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Personal Finance Daily: Some of the nicest guys will take your money
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
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especially now, in our post-Madoff world -- when a pitchman's promises are too good to be true? As someone who hasn't yet been hit by fraud, my first thought was that it's something about the victims...If you're unlucky enough to come into contact with...
Tags: rate mortgage, New York, Fixed rate mortgage, MERS, Banking, Mortgage, Affordable housing, Freddie Mac
Federal effort to provide financing for state housing agencies totals $29 billion in financing
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday. Under the program announced by the Treasury Department last month,...
Tags: Treasury Department, Freddie Mac, housing financing, financing agencies, Fannie Mae, Washington, Personal finance, Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis, Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Subprime mortgage crisis, Mortgage, Banking, Business Finance, Politics
Mortgages: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at lowest since May
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to their lowest levels since May, Freddie Mac reported on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.83% for the week ending Nov. 19, down from last week's 4.91% average, according to Freddie Mac's...
Tags: Freddie Mac, rate mortgage, Chicago
Barney Frank Pushes for Regulation Despite Financial Industry Funds
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Since 2003, the Massachusetts Democrat had been the ranking member of the committee, which has jurisdiction over the housing and financial sectors...Money Summary: Of the $9.4 million Frank has raised since 1989, he's spent $9.1 million. While his Republican...
Tags: Barney Frank, House Financial Services Committee, election cycle, housing financial, Fannie Mae, financial industry, Washington, Freddie Mac, Subprime lending, Financial crisis, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Federal Reserve System, Subprime mortgage crisis, Business Finance
Fannie's, Freddie's Woes Threatent Apartments
Singapore :: Singapore | 4 days ago
Credibility The deteriorating commercial real-estate market is hitting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the housing-finance giants that were taken over by the U.S. last year after billions of dollars in losses on residential real estate. The firms, which together have...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Singapore, Economic history of the United States, Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis, Subprime mortgage crisis, Business Finance
Banks borrow less from emergency Fed program
Taipei :: Taiwan | 4 days ago
Credibility Banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, and reduced their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis. The Fed said Thursday that commercial banks averaged $20.8 billion...
Tags: Federal Reserve, previous week, Freddie Mac, commercial paper, Taiwan, Taipei, Economic history of the United States, the United States, Fannie Mae, Mortgage-backed security, Subprime mortgage crisis, Fixed income securities, Structured finance, Business Finance
Letter to all politicians in Washington
To President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, It is now official you are ALL corrupt and not all that bright: The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have...
Tags: US, pelosi, obama, reid, corrupt, postal service, social security, fannie mae, freddie mac, war, medicaid, medcare
FHA boss: FHA is not the new subprime
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens says concerns that the agency is headed for the same financial trouble that snared Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the subprime sector are unwarranted. Stevens made the remarks during a speech at the...
Tags: FHA, David Stevens, San Diego, Subprime lending, Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bailout, Personal finance, Mortgage, Subprime mortgage crisis, Business Finance
Mortgages: Loan Ceiling Extended
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility This will probably mean better options for borrowers who might otherwise have had to take out “jumbo” mortgages. Conforming loans meet all the guidelines of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled agencies that resell packages of loans...
Tags: conforming loans, Mr. Adamo, New York City, jumbo loans, jumbo mortgage, Mr. Rosenbaum, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Mortgage-backed security, Super jumbo mortgage, Mortgage, Personal finance, Banking, Business Finance
Stephen Foley: America on bailout red alert again
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility The agency was set up in the depths of the Great Depression to sell cheap mortgage insurance to people, such as first-time buyers, who cannot rustle up a down-payment of more than 3 per cent. These days it is a supposedly self-financing outpost of the...
Tags: FHA, United Kingdom, London, Personal finance, Banking, Subprime lending, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Business Finance, Subprime mortgage crisis, Affordable housing, Mortgage
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