9 Articles match "2008","Invest","Maine"

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• Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
  
  Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities racked up huge losses last month after they made bad bets on complex securities backed by risky mortgages. The meltdown of the two funds has sent tremors through financial markets, causing investors to reassess their appetite for this type of risk.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Investment Banks Shoulder Bigger Share of REO Burden
  
  The bullish stock market began showing some cracks in the foundation in late July as fresh evidence revealed that real estate woes on Main Street are inflicting a bigger-than-expected toll their lender
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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• Investment Banks Shoulder Bigger Share of REO Burden
  
  The bullish stock market began showing some cracks in the foundation in late July as fresh evidence revealed that real estate woes on Main Street are inflicting a bigger-than-expected toll their lender
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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• Fannie Mae Toughens Foreclosure Guidelines
  
  With government officials at the local, state and federal levels clamoring to clamp down on the nation’s financial institutions and other loan originators, plus the recent bailout of Bear Stearns by the Federal Reserve after the Wall Street giant became so heavily invested in subprime backed mortgage securities, it was just a matter of time before the Federal National Mortgage Association (better known as Fannie Mae ) did something to tighten the reins as well. Well, this past Monday it finally did. As one of the two main Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) in this country — the
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Subprime meltdown means jump in foreclosures
  
  subprime mortgage market after the bankruptcy of at least 20 lenders in the last two months, triggering a mass liquidation of securities on Wall Street and an avalanche of foreclosure activity on Main Street. Never has there been an easier and better time to invest in foreclosures than now. Posted 03-02-2007 9:11 AM by Octavion Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trends , subprime lender Panic is spreading in the U.S. As more lenders go bankrupt and more Americans default on home loans,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Gentle January Foreclosure Increase
  
  And in either case, does that make the current market a good one in which to buy or invest in real estate? But my main point was that the 8 percent monthly increase was low compared to the last two January monthly percentage increases (2007 and 2006), both of which were double-digit.
  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. Meanwhile, the rising flood of foreclosures promises to become a major presidential campaign issue in the weeks and months ahead because an alarming 2 million American homeowners could lose their homes by November 2008. 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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• 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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• Avoid and Stop Foreclosure - Help at RealtyTrac
  
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  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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