Mortgage Equity Withdrawal Increased in Q2

This is not Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW) data from the Fed. The last MEW data from Fed economist Dr. Kennedy was for Q4 2008. The following data is calculated from the Fed’s Flow of Funds data (released today) and the BEA supplement data on single family...

Mortgage Forbearance… Good idea?

A forbearance is an informal agreement between you and the bank where the bank agrees to not collect mortgage payments for a few months and you agree to someday pay these “skipped” payments. In many cases the bank agrees to then consider a payment plan on...