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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
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. It’s a financial instrument that may be right for some, but it wasn’t meant to be the mass merchandised product it became.” Higgins points out that “ING DIRECT has kept every loan it has originated. While many lenders are underwater, for the second No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good,
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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 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
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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May Home Prices Down 4.8 Percent
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 numbers in the Pacific, East and West North Central Divisions may be good signs," said OFHEO Director James B. Lockhart in the release. Nationwide, the OFHEO report
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
14, 2007 for $18,356, followed by a Notice of Trustees Sale being recorded on March 19, 2008. The Trustee’s Deed transferring the property to Red Rock was recorded on May 19, 2008, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram . At the time of sale Richardson allegedly owed her lender, Washington Mutual, more than $578,000 thanks to the 100 percent financing used to purchase the home and the additional fees and costs incurred by foreclosure. 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
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 . The S&P figures for May show declines in all 20 metro areas reported for the second straight month — nine with record lows and 10 in double digits. In the movie, Brooks’ character nervously sweats every time he even thinks about getting into an elevator. Well, the nation’s homeowners are sweating it out now, being
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- 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. As the national economy continues to languish, politicians like Dodd are looking in earnest at the foreclosure crisis, which may provide the final push over the edge and asking what can be done. Pollack, a resident fellow at the It’s a presidential election year. A
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. Still, this new loan may be a viable alternative to home buyers who may soon be finding themselves in trouble with the popular interest-only and option adjustable-rate mortgages -- especially if the Fed ups the interest rates more this year due to increased fears of inflation.stemming from higher energy costs and low unemployment. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. At the local level Cuyahoga County went from the county with the highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 453 households in May — down to the seventh highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 508 households — for June. One example — Rep. Steven C.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Study Forecasts Rising Subprime Foreclosures
It warns cities in California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Michigan, as well as the greater Washington, D.C. Foreclosure prevention may often fit with those agendas, but it’s rarely the driving force. Posted 12-20-2006 2:32 PM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend A new study released yesterday by the Center for Responsible Lending projects that one out of five subprime mortgages originated in the past two years will end in foreclosure, costing homeowners as much as $164 billion. “This rate is nearly double the projected rate of subprime loans made in 2002, and it exceeds the worst foreclosure experience in the modern mortgage market, which occurred during the “Oil Patch” disaster of the 1980s.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Almost Like Reliving the Nineties
And we continue to believe that it will take a true recovery of the housing sector before the nation pulls out of the black hole it’s falling into thanks to seven years of poor financial planning in Washington and the too little too late kneejerk response of the Federal Reserve. Later this week, 600 community leaders from around the nation are set to descend on Washington as the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) holds its national conference titled, “Creating the Vision for a Fair Economy: Investing in People and Communities.” Well, in case you either weren’t in the business at that time, or were hoping to erase the nightmare permanently, welcome to the early 1990s redeaux…almost!
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo & Co. — A last-chance opportunity to take a step back and get a final break from the process long enough to consider other financial options may bring some light into an otherwise dark tunnel of financial ruin for these homeowners. The Lifeline program is a baby step that simply doesn’t go far enough. Just a few short months ago President Bush stood in front of the press and swore that it was not the federal government’s job to bail out either lenders who made bad loans or speculative homebuyers who purchased more home than they could rightly afford utilizing the so-called “exotic” or “liar loans” popularized over the past few years.
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- 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.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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