7 Articles match "Federal","New York","US"

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• RealtyTrac VP Speaking at USFN Seminar
  
  ldquo;The U.S. rdquo; Foreclosure activity increased 112 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, and Sharga noted that myriad state and federal governmental entities, including the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee and Banking Committee, Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, FBI and New York State Banking Department, have requested in-depth foreclosure data from RealtyTrac to help inform If you’re attending the annual 2008 USFN National Default Servicing Seminar in Texas this week, you can catch RealtyTrac Vice President of Marketing Rick Sharga speaking on the latest foreclosure legislation at a 9 a.m.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Appreciation Rates Foreshadow Foreclosures
  
  Third-quarter house price appreciation figures released last week by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight provide more evidence of a cooling real estate market and further foreshadowing of a continued rise in foreclosures — all pointing to more opportunities for real estate investors to buy low. Several of the states with the 10 lowest appreciation rates also posted foreclosure rates among the nation’s 10 highest in the third quarter, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. The OFHEO report shows national house prices rose 7.73 percent from the third quarter of 2005, down from
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. In the process the secretary justified the need for the industry coalition, while calling economy the boost it needs to sustain itself. Then, appearing on CNBC Tuesday, the secretary revealed that the Bush Administration is exploring the possibility of expanding
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Rate Cut, Real GDP Are Some Positive News
  
  In the first, and the more closely watched of the two, the Federal Reserve took a much anticipated move to lessen the pressure on the nation’s economy by lowering the federal funds rate another 25 basis points to 2 percent (that’s a long way down from the 5.25 General weakness in the economy was citied by the Federal Market Open Committee as the primary reason for this latest cut. One day after President Bush pointed the finger at Congress and told the American public to blame lawmakers for all of their recent financial woes, an inkling of actual positive news came out of Washington Wednesday with two announcements from government agencies.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Foreclosure "Megatrends"
  
  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. Increasingly, homeowners who put little or no money down are walking away from their homes, mailing their keys — jingle mail — to lenders who gave them toxic Foreclosures are rising. Home prices are falling.
  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 the largest buyers of U.S. They are profit-seeking 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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• 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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