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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
Furthermore, to contain the damage, Bear Stearns brought in Jeffrey Lane on June 29, from rival Lehman Brothers and named him chief executive officer to replace Richard Marin, who gets the courtesy title of senior adviser to the asset-management division. Fear and anxiety could trigger a massive sell-off, exposing other Wall Street financial institutions to the same excesses of America’s housing bubble on Main Street. Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Fannie Mae Toughens Foreclosure Guidelines
As one of the two main Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) in this country — the other is Freddie Mac — Fannie announced new guidelines that will effect the loans it buys from lenders all over the country, securitizes and then sells to Wall Street investors. Effective June 1, 2008, Fannie will require a potential borrower’s credit history to be free from any foreclosure activity for five years before it will consider buying a mortgage taken out by that borrower. It was bound to happen. With government officials at the local, state and federal levels clamoring to clamp down
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
    Furthermore, to contain the damage, Bear Stearns brought in Jeffrey Lane on June 29, from rival Lehman Brothers and named him chief executive officer to replace Richard Marin, who gets the courtesy title of senior adviser to the asset-management division. Fear and anxiety could trigger a massive sell-off, exposing other Wall Street financial institutions to the same excesses of America’s housing bubble on Main Street. Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Fannie Mae Toughens Foreclosure Guidelines
    As one of the two main Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) in this country — the other is Freddie Mac — Fannie announced new guidelines that will effect the loans it buys from lenders all over the country, securitizes and then sells to Wall Street investors. Effective June 1, 2008, Fannie will require a potential borrower’s credit history to be free from any foreclosure activity for five years before it will consider buying a mortgage taken out by that borrower. It was bound to happen. With government officials at the local, state and federal levels clamoring to clamp down
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    Does this make it a good time to buy real estate? June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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