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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. 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 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
Miller We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S. The just-passed Housing and Economic Recovery Act includes provisions that will help some 400,000 families replace toxic loans with FHA financing. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. It’s a big experiment and it raises a bigger question: Is this the loan of the future?
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Getting Help to Stop Foreclosure, Avoid Home Foreclosure Process - RealtyTrac
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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History in Sen. Dodd's Favor, But Nothing Else
time when politicians come out in droves to complain to the American public about pork-barrel spending and the massive red tape involved by increased Washington bureaucracy. What Dodd suggested last week, at least as a temporary fix, is for the federal government to create a new agency called the Home Ownership Preservation Corp. If Dodd’s plan were to go forward, it could require initial seed money of It’s a presidential election year. A
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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As Foreclosures Mount, Candidates React to the Credit Crisis
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. The Republicans, on the other hand, are opposed to a government bailout for lenders, homeowners and speculators. Here’s what the major presidential candidates have to say about the growing foreclosure epidemic: Democrats The three main Democratic 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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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
Washington Mutual and Merrill Lynch. billion credit facility to help keep it afloat, followed by announced workforce cutbacks shortly thereafter. Now with the first week of October behind us, Citigroup, Washington Mutual (WaMu as it likes to be known) and Merrill Lynch announced their organizations would be taking major hits in the pocketbook for the third quarter of 2007. Countrywide. Citigroup.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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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. The key focus of the discussion: creating partnerships between community organizations and local and state governments as a viable solution to the problem. In the meantime, the crop is plentiful in Ohio for RealtyTrac subscribers looking to purchase a property at a discount and a chance to help out a potentially distressed homeowner. One example — Rep. Steven C.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rate Cut, Real GDP Are Some Positive News
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. On the plus side, personal consumption expenditures for services, private inventory investment, exports of goods and services and federal government spending helped prop up the nation’s economy for the quarter. 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
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. 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 Long-Term Solution for Fannie and Freddie Dilemma By Peter G.
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Mayors Predict Rising Foreclosures in 2008
billion, Dallas and Washington at $4 billion each, and Chicago at $3.9 Presidents Bushs plan isnt going to help many people because it is geared at people who cannot afford the payments due to the rate increase but listen to this, what about the part of the plan that says that you have to have good credit??? You have to do what you have to but people with good credit will find a way and dont need the help of the government. Mounting home foreclosures will lead to “profound” effects on the economy next year, bleeding billions of dollars in lost tax revenues, shrinking job growth and reducing consumer spending in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, according to a new report released this week by the U.S.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Can "Appreciation Sharing" Solve The Mortgage Mess?
Miller We’re about to see something new in the mortgage marketplace: The government is going to insure huge numbers of shared-appreciation mortgages, a type of home financing rarely seen in the U.S. The just-passed Housing and Economic Recovery Act includes provisions that will help some 400,000 families replace toxic loans with FHA financing. Can “Appreciation Sharing” Solve The Mortgage Mess? By Peter G. It’s a big experiment and it raises a bigger question: Is this the loan of the future?
www.realtytrac.com
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Almost Like Reliving the Nineties
And we continue to believe that it will take a true recovery of the housing sector before the nation pulls out of the black hole it’s falling into thanks to seven years of poor financial planning in Washington and the too little too late kneejerk response of the Federal Reserve. Governments at the national, state and local levels, plus numerous non-profit groups are busy scampering around looking for solutions to the foreclosure crisis, holding workshops, counseling sessions, opening hotlines, and getting the word out that something has to be done to stem the tide of foreclosures.
www.foreclosurepulse.com
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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