News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
Pinto predicted that the FHA will suffer $40 billion in losses, leaving it unable to cover its bad loans without taxpayer help. Pinto, a real estate finance consultant who served as Fannie Mae's chief credit officer from 1987 to 1989, said he...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
Kevin Moloney for The New York Times Bernadine Shimon and her son Cooper Jonas, at their new home in Northglenn, Colo., obtained after the F.H.A. Published: October 8, 2009 A year after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac teetered, industry executives and...
News Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| about 1 month ago
The number of newly laid-off Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since January, the fourth drop in new claims in five weeks. However, employers remain reluctant to hire workers, and the unemployment rate...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
Now concern is growing that another government mortgage giant might teeter, just as the nation’s housing market is stabilizing. A year after Fannie and Freddie were effectively nationalized, problems at the Federal Housing Administration are...
News Source: The Motley Fool
| about 1 month ago
Not every short sale goes as planned, making shorting a risky proposition. Stock prices can be irrational longer than you have money to stay in the game. So don't use this as a list of stocks to sell or buy -- just the launching pad for further...
News Source: International Herald Tribune
| about 1 month ago
In the year since the government stepped in to rescue the collapsing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the agencies have taken $96 billion from the Treasury , and may still need more. That was the somber assessment delivered Thursday by...