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  • FHA Plans to Tighten Standards — Finally!


    HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority Authority: 134
    HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan testified today before the House Committee on Financial Services to explain the new measures that will implemented in order to better promote the Federal Housing Administration’s solvency (FHA) moving forward. Earlier this year, we warned that the  FHA could be the  next taxpayer ...
    4 days ago

  • Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards: report


    The Washington Post — Authority Authority: 960
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae plans to raise minimum credit score requirements next month and limit the amount of overall debt that borrowers can carry relative to their incomes, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
    1 week ago

  • Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards: report


    The Washington Post — Authority Authority: 960
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae plans to raise minimum credit score requirements next month and limit the amount of overall debt that borrowers can carry relative to their incomes, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
    1 week ago

  • Bernanke Says Headwinds to Restrain Pace of Growth


    SDB Benchmark Real Estate — Authority Authority: 139
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said economic “headwinds” of reduced bank lending and a weak labor market will probably restrain the pace of the U.S. economic recovery, warranting continued low borrowing costs. “Significant economic challenges remain,” Bernanke said in a speech today to the ...
    2 weeks ago

  • 1 out of 4 Lenders Survey said…..


    tvanderwell on SmartHippo.com — Authority Authority: 139
    That it’s harder to get a mortgage now than what it was 3 months ago.   That’s down from 75% of the banks who were tightening requirements in July of 2008, but it’s still a pretty substantial portion. So, it’s harder to qualify for a mortgage now than it was.   What does that tell us? That if lenders ...
    3 weeks ago

  • 1 out of 4 Lenders Survey said…..


    Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real Estate — Authority Authority: 433
    That it’s harder to get a mortgage now than what it was 3 months ago.   That’s down from 75% of the banks who were tightening requirements in July of 2008, but it’s still a pretty substantial portion. So, it’s harder to qualify for a mortgage now than it was.   What does that tell us? That if lenders ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Setting Up the Next Leg Down in Housing


    Real Estate Investors Daily — Authority Authority: 128
    Loose lending standards in government-backed mortgages is setting up the next wave of defaults and sharp declines in housing prices.  Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds Beneath the hype that housing has bottomed is an ugly little scenario: lending standards are still loose and the low-down payment, high-risk loans ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Setting Up the Next Leg Down in Housing


    Real Estate Consumer News — Authority Authority: 128
    Loose lending standards in government-backed mortgages is setting up the next wave of defaults and sharp declines in housing prices. Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds Beneath the hype that housing has bottomed is an ugly little scenario: lending standards are still loose and the low-down payment, high-risk loans ...
    5 weeks ago

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