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Why You Should Refinance Now If You Have an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (The Bradford Era)
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(ARA) - If you took out a mortgage on your home between 2002 and 2005, chances are good you ended up going with an adjustable rate mortgage or ARM. Back then, it was just too good of a deal to pass up.

If You Have an Adjustable Rate Mortgage, Why You Need to Refinance Now (Benton Evening News)
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(ARA) - When you signed up for that adjustable rate loan a few years back, it probably seemed like a deal too good to pass up. But fast forward to the present, and you're probably starting to get a little nervous.

Homeowners Aiming to Refinance Hit Mortgage Rut (NPR)
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Mortgage applications have risen for the second straight week, with borrowers getting out of adjustable-rate loans in a bid to escape volatility in the financial markets. But mortgage-industry troubles are hanging up homeowners seeking to refinance.

Refinance Now to Avoid your ARM rate Increase (Benton Evening News)
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(ARA)- The effects of refinancing your mortgage can be dramatic, since it's a tool you can use to improve your financial situation. To take best advantage of it, look at where you are and assess your needs. Then explore the market.

Was the Mortgage a Mistake? (Washington Post)
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Two years ago, my wife and I sat at a long conference table in a mortgage-title office in Bethesda. Sitting next to us: our real estate agent, who drew up our bid on a townhouse in Germantown two days after showing it to us. We didn't get an inspection, and I don't recall going back for a second look. We had to act fast or someone else would get it.

Mortgage scams on the rise (Battle Creek Enquirer)
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Across the U.S., homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure are being scammed by foreclosure โ€œrescueโ€ companies promising to save their house but that only take their money.

Mortgage crisis squeezing lending standards and keeping Utahns out of the home-buying arena (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Max Johns of Salt Lake City should not be having a problem qualifying for a mortgage. His financial house is in order, and his credit score is well above the minimum most home-loan providers have had in place for years.

Behind on your mortgage? Ask for help right away (Baltimore Sun)
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Don't wait until you become delinquent on your mortgage payments or are facing foreclosure before seeking help.

Subprime mortgage mess: Hard times for homeowners (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
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The subprime mortgage mess has hit home in the mid-Hudson Valley, though clearly not as hard as in other parts of the country.

We'll all likely feel sting of mortgage meltdown (Arizona Daily Star)
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Stupid lenders making stupid loans to stupid borrowers. You might think this sums up what the surge in mortgage foreclosures means to you. You would be mistaken.