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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
Hudson has deposits of $49 billion, a network of 125 branches in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and just 1,350 employees — a fraction of the workforce one would find with banks of similar size. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his bank bought back just two properties during a recent 12-month period. As Hermance No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
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. If the two GSEs are further harmed, the banking system itself will face additional financial threats. "The potential effects of a rescue become more complex for the holders of Fannies and Freddies $19 billion in subordinated debt, so-called because it ranks below other bonds in the companies capital structures," says
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Fed, World's Banks Pull Off Global Rate Reduction
Ben Bernanke and his team at the Federal Open Market Committee took the federal funds rate down another 50 basis points (one-half a percent) to 1.5 At the same time the FOMC decided to take the opportunity to move its discount rate down 50 basis points as well to 1.75 rdquo; The New York Times reported Wednesday that in a speech delivered the day before to members of the National Association for Business Economics, Bernanke In an unprecedented move aimed at quelling the mounting tidal wave of unrest affecting the world’s economies and investors, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with other central banks around the world, pulled off a coordinated reduction of short-term interest rates Wednesday.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Appreciation Rates Foreshadow Foreclosures
Third-quarter house price appreciation figures released last week by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight provide more evidence of a cooling real estate market and further foreshadowing of a continued rise in foreclosures — all pointing to more opportunities for real estate investors to buy low. New York and New Hampshire home prices also declined on a quarterly basis. Posted 12-08-2006 7:38 AM by darenb Filed under: Foreclosure Trends , Real Estate Trend The OFHEO report shows national house prices rose 7.73
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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. 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 the Fed started with when it cut the first 50 basis points off in Sept.
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Bank-Repossession Beat Continues in March
The year-over-year increase in bank repossessions was even more dramatic in some states: 619 percent in Arizona; 597 percent in New York; 557 percent in California; and 464 percent in Florida. Anyone have ideas?
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- 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. According to the Chapman Composite Index of Consumer Sentiment, while responses to the survey were negative when it came to the current and future economic conditions (to the lowest level seen since the
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- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosures up 13 percent in February
Thats a foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure for every 986 U.S. foreclosure rate has moved higher, and it’s the second straight month new foreclosures have topped 100,000. In addition, bank-owned properties accounted for 39 percent of the total number, which is a higher percentage than usual and indicates that fewer homeowners in default have been able to stop the foreclosure process by selling or refinancing during pre-foreclosure." Georgia reported the nations highest foreclosure rate for the second RealtyTrac released our February 2006 foreclosure numbers today, and they show U.S.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed, World's Banks Pull Off Global Rate Reduction
Ben Bernanke and his team at the Federal Open Market Committee took the federal funds rate down another 50 basis points (one-half a percent) to 1.5 At the same time the FOMC decided to take the opportunity to move its discount rate down 50 basis points as well to 1.75 rdquo; The New York Times reported Wednesday that in a speech delivered the day before to members of the National Association for Business Economics, Bernanke In an unprecedented move aimed at quelling the mounting tidal wave of unrest affecting the world’s economies and investors, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with other central banks around the world, pulled off a coordinated reduction of short-term interest rates Wednesday.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Thursday, December 18, 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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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
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. If the two GSEs are further harmed, the banking system itself will face additional financial threats. "The potential effects of a rescue become more complex for the holders of Fannies and Freddies $19 billion in subordinated debt, so-called because it ranks below other bonds in the companies capital structures," says
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
Hudson has deposits of $49 billion, a network of 125 branches in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and just 1,350 employees — a fraction of the workforce one would find with banks of similar size. As one example, Hermance says that of 50,000 New Jersey mortgages his bank bought back just two properties during a recent 12-month period. As Hermance No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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