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Don't Dump Investors
Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage of government interest and activity. Introducing the Hope Now program in 2007, President Bush said “weve got a role, the government has got a role to play — but it is limited. The Census Bureau says that at the end of 2007 there were 128 million housing Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
This is a huge issue because at the end of 2007 the United States had residential mortgages worth $10.5 However, the arrangement between Merrill Lynch and Lone Star is not quite so straight-foward. “Merrill Lynch will provide financing to the purchaser for approximately 75 percent of the purchase price,” said the company. “The How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller Long ago there was a song which asked the magic question, how much for that doggie in the window?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
As company Chairman, President, and CEO Ronald E. Hermance explains that company incentives are related to credit quality and not stock prices. The result is that the company has small expenses and few bad loans so it costs Hudson about 20 cents to create an additional dollar of revenue versus the industry standard of roughly 61 cents. The Hudson down payment numbers No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Flip, Hold or Fold?
Ryan Hartman works for a company that has been investing in foreclosures in Southern California since 1975 but recently decided to exit the residential marke
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- Thursday, October 4, 2007
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Flip, Hold or Fold?
Ryan Hartman works for a company that has been investing in foreclosures in Southern California since 1975 but recently decided to exit the residential marke
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- Thursday, October 4, 2007
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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
For Countrywide , the second quarter of the year was a real let down with the company drawing from an $11.5 Now with the first week of October behind us, Citigroup, Washington Mutual (WaMu as it likes to be known) and Merrill Lynch announced their organizations would be taking major hits in the pocketbook for the third quarter of 2007. Citigroup came out with a press statement last week projecting that the company will suffer a 60 percent decline in third quarter Countrywide. Citigroup.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
It also brings back bad memories of dealing with insurance companies and very slow claims service. Many insurance companies that WERE writing homeowner’s insurance policies pulled out of California altogether after that one. Then a few years ago the wildfires in San Diego had the same effect — skittish insurance companies turning and running after paying off on what were expensive policy claims. For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA).
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Share values have dropped more 90 percent, investors have lost more than $100 billion, and both companies were rescued by the federal government earlier this month, placed in a government conservatorship run by the newly created Federal Housing Finance Agency. They are profit-seeking "companies" in the sense of shareholders and being in business but they are also GSEs -- government-sponsored enterprises, companies started by the federal government and companies endowed with huge competitive advantages: They do not pay state income taxes, they each have a $2.25 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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From $2B Bailout to $4B Buyout at Countrywide
Now with Countrywide’s stock weak and its value depressed, it is being widely reported that Bank of America is paying $4 billion in stock to buy out the company — in which it already had a 16 percent stake in convertible preferred stock after the bailout. Things were bad enough in 2007 when Countrywide Financial, along with many other mortgage lenders, was pummeled by rising defaults and foreclosures — forcing a slew of lenders to either close down their subprime divisions and lay off employees, or close their doors altogether. It didn’t take long from a historical perspective.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie: Q1 a Swift Kick in the Rear
It may have been created and chartered by the federal government, but Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) is first and foremost a private company responsible to shareholders for running at a profit. billion loss reported for Q4 2007, it pales in comparison to the $961 million profit the GSE reported for the same quarter a year ago. Credit-related And as with many corporations in this country, the national economy is kicking Fannie around…fast and hard! One of the nation’s two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie reported a first quarter net loss of $2.2
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Salvation: By Grace or By Works?
set) up an auction system for mortgage companies that hold hundreds of thousands of these mortgages. Through this system, these companies could sell mortgages in bulk to banks and other buyers. million foreclosure notices filed in 2007, up 75 percent from 2006. But because she doubts the sufficiency of this plan to help all homeowners, Clinton called on President Bush to form an "emergency working group on foreclosures" to step in and evaluate the plan along with her proposal With a speech given today in Philadelphia , Sen. Hillary Clinton reinforced her standing as the
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
King Auction Company of Gadsden, Ala., Reporting 4,781 properties with foreclosure filings for the month, the Detroit metroplex saw a 10 percent decline in foreclosure activity from the previous month and was 45 percent below the activity level reported in July 2007. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Two Heavy Hitters Slapped with Foreclosure Notices
13, 2007, in a 12-round loss to Sultan Ibragimov. Next, a Utah consulting company hit the prize fighter with a suit for failing to repay a $550,000 loan related to landscaping his estate, reports the Atlanta Constitution . Another heavyhitter in foreclosure is Adam “Pacman” Jones , former cornerback for the Tennessee Titans, who signed with the Dallas Cowboys in April 2008 after a one-year suspension from the NFL due to numerous legal entanglements . Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is on the foreclosure ropes. Holyfield’s palatial
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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