New Housing Finance Agency Plan: Revamping the Housing Market
Many of the problems being experienced in the economy, especially the housing market, are being blamed on the poor decisions made by the Federal Home Loan Banks, also known as FHL Banks. Fourteen...
View ArticleHuge Compensation Packages for Top Executives
Treasury & FHFA Approve Huge Compensation Packages for Fannie and Freddie Top Executives A reveling report came out in mid December of 2009 listing the salary packages the top executives will...
View ArticleWanted: Home-Loan Refinancings
The top housing-finance regulator in the country is moving to revamp a federal program that allows more people to refinance their mortgages at the low rates we see today. The move has the backing of...
View ArticleAre Fannie and Freddie Emerging?
As mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac start to reimburse taxpayers, the government’s tab for bailing them out has adjusted down. As the government’s tab for bailing them out has...
View ArticleThe Fed Talks Housing
Although housing policy is generally outside the Fed’s scope, its chairman has raised concern over the beleaguered home market and has called for Congress and policy makers to approach the dilemma more...
View ArticleNews Looking Up for Loan Write-Downs
The stance taken by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has been a hard one against debt-forgiveness. The agency claims that other types of loan-modification cost mortgage giants Fannie Mac and...
View ArticleFHFA Changes Short Sale Guidelines
Homeowners that are trying to sell their homes for a lower amount than what they still owe on their mortgage may soon have an easier time doing so under new guidelines from the regulator of the...
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