Hard Money Loans

A congressional impasse could disrupt government work on home purchases, unemployment insurance, passports, export financing-and potentially, tax refunds and Social Security payments

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AHN) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah returned home Wednesday after months of recuperation abroad and immediately ordered an increase in social benefits for citizens.

The king, who underwent spinal surgery in the U.S. in November and stayed in New York and Morocco to recuperate, issued royal decrees increasing the country’s development fund and the state bank’s capital to provide more interest-free loans for use in building homes, getting married or starting up a business.

Abdullah also increased the social insurance fund and the number of beneficiaries to 15 from eight per family. He allocated $933 million in assistance for the poor so they can repair their homes and pay utility bills. Another $320,000 was allocated for vocational training courses for women to increase employment of the youth.

A foreign scholarship program was extended for five more years while salaries and benefits of government workers were increased 15 percent.

The king vowed to tackle youth unemployment that currently stands at 40 percent.

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Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Guangzhou, will restrict home purchases after new property curbs by the government aimed at preventing a housing bubble.

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Home loan closings by U.S. lenders during 2010 were around $1.5 trillion. Activity was down from the prior year’s roughly $2.0 trillion. Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase originated 56 percent of last year’s business.

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Cleveland, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – Another game, another loss for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Rodney Stuckey led a strong bench effort for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland’s losing streak reached 26 games as Detroit posted a 103-94 victory Wednesday.

Cleveland’s latest loss tied it with the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the longest losing streak in any sport. The Cavs (8-45) have lost 36 of their last 37 games and are winless since Dec. 18.

The Cavaliers had won four straight and five of six at Quicken Loans Arena versus the Pistons but now have to wait to try and end their skid until Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers.They then have a home game against the Washington Wizards on Sunday.

Stuckey scored 17 of his 22 points in the first half as the Pistons opened up a 55-43 lead at the break.

Cleveland got within three in the third quarter. The Cavs opened the third on a 12-4 run and were down just 71-68 with 2:35 to go.

Detroit responded with a 10-2 run to close out the third and never let Cleveland back in the game over the final 12 minutes,

Will Bynum scored 17 points and Charlie Villanueva added 13 for Detroit. Stuckey, Bynum and Villanueva all came off the bench for Detroit, which had just one starter in double figures – Tayshaun Prince with 10.

Antawn Jamison scored 22 points, Ramon Sessions added 20 and J.J. Hickson had 18 for the Cavs, who got only 17 points from their bench, including 12 from Daniel Gibson.

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If you own real estate whether it is single family home, condo, apartment building or a commercial property, in this economy, chances are you already know about Hard Money Loan.

Basically a hard money or a private money loan is a sub-prime loan. A lender puts more emphasis on the security rather than your income and credit. When you go to a pawn shop to pawn an item, the shop owner does not care what you do for living, how much you make, and what your credit score is like. He only cares for the value of that time and that too a firesale value.

Similarly, a private lender, looks more at the value of your real property and how much equity you have in it. If the property is worth a million dollars and you owe $300,000. You can borrow $200,000 to $300,000 more on it easily. The formula lenders use is called loan to value ratio. In most cases you can get a loan up to 60% loan to value ratio.

Qualifying for this kind of loan is less stringent as compared to a conventional loan especially when it is a non-owner occupied or a commercial property. Debt ratios are liberal and credit score has little consideration. If you had great debt ratios and good credit score why will you be applying for a hard money loan? So, if your hard money lender is asking you for your credit score, you need to call someone else.

The Pros are it is fast. In most cases you can get funds as fast as five working days. Qualifying, as mentioned above, is a lot easier. Without hard money loans lot more people will lose their properties. Hard money or private money loans fulfill an important need in the society. It is a bridge loan and can be a great relief. It is also called a band-aid loan.

The Cons are it is short term. generally no more than seven years. Mostly it is from one to three years. It is interest only. Interest rate is high, from 10 to 12%. Fees are high. Expect to pay three to 6 points.

Not everyone who gets a loan like this has credit or income problem. In this economy, more and more people who are borrowing private money have good credit and good income but somehow cannot get a bank or a conventioanl loan for one reason or the other. Banks are taking months to close a loan.

Money for funding these loans comes from private investors; from retirement; hedge funds and Trust Deed Investors.

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Amarjit Ahluwalia is the author of Make Your Money Make Money For You – a step by step guide to Trust Deed Investments. The book shows you how to earn 10% or more on your savings.

Keep in mind money is not power, knowledge is.

