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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Lenders Take Action To Reduce Foreclosures
With unemployment rising rapidly, we’re looking at an increase in foreclosures. A year ago, foreclosures were concentrated in places with speculative real estate bubbles such as California and Florida. Now they’re more widespread. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are leading … Continue reading
Posted in Foreclosure
Tagged fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, loan modification, loan servicers, mortgage servicers, struggling with mortgage bills
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Interest Rates Headed For Zero
When will the Fed cut rates again? Soon. They are meeting in the middle of December. The Fed is expected to cute rates to .5%. That would be the lowest since the Fed began keeping records in 1990. The Fed … Continue reading
Posted in Rates
Tagged global insight, money market funds, sweet notes, treasury yields, zero interest, zero percent
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What’s The Good Of Lower Interest Rates?
People are squeezed. They don’t have much capacity for taking on more debt. So what’s the good of lower interest rates? Typical middle-class families face rising costs and stable incomes. They’re making do by taking on debt. What pushes people … Continue reading
Posted in Rates
Tagged harvard law professor, middle class families, mortgage backed assets, mortgage interest rates, professor elizabeth warren, wsj reports
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Will FHA Loans Meltdown?
The FHA (Federal Housing Administration) is insuring thousands of subprime loans. They’re insuring loans for those without much income. Yep, those who created the subprime crisis are using the FHA program encouraging home ownership. To turn around America’s slumping housing … Continue reading
Posted in fha
Tagged civil lawsuits, criminal convictions, federal housing administration, fha loans, fha program, subprime loans
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American Banking System Stunned By Fear
The facts on the ground seem stubbornly resistant to the billions of dollars of government intervention. There’s been nothing like this credit crisis ever before. The U.S. Federal Reserve is buying $600 billion worth of toxic mortgage-backed securities. The Fed … Continue reading
Posted in Banks
Tagged assets and liabilities, banks in the united states, consumer loan rates, credit creation, credit crisis, economic slowdown, john kemp, mortgage backed securities, sheet composition
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U.S. Buys Mortgages
By Chris Reese NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Longer-dated U.S. Treasuries surged on Tuesday as investors bet that a Federal Reserve plan to buy mortgage securities would spur a sustained need for government bonds in investor portfolios. Further evidence … Continue reading
Posted in mortgage
Tagged chris reese, credit suisse, government bonds, inflation pressures, mortgage lending, mortgage securities, ripple effects, stable returns, u s treasury
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Feds Buying Mortgages
Here’s a good summary: Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — The spread between the rate to exchange floating for fixed interest payments and Treasury yields over two years narrowed the most since 2003 after the Federal Reserve committed up to $800 billion … Continue reading
Posted in mortgage
Tagged federal deposit insurance, housing finance companies, london interbank offered rate, mortgage backed securities, treasury note, treasury yields
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A New Plan To Prop Up Mortgages
By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve threw a massive life-line to consumers on Tuesday with two new programs aimed at making it easier for them to obtain loans for homes, cars and on credit cards. Under the … Continue reading
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Tagged credit card loans, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, ginnie mae, home loan banks, st petersburg florida
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