5 Articles match "2008","Bailout","Washington"

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• Another Approach to $700 Billion Bailout
  
  Peter Miller, author of the Common-Sense Mortgage, has offered up some alternatives to the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. Below are excerpts from an article he wrote about these alternatives. "One alternative is to simply offer low-interest loans to borrowers who currently have toxic mortgages. "Figures developed by Rick Sharga, senior vice president at RealtyTrac, show that the likely cost of low interest loans would be roughly $220 billion — hardly cheap, but a lot less expensive than the $700 billion plan now being discussed in Washington. "Sharga's
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  With mortgage foreclosures at historic highs, Democrats and Republicans are fighting over a political issue that could have major implications in the 2008 presidential campaign. The Republicans, on the other hand, are opposed to a government bailout for lenders, homeowners and speculators. Meanwhile, the rising flood of foreclosures promises to become a major presidential campaign issue in the weeks Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• History in Sen. Dodd's Favor, But Nothing Else
  
  time when politicians come out in droves to complain to the American public about pork-barrel spending and the massive red tape involved by increased Washington bureaucracy. It was only a few months ago that President Bush declined to accept any alternative that would act as a bailout of either subprime lenders or homeowners who were greedy enough to buy more home than they could rightly afford, and then benefit from their greed. It’s a presidential election year. A
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  We sold a condo and bought a single-family home.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• 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 As UBS analysts point out, because Fannies and Freddies subordinated debt is used when they calculate capital -- the financial cushion regulators require to support the companies operations -- interest payments on the debt may have to stop if a bailout occurs. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller 
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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