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A Look at GSE 2007 Earnings; Ouch!

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by Glenn Setzer on February 29 2008, 8:00 AM

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae may have gotten good news from their regulator which lifted the corporations' portfolio caps, but their earnings reports for the year just ended were pretty devastating....
Huge Changes May be Coming for Lenders and Appraisers

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by Glenn Setzer on February 28 2008, 8:00 AM

Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday that Fannie Mae is proposing to ban the use of appraisals by a lender's employees or those arranged by mortgage brokers. The proposed change would mean that Fannie Mae would no longer authorize its lending partners...
Mortgage Rates and the Fed - Get it Straight !

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by Glenn Setzer on February 28 2008, 8:00 AM

I can't decide what was more troublesome yesterday: the comically uninformed questions put to Big Ben regarding mortgage rates, or the comically inaccurate article printed by CNBC on the same subject. Whatever the case, the media is awash with analysts...
GSE Portfolio Caps to be Lifted March 1

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by Glenn Setzer on February 27 2008, 8:00 AM

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) announced Wednesday that it would be lifting the caps it had imposed several years ago to limit growth of Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's owned portfolios. Each of the GSE's has also been under...
New Home Sales and Prices Continue Seemingly Endless Decline

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by Glenn Setzer on February 27 2008, 8:00 AM

The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly released their monthly report on new home sales early Wednesday morning. The report showed new home sales declined once again, this time to a seasonally adjusted annual...
Mortgage Rates Back Up to January Levels

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by Glenn Setzer on February 27 2008, 8:00 AM

Mortgage rates continued to grow in the most recent week, now approaching very close to the level of interest rates at the beginning of the year. Mortgage application volume decreased......
Case Shiller, OFHEO Reports Add to the General Housing Gloom

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by Glenn Setzer on February 26 2008, 8:00 AM

Two reports on house prices were released on Tuesday and neither was happy news for homeowners or for the real estate industry. The S&P/Case Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index showed that the decline in house prices accelerated in the fourth quarter...
Are Programs Beginning to Slow Rate of Foreclosure Growth?

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by Glenn Setzer on February 26 2008, 8:00 AM

Despite the many programs gearing up or in place to help homeowners resolve problems with their mortgages, foreclosure related activities continued to increase in January. But, perhaps partially because of these programs, the rate of increase appears...
Existing Home Sales and Prices Fall in January

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by Glenn Setzer on February 25 2008, 8:00 AM

Existing-home sales including single family residences, condominiums, townhomes, and co-ops continued to move downward in January, as did their median prices according to the monthly survey released on Monday by the National Association of Realtors. Lawrence...
California to Retrain Laid-off Mortgage Workers

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by Glenn Setzer on February 22 2008, 8:00 AM

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a massive program to address a number of aspects of the housing slump in the state which has probably been harder hit by its effects than any other. The various initiatives will use a variety of...
Fixed-Rate Mortgages Were Pricier Last Week

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by Glenn Setzer on February 21 2008, 8:00 AM

The interest rates on fixed rate mortgages (FRM) were up during the week ended February 14 according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist commented on the rates; "This week was...
Builders Hold Back on New Construction but Some See Hope

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by Glenn Setzer on February 20 2008, 8:00 AM

Housing starts and building permits continue to lag far behind the numbers recorded one year ago according to monthly data issued on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and The Department of Housing and Urban Development. Builders , however, are seeing...
House Swaps - Not Just for Vacationers Anymore?

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by Glenn Setzer on February 20 2008, 8:00 AM

Tourists have long used home swaps as a way to save money and escape the blandness of hotel rooms; trading use of a house on the beach in Florida for a New York City apartment or lakeside cabin for a week or two. The idea has now spread to permanent swaps...
Subprime Lawsuits Already Outpacing S&L Litigation

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by Glenn Setzer on February 19 2008, 8:00 AM

Even as the stock prices of investment banks began to fall and foreclosures started to rise, everyone knew what was coming next. Lawsuits! So a study released by Navigant Consulting Inc. last week was hardly a shock. The study shows that the number of...
Project Lifeline to Cover Nearly All Borrowers

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by Glenn Setzer on February 19 2008, 8:00 AM

A week ago six of the major mortgage servicers involved in the Hope Now alliance announced that they would be offering a pause in foreclosure proceedings to borrowers who appeared able to enter into loan modification agreements. Now the remaining 19 members...

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