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Don't Dump Investors
Blinder, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, could not be more clear: He suggests that the government should develop a federal program to buy out mortgages from lenders, just as it did during the Depression — to “refinance only owner-occupied residences. See: From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess, The New York Times, Feb. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Share values have dropped more 90 percent, investors have lost more than $100 billion, and both companies were rescued by the federal government earlier this month, placed in a government conservatorship run by the newly created Federal Housing Finance Agency. They are profit-seeking "companies" in the sense of shareholders and being in business but they are also GSEs -- government-sponsored enterprises, companies started by the federal government and companies endowed with huge competitive advantages: They do not pay state income taxes, they each have a $2.25 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Fed's Latest Moves No Real Surprise
Financial analysts who were hoping for some downward movement on interest rates yesterday by the Federal Reserve were disappointed as Ben Bernanke and his merry band unanimously voted to do nothing. Following what is now a familiar and conservative wait-and-see strategy towards the nation’s economy, and reactionary as usual, Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee left their short-term federal funds rate at 2 percent. Later in the day the Fed made what had to be a highly anticipated move by the nation’s financial gurus, deciding to bailout AIG at the 11th hour before the world’s largest insurance company went bankrupt.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Freddie and Fannie Spurn New York Subprime Loans
Battle lines are being drawn in New York’s real estate market, pitting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae against subprime lenders in New York. Last week, New York Governor David A. Under the new law, investors, including loan buyers like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are held liable for mortgage fraud. Patterson signed into law a subprime lending reform bill (S.8143-A/A.10817-A), creating stringent lending guidelines for subprime lenders. It also lays out requirements for brokers to act in borrowers’ best interests, and mandates all local mortgage
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fed's Latest Moves No Real Surprise
Financial analysts who were hoping for some downward movement on interest rates yesterday by the Federal Reserve were disappointed as Ben Bernanke and his merry band unanimously voted to do nothing. Following what is now a familiar and conservative wait-and-see strategy towards the nation’s economy, and reactionary as usual, Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee left their short-term federal funds rate at 2 percent. Later in the day the Fed made what had to be a highly anticipated move by the nation’s financial gurus, deciding to bailout AIG at the 11th hour before the world’s largest insurance company went bankrupt.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
Yearning to retake the GOP-controlled White House next year, the Democrats are clamoring for the federal government to do something, anything, to contain the crisis. The Republicans, on the other hand, are opposed to a government bailout for lenders, homeowners and speculators. Here’s what the major presidential candidates have to say about the growing foreclosure epidemic: Democrats The three main Democratic 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.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Share values have dropped more 90 percent, investors have lost more than $100 billion, and both companies were rescued by the federal government earlier this month, placed in a government conservatorship run by the newly created Federal Housing Finance Agency. They are profit-seeking "companies" in the sense of shareholders and being in business but they are also GSEs -- government-sponsored enterprises, companies started by the federal government and companies endowed with huge competitive advantages: They do not pay state income taxes, they each have a $2.25 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Don't Dump Investors
Blinder, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, could not be more clear: He suggests that the government should develop a federal program to buy out mortgages from lenders, just as it did during the Depression — to “refinance only owner-occupied residences. See: From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess, The New York Times, Feb. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller When it comes to bailing out giant banks, huge companies and massive
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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