For more information on Hard Money Loans go to http://www.saratogabancorp.com

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People who have the opportunity to invest in property, may need a hard money loan to proceed with the purchase. This type of mortgage is a financing tool these people use to acquire the house or multiple housing units so that they can buy, and then resell it. A hard money loan has many important features.

1. A private money mortgage is one where investors gain access to the funds to purchase a property for resale. NLD Settlement Corp also known as the “hardmoneyman” is one such lender. The idea is to make a profit, but in many cases is not to live in the home. Yet, a hard money loan can help a home owner because it can allow an investor to purchase their home when they desperately need to sell it quickly.

2. A hard money loan can only be based on collateral. The collateral is the home or housing units. What is more, because of the risky nature of the venture, only approximately 50% to 60% of the normal property value will ever be covered by a hard money loan. This is because the value being considered in the loan is based on the immediate purchase price, which refers to the amount of money the seller could get if he was forced to sell within a one to three month period.

3. To get an investment property loan, you do not have to have good credit. The important considerations are whether you will be able to pay back the loan, whether the property is worth the money being lent, and whether you have a sizeable down payment.

4. You should never expect to have an early payment clause on a hard money investment property loan. This is because the very nature of the funding product is that the money is just being lent for a short time. No one expects you to keep the loan in the long term. You are not legally bound to pay off the loan immediately, but the expectation is that you will.

5. A private money loan has a higher rate of interest than prime mortgage rates. However, it is much riskier for the lender. The person usually has worse credit and probably does not live in the home. The people who take out a hard money loan often would not even qualify for a regular mortgage. By getting a hard money loan, they can take advantage of an opportunity they might not otherwise be able to fund, and therefore be able to make some money.

Ken Vesely
NLD Settlement Corp
http://www.hardmoneyman.com
516-526-8445

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Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada (AHN) – A Saskatchewan couple is complaining that a leaking carbon capture project caused them to leave their home and farm, and the death of several animals.

Cameron and Jane Kerr asked Tuesday the Saskatchewan government and project operator Cenovus to make a one-year study on their Weyburn farm to trace the source of alleged carbon dioxide contamination. The Kerrs bought the land in 1975 and noticed changes on the surface and groundwater in 2004, a year after C0 2 was buried in their area.

However, Cenovus and Saskatchewan said the area had been investigated several times and the studies failed to link the reported changes to the carbon capture project, which is the largest in the world. Carbon capture is a technology that involves injecting C0 2 below the surface to help push more oil out of oil wells, and at the same time help clean up greenhouse gas emissions of industry.

Cenovus pumps 6,000 tons of C0 2 into the ground every day and since 2000 has injected over 16 million tons of gas 1.4 kilometers (0.9 miles) below the surface.

An International Energy Agency study funded by the European and Canadian governments and 19 companies has concluded the technology is safe.

The Kerrs first noticed in 2003 that large cones of algae grew at the bottom of a gravel pit they dug to supply aggregate to Encana Corp. They later observed a red liquid that looks like blood coming out of the pit and subsequently corpses of a cat, goat and birds.

The blowouts were accompanied by a shooting foam, which led the Kerrs to fear that the injected C0 2 had leaked into their land. The non-profit green organization Ecojustice is supporting the couple, who claimed various health problems due to the emissions, in demanding a more thorough probe of the project.

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Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Ashley Turton, 37, an energy company lobbyist and wife of a White House staff member, was found dead Monday in a burning car in a Washington area garage. A joint investigation by the fire and police departments is now under way.

Turton, whose husband Daniel is the White House’s deputy director of legislative affairs, was found dead in the driver’s seat shortly before 5 a.m. Monday in her BMW sport-utility vehicle. Her heavily damaged vehicle was spotted in the garage of the couple’s Capitol Hill home at a strange angle.

The cause of her death is uncertain, however it appears to have stemmed from a low-speed crash, an unknown medical condition, the fire or a combination of all three.

One adult and two children were evacuated from the Turton’s home, located eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

Authorities said it appears she was either entering or leaving the garage when the incident occurred.

“We have no evidence of any obvious malfeasance in her death at this time,” said Capt. Michael Farish of the D.C. police homicide unit. The department’s major crash unit is handling most of the investigation for the police department.

Progress Energy, where Turton worked as a regulatory affairs analyst, released a statement from CEO Bill Johnson:

“Ashley was a valued employee whose insight and hard work had been critical on so many of our legislative and regulatory issues. She was also a dear friend to many of us and this news is very hard to take. I know we all will keep her husband, children and parents in our thoughts and prayers. Today is an eventful day for us as employees of Progress Energy. Ashley’s tragic death reminds us all to keep perspective in all things.”

Turton previously worked for numerous lawmakers including serving as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).

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