Dina ElBoghdady

Articles by Dina ElBoghdady

FHA cash reserves fall below legal limit (November 13, 2009)

FHA's cash reserves have dropped well below amount required by law, audit shows (November 12, 2009)

Upbeat reports lift home builder stocks (November 12, 2009)

FHA's reserve fund hits 7-year low (November 10, 2009)

House votes to extend jobless benefits, expand home buyers' tax credit (November 6, 2009)

Senate votes to renew tax credit for first-time home buyers (November 5, 2009)

FHA delays the release of disputed audit of its finances (November 5, 2009)

Extension of home buyers' tax credit has wide Senate support (October 29, 2009)

Costly fraud and error reported in home buyers' tax program (October 23, 2009)

Housing Chief Rebuts Warning of FHA Bailout (October 9, 2009)

A Look Ahead To the Great Resetting (October 3, 2009)

Housing Prices Up, but Consumer Confidence Down Again (September 30, 2009)

Clock Is Ticking for First-Home Buyers (September 25, 2009)

FHA's Refusal to Seek Bailout Met With Skepticism (September 19, 2009)

Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement (September 18, 2009)

Signs of Life in Local Housing (September 15, 2009)

Another Wave of Foreclosures Looms (September 9, 2009)

Major U.S. Role in Mortgages Shaping Entire Market (September 7, 2009)

Hopeful Signs: Manufacturing, Housing Sectors of Economy Show Gains (August 27, 2009)

New Home Sales Climb Nearly Ten Percent (August 26, 2009)

D.C. Area Home Prices Rise, Signaling Stabilization (August 26, 2009)

Concessions Help Upscale Apartments Fill Vacancies (August 25, 2009)

Investing Money, Muscle in a Foreclosure (August 22, 2009)

Housing Market Teeters Between Recovery, Relapse (July 30, 2009)

Home Sales Surge, Raising Hope That Housing Sector Is Recovering (July 28, 2009)

Federal Reserve Proposes New Rules to Curb Abusive Practices in Consumer Lending (July 24, 2009)

Reverse Mortgage Programs Lack Safeguards, GAO Says (June 30, 2009)

For Sale, Still: Grand Homes In Gracious Neighborhoods (June 27, 2009)

Refinancing Boom Fizzles as Interest Rates Rise From Historic Lows (June 4, 2009)

FHA Adds Down-Payment Options to Tax Credit (May 30, 2009)

Housing Bust Leaves Most Sellers at a Loss (May 25, 2009)

Board That Punishes Problem Mortgage Lenders Called Ineffective (May 22, 2009)

FHA Seeks $800 Million From Congress to Cover Reverse Mortgage Losses (May 8, 2009)

Major Banks Receiving Federal Aid Backed Subprime Lenders, Report Says (May 7, 2009)

Concerns Over Lawsuits Hold Up FHA Nomination (April 29, 2009)

Local Housing Market Shows Signs of Life, but Prices Still Falling (April 28, 2009)

New Condo Loan Rules Put More Scrutiny on Neighbors (April 25, 2009)

Buyers Flock to Foreclosures, but Deals Are Often Delayed (April 13, 2009)

Two Firms to Merge, Form Largest Home Builder (April 9, 2009)

Lenders Struggle to Find Cash to Quench Growing Demand for Refinancing (April 2, 2009)

Local Realty Executive to Direct FHA (March 23, 2009)

Locked Out of Refinancing (March 21, 2009)

So the Fed Is Taking Action. How Will It Affect You? (March 19, 2009)

Mortgage Fraud Up As Credit Tightens (March 17, 2009)

FHA to Tighten Standards for Cash-Out Refinancing (March 14, 2009)

FHA -- That's Housing -- Is Back in Demand (March 8, 2009)

The Next Hit: Quick Defaults (March 8, 2009)

U.S. Launches Wide-Ranging Plan to Steady Housing Market (March 5, 2009)

Not So Much Of a Stimulus For Some D.C. Home Buyers (February 10, 2009)

Is It In Your Best Interest? (January 31, 2009)

Number of Defaults Growing on FHA-Backed Mortgages (January 24, 2009)

The Growing Foreclosure Crisis (January 17, 2009)

Multiple Applications for Mortgages (January 16, 2009)

Lower Rates Likely for Jumbo Mortgage Loans (January 10, 2009)

Lenders Backlogged By Refinancing Rush (January 9, 2009)

Jumbo Loans Reach 7 Percent (January 3, 2009)

30-Year Mortgage Rates Sink to Lowest on Record (December 19, 2008)

HUD Chief Calls Aid on Mortgages A Failure (December 17, 2008)

How Much House Can You Afford? (December 13, 2008)

30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits Its Lowest Level in 4 Years (December 12, 2008)

Bernanke Stirs Pot On Home Loan Help (December 5, 2008)

Treasury Weighs Action on Mortgage Rates (December 4, 2008)

FHA Insurance Fund Has Fallen 39 Percent (December 3, 2008)

