5 Articles match "Fannie Mae","New York","Real Estate"

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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
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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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• Bush Mortgage Freeze Could Expand to Prime Loans
  
  It seems like Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has been spending the new year defending his boss’ “Hope Now” plan to ease the pain of foreclosure and to give the U.S. So far this week Paulson made a speech in New York on Monday defending the president’s Hope Now alliance which has been together a mere three months. The Administration is also calling on Congress to pass legislation to take greater oversight economy the boost it needs to sustain itself. In the process the secretary justified the need for the industry coalition, while calling on Congress to expedite legislation
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks
  
  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 would find with banks of similar size. But the real story with foreclosures is different: The fact that a loan is delinquent does not mean foreclosure is sure to follow. As one example, No Mortgage Meltdown For These Banks By Peter G. Miller     The news from Wall Street in recent weeks has not been good, especially in the world of mortgages.
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 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 Dodd wants to end penalties for early payment of subprime mortgages and to raise limits on the portfolios of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “The 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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