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• Obama To Sign Bill Friday Extending Homebuyers Credit
  
  Obama To Sign Bill Friday Extending Homebuyers Credit Associated Press The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits. Congress on Thursday...( read more
  Foreclosure Pulse - Friday, November 6, 2009
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• High Anxiety Over the $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit
  
  High Anxiety Over the $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit September 16, 2009, Wall Street Journal Builders are so eager for an extension and expansion of the popular first-time home-buyer tax credit, they’re taking out ads. The National Association of...( read more ) ...Tags: Tags: foreclosures foreclosure filings foreclosur
  Foreclosure Pulse - Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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• As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
  
  Clinton also wants the government to impose new disclosure requirements on mortgage brokers and curb their ability to dictate lending terms. “We need to act now with smart, practical solutions to strengthen our housing and mortgage markets,” Clinton told The Associated Press. “We 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. Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Can First-Timers End The Foreclosure Mess?
  
  The National Association of Home Builders has kicked off a new campaign to continue the first-time buyer tax credit, now as much as $8,000 for every first-time buyer who purchases a hom
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, June 19, 2009
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• Can First-Timers End The Foreclosure Mess
  
  The National Association of Home Builders has kicked off a new campaign to continue the first-time buyer tax credit, now as much as $8,000 for every first-time buyer who purchases a hom
  RealtyTrac Article Library - Friday, June 19, 2009
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• New Home Sales Fall 3.6 Percent
  
  Percent October 28, 2009, Associated Press Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started to wane. New Home Sales Fall 3.6 The Commerce Department says sales fell 3.6 percent...(
  Foreclosure Pulse - Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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• Foreclosure Financing and Foreclosure Refinancing - RealtyTrac
  
  While homebuyers are very happy to see home prices dropping, the credit crunch has put a clamp on foreclosure financing and many foreclosure lenders are scrutinizing each deal. Depending on the price range of the foreclosure properties an investor plans to buy, he or she will need startup capital to pay the loan reinstatement costs, rehab costs, closing costs, carrying costs, sales marketing costs and other expenses associated with buying and carrying foreclosure real estate. Foreclosure Lenders Foreclosure lenders come in myriad shapes and forms. Foreclosure Financing: How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Search Properties | Free 7-Day Trial Search nearly 650,000 Foreclosure and Bank-Owned properties.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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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. Effective June 1, 2008, Fannie will require a potential borrower’s credit history
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
  
  Usually you would look at the fees and charges associated with the HOPE program and think, well, yuck. If we tighten mortgage standards so that only those with great credit can buy homes we won’t have enough purchasers to clear the inventory of foreclosed properties now on-hand or to stabilize home prices.” Saccacio explains that “we have to enable purchasers with less-than-perfect credit to buy homes. We need financing for entry-level borrowers, we need mortgages Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. Miller  
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  In other words, not all of WAMUs liabilities. “In conjunction with this acquisition,” said JPMorgan Chase, it would be “marking down the acquired loan portfolio by approximately $31 billion, which primarily represents our estimate of remaining credit losses related to the impaired loans.” In its investor presentation regarding the transaction, JPMorgan Chase divided the WAMU mortgage portfolio into four parts and detailed its expected losses: $50.3 billion in home equity loans and lines of credit. How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller 
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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