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GSEs May Soon Purchase Jumbo Loans But Other Limits Are Not Budging

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 25 2007, 7:00 AM

Several Executive Branch surrogates indicated late last week that the Administration was sort of willing to compromise about the role of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in solving the current credit crunch. But the announcements made and the methods proposed...
Foreclosure Scams Can Be Complex Enough To Fool Most

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 24 2007, 7:00 AM

Foreclosure scammers have a wide variety of modes of operation and no limit to the kinds of people they target. Particular favorites are the elderly and non-English speaking populations, but given the complexities of mortgage lending and foreclosure laws...
Major Homebuilder Runs Successful Weekend Sale

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 21 2007, 7:00 AM

It seemed to smack a bit of desperation at the time, but in hindsight it appears to look more like marketing genius. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. , one of the nation's largest homebuilders, threw open the doors of literally thousands of its newly built...
Housing Starts Hit 12-Year Low; Multi-family to the Rescue

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 20 2007, 7:00 AM

Housing starts in August hit the lowest level on an annualized basis since July 1995 The news would have been even worse if it were not for a substantial increase in activity in multi- family housing starts . Construction on projects with......
Another Dramatic Downturn in Mortgage Rates

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 20 2007, 7:00 AM

Even before the Federal Reserve's half point rate cut on Tuesday Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed another dramatic downturn in both long and short term interest rates for conventional mortgages....
FHA Reform Moving Right Along

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 19 2007, 7:00 AM

One day after the Fed cut rates and the House of Representatives approved FHA Reform , the Senate Banking Committee approved legislation that would expand the ability of the FHA to insure mortgages, including higher-risk borrowers....
Fed Slashes Interest Rates By 50 Basis Points

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 18 2007, 7:00 AM

The Federal Reserve slashed benchmark interest rates by a half point in an agressive move to prevent the economy from moving into recession and to ease the pains of the housing bubble. The decision to cut the overnight federal funds rate from 5.25% to...
Mortgage Fraudsters Finding Ways To Exploit Bubble Bust

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 17 2007, 7:00 AM

It is hard to find a tragedy in the world that some heartless rat can't find a way to exploit and the current and growing incidence of foreclosures doesn't violate the rule. "Recent statistics suggest that escalating foreclosures provide criminals with...
Mortgage Market Disruptions Short-Lived According To NAR

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 14 2007, 7:00 AM

Lawrence Yun, senior economist for NAR said that unusual disruptions are dampening the outlook for home sales, notably for August and September. "There's been an unusual hit to home sales, starting in March when subprime problems emerged and more recently...
Countrywide Fundings Fall; Lines Up $12 Billion Credit

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 13 2007, 7:00 AM

Countrywide issued its operational results for the month of August and it comes as no surprise that the numbers were down. Here is a recap of their results: Loan fundings for the month of August totaled $34 billion, a 17% decrease from August 2006. ....
Some Mortgage Rates Move Dramatically, Others Stall

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 12 2007, 7:00 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended September 7 showed a dramatic drop in the 30- year FRM, from 6.42 percent with 1.09 points (including the origination fee) to 6.25 percent with 1 point. Mortgage...
Schumer Bill Would Lift GSE Portfolio Caps

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 11 2007, 7:00 AM

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......
Countrywide To Cut As Many As 12000 Jobs

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 10 2007, 7:00 AM

The nation's largest home lender Countrywide Financial Corporation said it plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs, 20 percent of it's workforce, over the next three months. Most of the job cuts will take place in areas most affected by lower origination volumes...
How Long Will That Furnace Last? NAHB Study Has The Answer

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 10 2007, 7:00 AM

The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) in partnership with Bank of America Home Equity recently completed a study that should be of interest to home owners and home buyers, especially those that are buying or living in homes that have been...
Delinquency Rates Climb Mainly In Four States

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by Mortgage News Daily on September 07 2007, 7:00 AM

Nationally the situation is not as dire as these figures would indicate. The figures are being driven by what is happening in a few large states and by adjustable rate mortgages, both prime and subprime. "What continues to drive the national numbers,...

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