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• The $3 Billion Foreclosure Payday
  
  To put Paulson’s payday into perspective, it would take the income of 62,500 Americans earning $48,000 annually to equal the loot he raked in last year. During the last housing slump, Paulson was a foreclosure investor, buying two distressed properties; a New York apartment and a large home in the Hampton on Long Island. Meanwhile, Wall Street had started a new trading index to bet for or against subprime mortgages, You may not know who John Paulson is, but you soon will. Last year, Paulson made $3 billion betting on foreclosures .
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• You Too Can Predict the Future...Maybe
  
  Although he believes the $152 million economic stimulus package President Bush and Congress approved last month will help somewhat, Engle, a professor at New York University, is disappointed in the performance of the housing sector enough to blame it as the chief reason that a recession is likely. “What I’m hoping is that this sector of the economy doesn’t get legislated away. think subprime loans have made it possible for a lot of low-income households to buy a home for the first time. Time to dust off those Ouija boards and take out the tea leaves. The way things are
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
  
  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 The huge problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were supposed to be resolved with new management and revamped accounting, but no resolution could revolve a basic issue: Private mortgage buyers are always at a disadvantage when competing against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  The term “spread lender” means that Hudson makes its money on the difference between the interest income it earns from loans and the costs it pays out to operate its business. While other lenders derive a large part of their income from penalties and fees, Hudson stays away from such extractions and instead tries to reduce operating expenses. Hudson has deposits of $49 billion, a network of 125 branches No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Don't Dump Investors
  
  See: From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess, The New York Times, Feb. 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 units in the U.S. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage of government interest and activity.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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