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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 billion for the “deposits, assets and certain liabilities of Washington Mutuals banking operations.” 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
The Hudson down payment numbers contrast strongly with national averages: The National Association of Realtors reports that in 2007 the typical first-time buyer put down just 2 percent, repeat buyers had 16 percent down payments and 25 percent of all purchasers bought with nothing down. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe that lending institutions should share responsibility with the people to whom they lend. No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Second, some people think it would be a really good idea to dismember Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I say that we cant let them go fast enough," explains a commenter by the name of Wazzel who posted on the Washington Independent website. "Let billion that the industry earned in the second quarter of 2007. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller Its been a rough year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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How To End Lethal Prepayment Penalties
The Internet has been humming with a new mortgage debate in Washington: With apologies to Shakespeare, to have prepayment penalties or to ban them, that is the question of the da
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- Friday, October 12, 2007
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How To End Lethal Prepayment Penalties
The Internet has been humming with a new mortgage debate in Washington: With apologies to Shakespeare, to have prepayment penalties or to ban them, that is the question of the da
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- Friday, October 12, 2007
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Realtors '07 Forecast Looks Promising for Future Foreclosure Activity
If California’s economic indicators stay at their present course, 2007 should be a very good year for investing and purchasing foreclosure properties at bargain prices. The CAR forecast also calls for a 2 percent drop in the state’s median home price next year from a projected median price of $561,000 for 2006, down to a projected median of $550,000 in 2007 — a stark contrast to a year ago when most forecasters were predicting a soft landing and few were expecting prices to fall and sales to plunge. LONG BEACH, Calif. — At Wednesday’s Opening Session of California Realtor EXPO
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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May Home Prices Down 4.8 Percent
percent from May 2007. The Pacific Division, which includes Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, reported a 0.3 percent decline in home prices from May 2007. Home prices were down again in May, but a few regions of the country experienced a ever-slight uptick in prices from the previous month, giving officials at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) a chance to be cautiously optimistic in the press release announcing the numbers. "It quot;It is very hard to draw conclusions from a one-month number, especially in these uncertain times; but the
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Home Price Appreciation Stays Sluggish
Not coincidentally, Michigan documented the nation’s second highest foreclosure rate in January 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S At the top of the list were several states in the West and Northwest — Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. An index issued Thursday suggests the nation’s sputtering housing market is running low on the fuel it needs to accelerate — price appreciation. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s House Price Index for the fourth quarter of 2006 shows home prices were up 1.1
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
Washington Mutual and Merrill Lynch. 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 income between 2006 and 2007. Countrywide. Citigroup.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Two Heavy Hitters Slapped with Foreclosure Notices
mdash; worth an estimated $10 million — is under foreclosure and is set to be auctioned by Washington Mutual on July 1, according to the Fayette Daily News . 13, 2007, in a 12-round loss to Sultan Ibragimov. Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is on the foreclosure ropes. Holyfield’s palatial 235-acre estate in Fayette County, Ga. —
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
percent from May 2007 to a level below where home prices stood back in January 2000. Washington, Los Angeles, New York and Miami are highlighted in a S&P press release as the best performing markets overall since January 2000. Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices . In the movie, Brooks’ character nervously sweats every time he even thinks about getting into an elevator.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rate Cut, Real GDP Are Some Positive News
One day after President Bush pointed the finger at Congress and told the American public to blame lawmakers for all of their recent financial woes, an inkling of actual positive news came out of Washington Wednesday with two announcements from government agencies. 2007). percent during the first quarter of In the first, and the more closely watched of the two, the Federal Reserve took a much anticipated move to lessen the pressure on the nation’s economy by lowering the federal funds rate another 25 basis points to 2 percent (that’s a long way down from the 5.25 percent
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
Located in the upscale Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento, the property has gone through the foreclosure auction process and reportedly been purchased by Red Rock Mortgage for $388,000, a far cry from the $535,000 Richardson paid for it back in January 2007. 14, 2007 for $18,356, followed by a Notice of Trustees Sale being recorded on March 19, 2008. Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures. But the topic of foreclosure recently became much more personal for one
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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