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• Bill O’Reilly flips out on Barney Frank – BANKING CRISIS mad screaming match

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 169
  Dems passed the “Community Reinvestment Act” which caused the subprime mortgage problem in the housing market… then in 1995 President Clinton and the Dems added massive provisions to it, FORCING housing market to give TRILLION in sub-prime loans… and from 2001-present, DEMS fought Republican attempts to ...
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• Peter DeFazio Tim Geithner: Michael Burgess Tim Geithner: Kevin Brady Tim Geithner:

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 635
  Democrat Congressman Peter DeFazio (Oregon) told MSNBC that America needs a new economic team. Even Chuck Schumer says "the world economy is at stake"  Congressmen Kevin Brady (R-TX), Sam Brownback (R-KS), and Michael Burgess (R-TX) actually spoke the minds of the American people. See video below.   Peter ...
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• Short Sales Get A Boost

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 129
  Home sale transactions that are categorized as a "short sales" will soon become more frequent and popular. A new incentive program is planned that will make these sales more appealing to lenders, thus making them more cooperative in arranging such sales. A short sale of a home is when the proceeds from the sale fall ...
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• Fannie and Freddie are $5.2 trillion in debt!

  
  Florida Real Estate — Authority: 133
  Freddie and Fannie are in trouble and no it’s not anyone’s favorite soap opera, although that might be closer to the truth than everyone involved would like to admit but let’s get to the heart of the matter. What are Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? Well, the Federal National Mortgage Association, nicknamed Fannie ...
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• Homeownership Myths

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 743
  In a recent Washington Post op-ed , Professor Joseph Gyourko, chair of the Wharton School’s Real Estate Department, lists what he sees as the five biggest myths about home-ownership. Given the central role of federal housing policy, particularly Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in our recent financial crisis, it is ...
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• Meredith Whitney’s Outlook on Banking

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 480
  Meredith Whitney Having provided an overview from three top rated banking analysts in my commentary, “2010 Outlook for Banking,” I welcome the opportunity to offer the thoughts from the most highly rated banking analyst on Wall Street, Meredith Whitney. Ms. Whitney has become increasingly bearish on the ...
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• Renters ‘Lost in the Shuffle’ in Anti-Foreclosure Efforts

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 761
  A foreclosed home in Winchester, Va. (Jay Mallin/ZUMA Press) Mortgage giant Fannie Mae’s recent announcement that it will give homeowners facing foreclosure the chance to stay in their properties as renters for as long as a year is the latest aggressive move by the government to help troubled borrowers and ...
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• Decade-Low Purchase Activity Despite Record 15-year

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 450
  The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped 8 basis points from last week in Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey . It was a record low for the shorter-term mortgage based on data back to 1991. But loan applications for home purchases fell to their lowest levels in more than 10 years, according ...
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• Reverse Mortgages More Risky

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 129
  Reverse mortgages are becoming more risky for senior homeowners, due to the rising number of shady operators who are marketing these programs. The trend has prompted the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) to issue a special report, "Subprime Revisited: How the Rise in the Reverse Mortgage Lending Industry Puts Older ...
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• Taxes on Short Sale, Loan Modification & Mortgage Foreclosure 7 Nov08 Bankruptcy & Insolvency

  
  Self Publishing — Authority: 151
  Tax on 1099C, Cancellation of Debt Income; Short Sale, Loan Modification & Foreclosure. Exception; Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, Bankruptcy & Insolvency. Go To http://RealEstateMarketingThisWeek.com Part 7 (Excerpt) Beware of grandiose claims when dealing with a loan modification firm. You know I am ...
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• ($BAC) Mortgage Bankers Association Reports Mortgage Delinquencies at Record High

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 165
  The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported today that mortgage delinquencies hit a record high in the third quarter: “The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.64 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the third ...
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• Mortgage interest rates dip near 18-year lows

  
  Deadline Newsroom — Authority: 123
  Church marketing like a HooverThe 15-year FRMs average is as low as its been in 18 years, averaging 4.32 percent this week and down from an average 4.40 percent last week. The average 15-year rate was 5.73 percent a year ago, said Freddie Mac.by Broderick Perkins © 2009 DeadlineNews.ComUnauthorized use of this story ...
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• 30 Year Mortgage Rates Near Record Lows - 15 Year Mortgage Rates Lowest Ever

  
  MonitorBankRates.com — Authority: 131
  Mortgage rates continued to decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac this morning. 30 year mortgage rates are near record lows and are at the lowest level since May of 2009. 15 year mortgage rates have hit the lowest level ever since Freddie Mac’s records began in 1991.Mortgage ...
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• The Scoop On 2010 Conforming Loan Limits

  
  Blue Ridge, Blairsville Real Estate, Homes For Sale, Georgia Mountains — Authority: 124
  A conforming mortgage is one that, quite literally, conforms to the mortgage guidelines set forth by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Each year, the government sets the maximum allowable loan size for a conforming mortgage, based on “typical” housing costs nationwide. Loans in excess of this amount are typically ...
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• Primary Choice

  
  Michael Saunders Real Estate Blog — Authority: 122
  Homebuyers probably don’t see themselves this way, but as they step up to take advantage of the best housing values in more than a decade each becomes their own personal economic stimulus package, securing for themselves a fabulous long term investment even as they help rescue the economy from the mess it’s in. ...
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• Green By Design

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 129
  You can design your mailings to be recyclable by printing with water-based inks, on uncoated paper stocks, and sending windowless envelopes.  Here’s another idea: Print on both sides of the paper to save resources and reduce mailing costs.  
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• What Are the New Mortgage Loan Limits for 2010?

  
  wealthwithmortgage.com — Authority: 127
  Loan Limits Haven’t Changed Since 2006 A conforming mortgage is one that, quite literally, conforms to the mortgage guidelines set forth by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Each year, the government sets the maximum allowable loan size for a conforming mortgage, based on “typical” housing costs nationwide.  ...
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• Real estate roundup: New construction falls; troubled borrowers fair well with counseling; FDIC selling real estate; commercial real estate slump hits Fannie and Freddie

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 665
  The big news today in real estate is the unexpected decline in new residential construction . The Commerce Department reported that housing starts in October dropped 10.6% to a seasonally adjusted 529,000 annual rate compared with the prior month and a 30.7% drop from October 2008. Analysts attributed the drop to ...
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• Will Geithner ‘Walk the Walk?’

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 480
  Do you have any confidence that Washington even knows how to properly address our massive and growing fiscal deficit? Rahm Emanuel, Tim Geithner and others understand that from a political standpoint they need to start talking about deficit control, but will that talk lead to action? Do you think Congressional ...
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• Inside Foreclosure Litigation

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 450
  A class action filed in Minnesota federal court against U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and several servicers has been dismissed. The case alleges that the plaintiffs were denied access to the Home Affordable Modification Program . A motion for a preliminary injunction was ...
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