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• Pain in the Fannie

  
  ThinkMarkets — Authority: 526
  by Chidem Kurdas As Fannie Mae goes for its next withdrawal from the $200 billion kitty the US Treasury graciously made available to this government-created and -sustained mortgage financer, it may be useful to look beyond the current housing slump and consider what it augers for the future. Having made yet another ...
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• How Did Paul Krugman Get It So Wrong? (Nobel Laureate Missed the Fannie and Freddie Debacle)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  In July 2008 Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) "didnt do any subprime lending, because they cant: the definition of a subprime loan is precisely a loan that doesnt meet the requirement, imposed by law, that Fannie and Freddie buy only mortgages issued to borrowers who made ...
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• What if mortgage insurers fail?

  
  Mortgage Insider — Authority: 578
  I haven’t seen much written lately about the state of mortgage insurance companies, the firms that provide lenders protection against loss when borrowers put down less than 20% to buy a home. So I noted with interest a news brief on National Mortgage News that reported on Freddie Mac saying in a public filing if ...
  14 hours ago

• The Worlds Most Important Trading Desk Is Not At Goldman, But Is On The 9th Floor Of 33 Liberty Street

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Even though our good Samaritan friends at One New York Plaza may take offense to this designation, the trading desk that controls the formerly free world is not located anywhere on the premises of Goldman Sachs, but is instead situated on the 9th floor of 33 Liberty Street, also known as the home New York Fed. From a ...
  14 hours ago

• Daily Highlights: 11.10.09

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Asian stocks, currencies climb as reports show demand spurred by stimulus. China to overlook calls for stronger yuan as exports fall, researchers say. Chinas house prices rise at fastest pace in 14 months, government says. EU objects to Oracles takeover of Sun. Japans government is set to reach a decision on a ...
  16 hours ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  Oilers 5, Avalanche 3 Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmontons four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed Colorado its first home loss of the season.
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• Local Digest: Tax decision could cost Fannie Mae $5.2 billion

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  MORTGAGE FINANCING Fannie Mae might have to ask the government for more financial assistance because it cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits, the District-based mortgage financier said Monday.
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  THUNDER 102, MAGIC 74 Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Russell Westbrook added 17 points and 10 assists and Oklahoma City ran away from Orlando in the second half.
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• The financial institutions (and assets) got troubled or bankrupt inthe PAST 2 WEEKS - The Latest Casualty Count

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  Just a short list about the financial institutions (and assets) got troubled or bankrupt inthe PAST 2 WEEKS. This is not about community banks, or little companies anymore. Companies with assets > 10B are not small. Capmark($20B) CIT ($70B) U.S. Bank, NA, of Minneapolis ($19B) GMAC ($187B) United Commercial Bank ...
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• There must be a mistake, we are in recovery.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  AMBAC Earnings Release: The bond insurer reported $2.87 billion in net unrealized gains on credit derivative contracts during the latest quarter. MBIA Earnings Release: The loss was driven by an $810.2 million pretax unrealized loss on insured credit derivatives Mark To Fantasy accounting has zero standards when ...
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• Your Landlord Fannie Mae

  
  Housing Complex — Authority: 559
  Fannie Mae is now allowing former owners to rent out their own foreclosed homes. The thinking behind this, according to the Wall Street Journal , is to “forestall the rash of foreclosed houses coming on the market,” which are lessening home values and obviously selling for very low prices. The program has ...
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• Fannie Mae tax credit decision could cost $5.2 bln

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae said Monday it may have to ask the government for more financial assistance because the company cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits.
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• Fannie Studies Writing Off $5.2 Billion in Tax Credits

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, said Monday that it was reviewing whether it would have to write off $5.2 billion in low-income housing tax credits after the Treasury Department rejected its request to sell the credits to Goldman Sachs.
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• Fed Opposed by Left and Right

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  On its front page today, the Washington Times reports that expanded powers for the Federal Reserve are being opposed by “odd allies.”  The Fed’s imperial over-reach for additional regulatory powers is being opposed by Democrats and Republicans, and liberals and conservatives alike.  As well it should ...
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• Fannie Mae Lives! Kind Of

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
  ProPublica’s Paul Kiel blogs that the Treasury Dept. quietly announced Friday afternoon that it was providing another $15 billion in its bailout of now wholly government-owned mortgage financier Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae has received a total of $60 billion in taxpayer bailout money, while its sister company, Freddie ...
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• Fannie Mae to allow borrowers in foreclosure to lease back homes -- latimes.com

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  Mortgage giant Fannie Mae said Thursday that it would throw a lifeline to some people losing their homes to foreclosure by allowing them to lease those properties back for up to a year at market rental rates. The move is the latest in a series of steps by lenders trying to manage inventories of foreclosed homes on ...
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• Stuyvesant Town In Effective Default, As Loan Moved To Special Servicing; Mezz Lenders SL Green And Fortress Wiped Out

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Look for the next batch of CRE numbers to be the worst ever as Tishman and BlackRock move the loan backing Stuyvesant Town to special servicing, in essence throwing in the towel, and pushing the affordable home complex into default. According to Fitch the propertys worth has plunged from $3 to $1.8 billion. This means ...
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• The “Cute and Cuddly Grandpa from Omaha” has Fangs

  
  The Reformed Broker — Authority: 630
  I’ve read enough about and by Warren Buffett to be completely in awe of him.  he remains, as Doug Kass calls him, The Mozart of Investing , cobbling together one masterpiece after another, always ahead of the curve. That said, my eyes were opened by some of my favorite bloggers this weekend, and I will ...
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• Rather than foreclose, Fannie Mae home borrowers could become renters

  
  Home Buyers & Sellers Homeowners — Authority: 119
  Last week Fannie Mae (FM) announced a new program that will allow homeowners who hold a FM mortgage to become renters of their home . Deed for Lease will permit borrowers to transfer their ownership to FM and sign a rental agreement for one year. After that period, leasing will be on a month-to-month basis. This ...
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• Obama Administration Denies Goldman Sachs $3 Billion Tax Break

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 814
  Filed under: Economy , Taxes , Obama Administration The Treasury Department told Goldman Sachs last week that it could not use Fannie Maes tax credits to reduce its own tax liability. An official with the Obama administration explained that the proposal "would result in a loss of aggregate tax revenues that would ...
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