Recent Downturn In Refinance Industry

Someone has rightly said that, `nothing remains the same forever and so is the truth for refinance industry. There is a major downturn in refinance industry of majority of the states of U.S today. The real estate market which boomed and was in sunshine has become a bit cloudy today.



Major reasons of downturn in refinance industry can be summarized as below.



1) Downfall in real estate market: - There is a current sky-high rise in the prices of housing and steady rise in the interest rates also. Hence buying a house has become an expensive affair for the people.



People buy house but takes decades to pay off long installments. As a result there is a decline in ratio of the homeowners. More people are falling behind on their mortgages according to surveys and the percentage on loans on which payments are at least 30 days overdue to a greater extent with last two years and it became harder for homeowners to refinance or sell quickly.



2) People facing for closure fail to take lenders help:- According to Gannett news statistics reveal that almost 2,80,000 homeowners in U.



S, who lost home lat year, half of them never talked to their lenders. For closing involves home with little or no equity. Borrowers need to stay cool during such times and pay and must talk to lenders so that they can work out a new payment plan or modify the loan to make the situation cool. Lenders have the powers to make the market stagnant by offering various solutions to the borrowers.



3) Sub prime loans leads to increase in for closure rates: - Sub prime loans are loans granted to those whose credit rating is less than desired.



They are a significant factor in the present increase in for closure rates in major states of U.S. This means that people with bad credit who have defaulted on their loans may in fact make things harder for future borrowers who also have bad credit. Hence several lenders of sub prime mortgages are showing signs of trouble with the housing bubble having burst and more homeowners beginning to default in high interest mortgages.



4) Increase in interest rates: - Over past 1-2 years the housing market has been in turmoil as the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates putting pressure on new borrowers to put down the demand of owning a house.