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• New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One
  
  New York Versus Freddie Mac: Round One By Peter G. Miller     It’s fight time in New York. On one side is newly-passed state legislation which sets tough standards for subprime and “high cost” loans and on the other is Freddie Mac, which says it won’t buy such loans in the state after September 1st, the day the new law goes into effect. This is a big deal because if New York lenders can’t sell mortgages to buyers such as Freddie Mac, they simply won’t make such loans. You can guess what happens next:
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Fed's Latest Moves No Real Surprise
  
  Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and some slowing in export growth are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters.” rdquo; The New York Times commented today that the decision to keep the key rate where it is clearly demonstrates the Fed’s limited ability to solve a problem involving the nation’s housing and mortgage markets. All of this 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.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Subprime Market Sinking Further Into the Abyss
  
  The latest victim of its own success is New Century Financial Inc. As a result, the lender’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol = NEW) plummeted almost 70 percent. which was being courted for a buyout by Credit Suisse Group, is now being sold to Citadel Investment Group LLC, which won the right to purchase the lending institution for $180 million in a last minute auction, according to Bloomberg News . The latest developments in the subprime lending market should have the entire real estate industry up in arms (figuratively and literally). The problem
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure "Megatrends"
  
  Here are some “megatrends” that may develop in the months ahead. In a presidential year, Uncle Sam and politicians nationwide are rushing to unveil new and bolder schemes to unravel the foreclosure crisis. As federal, state and local government weighs in of the rising foreclosure mess, look for new plans to halt the foreclosure train wreck. Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes
  
  High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes By Octavio Nuiry, RealtyTrac Staff Writer    Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited briefly from favorable financing. But increasingly there are signs that the foreclosure problem is spilling over into wealthier areas, where prime borrowers — and even high-end real estate developers — are rapidly falling behind on their construction
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
  
  billion direct line of credit with the U.S. 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 you believe in free markets and fair competition, the GSEs are a poke in the eye. "As long as Fannie and Freddies debt is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller 
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  Unlike virtually every other mortgage lender, Hudson doesn’t make option ARMs, doesn’t sell loans in the secondary market and doesn’t offer credit cards. told me, Hudson is really a “spread lender” that’s interested in two things: efficiency and credit quality. 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 No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in
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