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• 40 Is the New 30 for Lenders and Investors
  
  Wells Fargo, for example, just announced that it is joining the growing number of lenders, like Washington Mutual and Bank of America, that are offering 40-year fixed-rate loans. Still, this new loan may be a viable alternative to home buyers who may soon be finding themselves in trouble with the popular interest-only and option adjustable-rate mortgages -- especially if the Fed ups the interest rates more this year due to increased fears of inflation.stemming from higher energy costs and low unemployment. Well, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on his next move -- will he or wont he ratchet up interest rates another 25 basis points next month as most economists are predicting -- mortgage lenders are also pondering their next moves.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
  
  Million Foreclosures
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Solution to Foreclosure Level
  
  It looks like foreclosures are starting to become a national call to action for some Washington bureaucrats. One example — Rep. At the local level Cuyahoga County went from the county with the highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 453 households in May — down to the seventh highest foreclosure rate in the state — one foreclosure filing for every 508 households — for June. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio) — who chaired a meeting of the U.S.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window?
  
  billion for the “deposits, assets and certain liabilities of Washington Mutuals banking operations.” What they show is that investors today, including Uncle Sam, should be able to value mortgage paper with some clarity.” The catch, said Saccacio, is that loan portfolios likely differ so much that generalizations may not work. “Every would-be buyer of mortgage-related securities will have to review portfolios with enormous care. lot of loan servicers, accountants and attorneys How Much for Those Lender Assets in the Window? By Peter G. Miller 
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game
  
  If that happens, the Wachovia plan may well be responsible for saving tens of thousands of families from foreclosure.” Washington On Capitol Hill, both the House and the Senate have passed measures that would allow the FHA to insure up to $300 billion in special mortgages for those facing foreclosure. This new prepayment policy, said Laurent Bossard, WMC’s chief executive officer, “provides borrowers with enhanced flexibility to avoid prepayment fees.” “Just as in the case with WMC, the Wachovia initiative will change the mortgage debate in Washington,” added RealtyTrac’s
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
  
  Second, some people think it would be a really good idea to dismember Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I say that we cant let them go fast enough," explains a commenter by the name of Wazzel who posted on the Washington Independent website. "Let At Fannie Mae, as one example, the company incentive plan paid 749 employees an average bonus of $86,952.56 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller    Its been a rough year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  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. In a remarkable advocacy ad in The Washington Post , ING said “we believe that lending institutions should share responsibility with the people to whom they lend. It’s a financial instrument that may be right for some, but it wasn’t meant to be the mass merchandised product it became.” Higgins No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. The irony of all this may be that just as the market was beginning to find some footing and correct itself in these hard-hit areas, the government jumps in to try to save everyone and thereby undercuts those shaky steps toward a recovery. child will take a lot longer to learn to walk if her parent never lets her try on her own, but rushes over and picks her up everytime she stands up and Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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