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Don't Dump Investors
23, 2008.) Our Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, says “as our economy works through this difficult period, we will look for additional opportunities to try to avoid preventable foreclosures. These efforts are to help American families who both want to and can, through a loan modification or re-financing, stay in their homes.” Its not the governments job to bail Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive stock brokerages theres no shortage of government
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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The Government Goes After Loan Officers
In August 2006, Steven Krystofiak, President of the Mortgage Brokers Association for Responsible Lending , testified before the Federal Reserve and said his group compared the income figures for 100 stated-income loans against borrower tax returns. Ninety percent of the stated-income loan applications showed earnings that were exaggerated by at least 5 percent. Sixty percent of the stated amounts were exaggerated by more than 50 percent. “Stated income loans,” Krystofiak testified , “help no one. Stated income loans hurt everyone, the home buyer, the institution who buys the
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
home mortgages. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse the result would be the wholesale destruction of the national mortgage system; a virtual halt to home sales because few local mortgages would be available; soaring interest rates because few loans would be available and a level of losses throughout the economy unseen since the Great Depression. In year one the GSEs would lose one-third of their ability to avoid state taxes. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller    Its been a rough year for
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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