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Week Ahead: Housing Market Reality Check

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:38 AM by feeds.washingtonpost.com

The spring home-selling season is well underway, and this week we get the most complete evidence yet of how it's going, with a slew of housing-related data. By the end of the week, we should have a better sense of whether the story some economists...
Why a Housing Recovery Requires Lower Prices

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:25 AM by feedproxy.google.com

Mark Gongloff touches upon some truisms in today’s column in the WSJ. Most significantly, he quotes Rosie on the Shadow Inventory, which when you include REOs and spec investors waiting to put their involuntary rentals back on the market, sends total...
U.S. Credit Card Debt: Not as Bad as Advertised

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:24 AM by Seeking Alpha

submits: The (source: the business insider) is not pretty. However, we disagree with negative tone of many market pundits on the increasing amount of American credit card debt.
This Week's Freddie Mac Bond Sale May Buoy Markets

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:23 AM by Seeking Alpha

submits: As market sentiment has picked up this year, there have been a wide range of organizations, from big banks to language educators, looking to raise money on the open market via everything from initial public offerings to corporate bond issuances...
When it makes sense to rent

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:23 AM by rss.cnn.com

In 2004, Tim Jones bought a little piece of the American dream: a modest three-bedroom home in Bend, Ore., that went for $218,000. Three years later he married and was ready for phase two of the dream: trading up. But instead of buying, he and wife Elise...
JPMorgan $29 Billion WaMu Windfall Turned Bad Loans Into Income

Published Tue, May 26 2009 8:23 AM by www.topix.net

JPMorgan Chase & Co. stands to reap a $29 billion windfall thanks to an accounting rule that lets the second-biggest U.S. bank transform bad loans it purchased from Washington Mutual Inc.
Credit Score Cutoffs Narrow Lender Options

Published Fri, May 22 2009 2:06 PM by www.mortgagebankers.org

More than 30 percent of consumers dropped below a 680 credit score after October 2008, increasing mortgage rates and creating greater challenges for lenders
HUD Announces Sanctions Against More Than 120 FHA-Approved Lenders

Published Fri, May 22 2009 2:04 PM by www.hud.gov

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Mortgagee Review Board today announced actions against more than 120 lenders for violating FHA requirements. Violations range from failure to conduct sufficient quality control, to failure to continue to meet FHA recertification requirements, to falsifying loan documents.
Freddie Mac Making Homes Affordable Program Help Guide

Published Fri, May 22 2009 2:02 PM by www.freddiemac.com

Tools to help you stay in your home.
FHFA Report to Congress Details Examination of GSEs and FHLBs

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:59 PM by www.fhfa.gov

FHFA’s first report to Congress details annual examination of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks
Understanding the Federal Home Loan Banks

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:58 PM by www.fhlbanks.com

Tthe Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) are 12 regional cooperative banks that U.S.lending institutions use to finance housing and economic development in their communities. Created by Congress, the FHLBanks have been the largest source of funding for community lending for eight decades
Fannie Mae Making Homes Affordable Program Help Guide

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:55 PM by www.fanniemae.com

The President's Plan was created to help millions of homeowners refinance or modify their mortgages to a payment that is affordable, both now and in the future.
The Impact of Global Capital Flows and Foreign Financing on U.S. Mortgage and Treasury Rates

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:51 PM by www.housingamerica.org

The Impact of Global Capital Flows and Foreign Financing on U.S. Mortgage and Treasury Rates
Can't Sell Your House? Some Are Going Online to Swap

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:38 PM by CNBC

Diane Peek and Andrew Bou are part of a small but growing number of homeowners who are turning to the Internet to swap properties.
Relax. The U.S. isn't a deadbeat

Published Fri, May 22 2009 1:22 PM by rss.cnn.com

It looks like after two months of ignoring the risks that remain for the economy and markets, Wall Street has finally found something else to worry about: the possibility that the United States could lose its AAA credit rating.
For Wall Street, Quiet Day Ahead of Holiday

Published Fri, May 22 2009 11:18 AM by feeds.nytimes.com

Shares were mixed, and trading in a narrow range, at mid-morning ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Freddie Set For $1 Billion Commercial Mortgage Bond

Published Fri, May 22 2009 11:18 AM by CNBC
Bond Report: Ten-year Treasury yields reach 7-month highs

Published Fri, May 22 2009 11:18 AM by www.marketwatch.com

Treasury prices decline, pushing yields on the benchmark 10-year note to the highest since November, as investors prepare for a resumption of U.S. debt issuance next week.
Credit Suisse:Fed May Slow Pace of MBS Buying

Published Fri, May 22 2009 10:52 AM by Reuters

The Federal Reserve will probably slow its rate of mortgage-backed securities purchases this year to make room for private investors balking at the most expensive levels for MBS since 1992, according to Credit Suisse on Thursday.
Currencies: Euro approaches $1.40 on U.S. bond selling

Published Fri, May 22 2009 8:58 AM by www.marketwatch.com

The euro approaches $1.40 on Friday, with the shared currency approaching its highest levels since the opening days of 2009.

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