Ben Eisen

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1,467 appearances 35 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Looking to Refinance? You May Not Get the Lowest Mortgage Rates · 19 Aug 2020 podcast

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, they put this into place last week. matched

And what they said is that they were doing this to sort of guard against the uncertainties in the market right now. matched

And there are a lot of uncertainties in the market. matched

A lot of people have stopped paying their mortgages because they're on payment deferral plans called forbearances. matched

And there is a lot of uncertainty about whether things will get worse. matched

So in some ways, they're bracing for just any losses that might come about as a result of this. matched

But there's just a lot of different kind of cross currents and other dynamics that are happening in the mortgage market right now. matched

Well, it really depends where you are as a homeowner. matched

So if you were checking in with your lender because you thought you might be able to get a better rate on a mortgage and it would be worth it as a refi, it might not be quite as good for you now to get a refi as it was previously. matched

It might still be worth it. matched

It might not be worth it. matched

It really depends how much you were going to save previously and what your new rate is now. matched

Some people are finding that it's not worth it. matched

Some people are just sort of changing up their plans as a result of it a little bit. matched

That said, I mean, it's important to keep this in context that mortgage rates are at record lows. matched

And as of last week, something like 18 million people would save money with a refi, according to Black Knight, which is a mortgage technology firm. matched

And as a result of that, even if your rate isn't quite as good as it would have been a week ago or two weeks ago, it might still be worth it. matched

So it's really kind of a case by case basis. matched

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Why Some Car Dealers Tell Borrowers to Stop Making Payments · 18 Feb 2020 podcast

It's something that we've seen cases of more and more over the last few years.

You talk to consumer lawyers who handle a lot of auto loan lawsuits and such, and they really have seen more of these cases.

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