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Don't Dump Investors
After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. 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. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to
www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Feb. Foreclosure Report: Are We at Bottom Yet?
The February monthly decrease is more likely a seasonal decrease helped along by a shorter-than-average month and the fact that Januarys numbers are often padded with some pent-up foreclosure activity from the holiday season. foreclosure activity was down 6 percent from January. The more important indicator is the year-over-year increase, which has been between February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from the previous month but still up 57 percent from February 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report .
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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OTS Director Offers Alternative Plan to Congress
House of Representatives earlier this week, John M. Reich, Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), offered an alternative foreclosure prevention plan to the one under consideration from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Under the FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 (the HSHR Act), the FHA proposes to guarantee up to $300 billion in new mortgages to refinance existing eligible mortgages originated between January 1, 2005 and July 1, 2007, the report notes. In a statement delivered before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Feb. Foreclosure Report: Are We at Bottom Yet?
    The February monthly decrease is more likely a seasonal decrease helped along by a shorter-than-average month and the fact that Januarys numbers are often padded with some pent-up foreclosure activity from the holiday season. foreclosure activity was down 6 percent from January. The more important indicator is the year-over-year increase, which has been between February foreclosure activity was down 4 percent from the previous month but still up 57 percent from February 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report .
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Don't Dump Investors
    After all, its in our national interest to protect investors — unless, of course, theyre folks who merely bought a house or two. 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. Don’t Dump Investors By Peter G. Miller    When it comes to
    www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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  • OTS Director Offers Alternative Plan to Congress
    House of Representatives earlier this week, John M. Reich, Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), offered an alternative foreclosure prevention plan to the one under consideration from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Under the FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 (the HSHR Act), the FHA proposes to guarantee up to $300 billion in new mortgages to refinance existing eligible mortgages originated between January 1, 2005 and July 1, 2007, the report notes. In a statement delivered before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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