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Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller    Its been a rough year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 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. But a long-term role for Fannie and Freddie needs to be considered as well. First, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not just lumbering
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures. 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. 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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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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  • Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma
    Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G. Miller    Its been a rough year for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 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. But a long-term role for Fannie and Freddie needs to be considered as well. First, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not just lumbering
    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. 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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  • As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
    Sensing an opportunity to win votes, the major presidential candidates have come out swinging; proposing a variety of prescriptions to ease the worsening housing slump.Both the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress agree that something must be done to stop the foreclosures. 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. 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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