As Loan Rates Fall, Borrowers Seek 'Taste of the Bailout Pie' (November 27, 2008)

FHA Relaxes Rules of Program for Troubled Homeowners (November 20, 2008)

Low Prices on Foreclosures Lift Sales of Existing Homes (October 25, 2008)

How the National Slide Is Felt Locally (October 25, 2008)

Long & Foster, Facing Industry Slump, Names New President (October 24, 2008)

McCain Plan Draws Doubts From Experts On Mortgages (October 9, 2008)

Bank of America To Modify Mortgages From Countrywide (October 7, 2008)

FHA Launches Program to Rework Loans of Struggling Homeowners (October 2, 2008)

All Yours, for $49 Million (September 27, 2008)

Down-Payment Spigot to Shut Off (September 27, 2008)

HUD Sets Aside $95 Million To Ease Foreclosures in Area (September 27, 2008)

The Crisis and Your Pocketbook (September 26, 2008)

Anxious Would-Be Home Buyers Sit This One Out (September 25, 2008)

The Crisis and Your Pocketbook (September 24, 2008)

The Crisis and Your Pocketbook (September 23, 2008)

Virginia Home Sales Rise, but Area Jobless Rate Also Grows (September 23, 2008)

Fickle Mortgage Market Demands Quick Decisions (September 20, 2008)

Drop in Rates For Mortgages Gets Attention Of Borrowers (September 12, 2008)

As Rates Dip, Calls to Banks Pick Up (September 9, 2008)

Veteran Financiers to Head Fannie, Freddie (September 8, 2008)

Rate of Delinquent Mortgages Hits Record (September 6, 2008)

Dive in Home Prices Sends Sales Up (August 27, 2008)

Foreclosure Crisis Catching Renters Off Guard (August 8, 2008)

In Prince William, A Spike in Home Sales (July 31, 2008)

Shares Soar As Oil Hits 7-Week Low (July 30, 2008)

What Gets Left Behind (July 26, 2008)

Grim Housing Data Stifle Market Rally (July 25, 2008)

Congress Is Set to Limit Down-Payment Assistance (July 22, 2008)

Fed Rules Aim to Stem Abusive Lending (July 15, 2008)

Struggling Mortgage Lender Taken Over by Regulators (July 12, 2008)

Housing Secretary Expresses Concerns With Mortgage Bill (July 9, 2008)

Discovering Meaning In Modern (July 5, 2008)

Held Back by the House (June 14, 2008)

Countrywide Gave Special Attention To Lawmakers (June 14, 2008)

FHA Loans Emerge From the Sidelines (June 10, 2008)

Realtors Settle Listings Battle (May 28, 2008)

Not Even for a Car? (May 23, 2008)

For FHA, a Huge Task and Uncertain Role (May 7, 2008)

FDIC Chief Calls For Emergency Loan Assistance (May 1, 2008)

Lenders Swamped by Delinquent Mortgages (April 23, 2008)

A Million Here, A Million There (April 19, 2008)

States Tackle Foreclosures In Absence of Federal Help (April 16, 2008)

White House Presents Plan To Aid Subprime Borrowers (April 10, 2008)

New Housing Bill Criticized As Scant Help for Distressed (April 4, 2008)

Still a Home for Nontraditional Loans (March 29, 2008)

Swooping In From Overseas (March 15, 2008)

HUD Proposes Rules to Clarify Mortgages (March 15, 2008)

Mortgage Rates Change In the Blink of an Eye (March 8, 2008)

Slow Economy, High Prices Raise Specter of Stagflation (February 27, 2008)

Homeowners Losing Equity Lines (February 23, 2008)

Mortgage Plan Seeks To Stem Foreclosures (February 21, 2008)

Jumbo Help (February 16, 2008)

A Heavy Price For a Small Amount (February 9, 2008)

Countrywide Loses $422 Million (January 30, 2008)

Can Big Be Green? (January 26, 2008)

Homeowners in Alleged Scam Get Settlement (January 21, 2008)

Countrywide Shares Soar On Reports Of Talks (January 11, 2008)

Baltimore Sues Subprime Lender Over Race (January 9, 2008)

Two Houses in One (January 5, 2008)

More Hoops for Borrowers (December 29, 2007)

A Real Estate Niche Profits From Rise in Foreclosures (December 28, 2007)

Local Home Foreclosures on the Rise (December 10, 2007)

Who Gets the Mortgage? (December 1, 2007)

Bills Would Let Judges Remake Mortgages (November 20, 2007)

White House Objects to Parts Of Mortgage-Reform Bill (November 15, 2007)

Realtor Discourages Use of Outside Lenders (November 5, 2007)

Countrywide Upbeat Despite $1.2 Billion Loss (October 27, 2007)

Countrywide To Offer To Rework 82,000 Loans (October 24, 2007)

Bill Would Tighten Mortgage Standards (October 23, 2007)

