In spite of declining house prices and tightening credit, Americans are continuing to pull cash out of their homes according to Freddie Mac's Cash-Out Refinance Report for the fourth quarter of 2007, but in fewer numbers and much lower amounts than recorded even one quarter earlier. 81 percent of Freddie...
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Monday that he was in favor of temporarily lifting the dollar limit on loans purchased by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, allowing them to provide a market for so-called " jumbo mortgages ." Under current rules, the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) cannot...
Congress and the Administration may be headed for a clash on yet another front - the size of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's owned portfolios. On Monday Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that would provide about $72.5 billion to refinance mortgages for borrowers whose loans have or are...