the insurance.

There is little doubt that increased competition will provide consumers better choice and with lower prices. However, commentators are worried that while the moves will make the credit industry to clean up its act, they could react by putting up the cost of borrowing. This is because some lenders claimed that they subsidised lower interest rates with commission income from PPI.

And figures from the financial industry seem to support that. Smaller loans have seen the biggest increase, with the average interest rate for an unsecured loan of 1,000 pounds now starting at 19.8 per cent, while the average rate for a 5,000 pound loan has jumped to to 12 per cent. Only a few years ago, the battle between lenders was so intense that rates were as low as 5.4 per cent, but now the lowest rate is around 7.8 per cent - and you have to secure your loan against your home to get that deal.

But most high street banks have announced that they have already stopped selling PPI alongside credit - well in before the 2010 deadline imposed by the Commission. However, some commentators like us, are not convinced by their motives. Although some banks have withdrawn single-premium PPI policies, it is probably because they are safe in the knowledge they have already protected their profit margins by increasing their interest rates on credit-cards and loans.

But the insurance industry’s trade body, the Association of British Insurers, stressed the importance of the PPI in the current economic downturn. It said that its figures showed a 118 per cent annual increase in unemployment claims on PPI.
What the Association of British Insurers has not admitted is that the cost of PPI has also seen a big increase. And one major UK insurer has even totally withdrawn from the market.

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