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Still More Troubles for Countrywide

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 10 2008, 7:00 AM

First, The Wall Street Journal reported that Countrywide Mortgage and Wells Fargo and Company were under investigation by the Attorney General of Illinois for having improperly steered minority borrowers into high-cost or inappropriate loans. Then the...
HomeSaver Advance is the Latest Program to Assist Delinquent Homeowners

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 07 2008, 8:00 AM

Yet another program to help homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgages was announced last week by Fannie Mae . HomeSaver provides funds to pay past due balances of principal, interest, taxes, insurance (PITI), and up to six months (in some cases...
Margin Calls Threaten Two Mortgage Companies/Investors

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 07 2008, 8:00 AM

The Carlyle Fund announced this week that it had failed to meet margins calls on its $21.7 billion portfolio. The second company, Thornburg Mortgage , Inc also announced this week that it was facing default as it failed to meet "a substantial number"...
Pending Home Sales Index Points to a Slow Recovery

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 06 2008, 8:00 AM

The chief economists of the National Association of Realtors� ( NAR ) on Thursday predicted that sales of existing homes will probably remain flat through late spring and then begin a gradual recovery during the second half of 2008. Lawrence Yun made...
Home Equity Hits New Low

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 06 2008, 8:00 AM

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced that, in 2007, American ownership in their homes as measured by equity fell below 50 percent for the first time since records were first kept in 1945 . During the 2nd quarter of 2007 the central bank reported...
Mortgage Rates Mixed in Freddie Mac, MBA Weekly Surveys

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 05 2008, 8:00 AM

Mortgage rates continued to move upwards during the week ended February 28 according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey report released by Freddie Mac. "Long-term fixed mortgage rates trended up for a third week, bringing rates on 30-year and 15- year...
WaMu Executives Will See Bonuses Protected from Financial Fallout

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 05 2008, 8:00 AM

At least there will be some people who will not suffer unduly from the subprime mortgage mess - even if they played a role in creating it. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Washington Mutual (WaMu) has approved compensation targets for its top...
Hope Now Alliance Reports Progress in Helping Homeowners

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 04 2008, 8:00 AM

The Hope Now Alliance , a coalition of 25 of the largest mortgage servicers in the country, released a progress report on Monday on its operations to date. The Alliance announced that, since it began operations in July, 2007 it has been responsible for...
Appraisal Reform Accord Reached By NY Attorney General and GSEs

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 03 2008, 8:00 AM

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement on Monday between his office and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under which the two largest purchasers of home loans will buy home mortgages only from those lenders that meet new standards that...
NAHB Puts its Economic Stimulus Ideas in Front of the Senate

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by Mortgage News Daily on March 03 2008, 8:00 AM

The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) has called on Congress to quickly enact a second round of economic stimulus programs directed at the housing industry. Speaking for the Association, Chief Economist David Seiders told the Senate Finance...
A Look at GSE 2007 Earnings; Ouch!

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by Mortgage News Daily 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 Mortgage News Daily 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 Mortgage News Daily 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 Mortgage News Daily 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 Mortgage News Daily 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...

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