Dueling Approaches to Foreclosure Relief (October 20, 2007)

The O.C. Mortgage Bust (October 13, 2007)

Reston Builder's Cancellations Reflect Industry (October 13, 2007)

Cracking the Books (October 13, 2007)

Mortgages For Those Who Lack Credit Data (October 4, 2007)

Mortgage Lenders Countrywide, IndyMac Announce Layoffs (September 8, 2007)

Quarterly Foreclosure Rate Again Sets Record (September 7, 2007)

Bush's Plan Brings FHA To Mortgage Front Line (September 1, 2007)

Bush to Offer Proposals To Ease Mortgage Crisis (August 31, 2007)

Freddie Mac Profit Cut by Half (August 31, 2007)

Home Buyers Forced to Change Tactics (August 29, 2007)

Sales Fall Again for Existing Homes (August 28, 2007)

Cutbacks Mount in Real Estate Industry (August 27, 2007)

NVR Credit Deal Restricts Lending (August 25, 2007)

Capital One Will Close Loan Unit (August 21, 2007)

No. 1 Home Lender Taps $11.5 Billion Line of Credit (August 17, 2007)

Approved Home Loans No Longer Done Deals (August 16, 2007)

No Money Down Disappearing as Mortgage Option (August 5, 2007)

Easy Money, Lifeblood Of Economy, Is Drying Up (July 26, 2007)

Stocks Fall With Lender's Earnings (July 25, 2007)

Fed to Foster Monitoring of Subprime Market (July 18, 2007)

Foreclosure Bargain Hunters Find Their Quarry Elusive (July 14, 2007)

Regulators Say Banks Should Better Judge Creditworthiness (June 30, 2007)

Alarms Sound on Dangerous Loans (June 30, 2007)

Passing the Sniff Test (June 23, 2007)

Diagnosing The Downturn (June 16, 2007)

Foreclosure Rate Hits Historic High (June 15, 2007)

Rolling With the Remodeling (May 26, 2007)

Fighting to Keep the Roof (May 6, 2007)

Need It or Want It? (May 5, 2007)

Freddie Mac to Refinance Loans (April 19, 2007)

High Court Sides With Banks on Mortgage Rules (April 18, 2007)

Fannie Mae to Unveil Plan to Help Strapped Homeowners (April 17, 2007)

$1 Billion Pledged to Help Fend Off Foreclosures (April 12, 2007)

Moderate-Income Home Buyers Hit by Predatory Lenders (April 4, 2007)

Housing Crisis Knocks Loudly in Michigan (March 31, 2007)

For Mortgages, Tradition Rules Again (March 24, 2007)

Builders Weighed Down by Houses and Land (March 24, 2007)

Mortgage Report Rattles Markets (March 14, 2007)

Mortgage Lender Says It Can't Pay Its Creditors (March 13, 2007)

An End to Easy Money (March 10, 2007)

Sudden Overload (March 4, 2007)

Freddie Mac Tightens Home-Lending Rules (February 28, 2007)

A Streamlined Approach (February 17, 2007)

Long & Foster Buys Division of Miller (February 8, 2007)

Pulte Pulls Plug On Prefab Va. Plant (January 27, 2007)

Annual Existing-Home Sales Fall Most in 17 Years (January 26, 2007)

Cold Sales Give Renters a Break (January 5, 2007)

Existing-Home Sales Up 0.6% In November, but Prices Fell (December 29, 2006)

A Journey of the Heart (December 28, 2006)

A Winter's Tale (December 23, 2006)

Condo Developers Sweeten The Bait (December 2, 2006)

New-Home Prices Fell in Sept. (October 27, 2006)

Purists' Reservations (October 21, 2006)

Dreyer's Plant Is a Sweet Win in Laurel (October 19, 2006)

From Nixons to Now (October 14, 2006)

Real Estate Groups Settle FTC Complaint (October 13, 2006)

Ramadan, When Less Is More (October 8, 2006)

Studying Growth Outlook at Odenton Town Center (September 21, 2006)

Multiuse Complex Is Planned at Savage Station (September 14, 2006)

Filling Up With Empty-Nesters (September 11, 2006)

Complex Is Planned At Savage Station (September 7, 2006)

Odd Jobs that Keep the Area Humming (September 4, 2006)

Real Estate Firms Buy Credits for Wind Power (August 31, 2006)

Afghans Who Fled Conflict Face Cultural Divide in U.S. (August 30, 2006)

D.C. Partnerships Weren't Taxed Illegally, Court Says (August 25, 2006)

As Market Share Erodes, Ford to Slash Production (August 19, 2006)

Airport Retailers Feel Push and Pull of Carry-On Changes (August 11, 2006)

Elkridge Project May 'Jump-Start' Route 1 Development (July 27, 2006)

UAW Chief Cautious on GM Deal (July 19, 2006)

Firm to Expand Anne Arundel Business Park (July 7, 2006)

The Decisions Behind the Donations (July 2, 2006)