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Rate Freeze Program Faces More Hurdles Than Just A Bad Phone Number

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 10 2007, 8:00 AM

Plenty of people, including Matthew Graham, MortgageNewsDaily's op-ed columnist, are talking about the practical realities of freezing a mortgage rate adjustment under the plan President Bush announced last week. After reflecting I would like to raise...
Up In ARMs - The Mortgage Bailout

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 07 2007, 8:00 AM

"Grumble, grumble, grumble," echoed loudly today across America after The President, along with members of the Treasury, unveiled a "plan" to help stem the rising tide of foreclosures. Excited to have an ARM adjusting in June, I called HopeNow to find...
Bush's Subprime Rescue Plan Coincides With Sobering Delinquency Report

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 06 2007, 8:00 AM

Several hours before President Bush announced the details of his administrations plans to assist homeowners who are facing foreclosure the Mortgage Bankers Association released its delinquency survey for the third quarter. The survey showed that the number...
With Cerberus Sale Dead, Option One Will Close Down Originations

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 05 2007, 8:00 AM

While it will continue to market Option One to possible buyers, HRB has announced it will shut down the origination portion of the business while continuing its servicing activities and will eliminate 620 jobs at a pretax cost of about $75 million....
Treasury Secretary Outlines Foreclosure Rescue Plan

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 04 2007, 8:00 AM

Most of the mortgage bigwigs were in Washington, DC on Monday, attending the National Housing Forum sponsored by the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision. Treasury began the effort by convening a diverse group of market participants, who represent all segments...
Don't Be Afraid of the Big Bad Housing Market

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by Mortgage News Daily on December 03 2007, 8:00 AM

If you don't have a TV, a radio, or a newspaper, you may have missed all of the negative press surrounding the mortgage and housing markets . The severity of the situation has created a sort of panic that has paralyzed the consumer. Rather than deal with...
Treasury Department May Broker A Deal For Subprime Borrowers

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 30 2007, 8:00 AM

MSNBC, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal were reporting early Friday that the United States Treasury is about to announce a plan to help some subprime borrowers save their homes from foreclosure. The plan apparently involves an agreement between the...
OFHEO Home Price Index Down For First Time In 13 Years

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 30 2007, 8:00 AM

It is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the housing surveys that come from economic forecasters, trade associations, and the government but one we always look forward to is the quarterly Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) House...
New Home Sales Report More Upbeat Than That For Existing Homes

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 29 2007, 8:00 AM

As usual the two monthly reports on home sales - existing homes and newly constructed houses - were issued in lockstep on Wednesday and Thursday and while one was loudly proclaimed as an indicator that things were still getting worse, the second contained...
Mortgage Rates Continue To Inch Down With One Glaring Exception

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 28 2007, 8:00 AM

Mortgage rates continued to decline by baby steps as reported by Freddie Mac in its Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30- year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.20 percent with 0.5 point during the week ended November 21. The previous week it averaged...
Wells Fargo Bank is Latest to Announce Mortgage Woes

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 28 2007, 8:00 AM

The Associated Press was reporting early Wednesday that yet another major mortgage bank "has finally bogged down in the mortgage muck that's muddying one major bank after another." Wells Fargo , the number five U.S. bank has said it will recognize $1...
2008 Conforming Loan Limit Announced By OFHEO

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 27 2007, 8:00 AM

Washington, DC - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Director James B. Lockhart today announced the maximum 2008 conforming loan limit for single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will remain at the...
Two New Reports Deepen Housing Gloom

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 27 2007, 8:00 AM

The U.S. Council of Mayors released a devastating report on the impact on member communities of the ongoing housing market problems. The report, prepared by Global Insight, an economic forecasting firm, was presenting at a meeting of the Conference attended...
Senator Schumer Seeks Probe of FHLB Loans to Countrywide

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 26 2007, 8:00 AM

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter on Monday to Ronald A Rosenfeld, Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board, expressing his "serious concern over the lending practices of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, specifically in regard to the...
Citigroup Knocks Builder Stocks and Takes Hit of Their Own

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by Mortgage News Daily on November 26 2007, 8:00 AM

Late Monday morning one of Citigroup's analysts, Stephen Kim, downgraded the entire homebuilding sector because he could not find anything to suggest that the residential housing market would improve until the second quarter of 2008. Kim downgraded stocks...

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