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Mortgage loan applications & rates increase

by Jay HammondApril 9, 2009 Consumer Mortgage Tips

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The volume of mortgage loan applications filed during the week ending April 3, 2009, increased by more than 4 percent last week, according to the Weekly Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).  In addition, the proportion of [...]

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Push-Pull at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

by phillenbrandApril 2, 2009 FHA

Ever since Fannie and Freddie were taken over by Uncle Sam, both consumers and politicians alike have been wondering what exactly the future holds for the two firms. Certainly from a pragmatic perspective they’ll be eventually released back into the wild once they’re “stable” enough for the task, but what will their functionality be? Will [...]

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Afternoon Quickie 03/25/2009

by phillenbrandMarch 25, 2009 We're Reading

Infectious Greed - Your Moment of Obama/AIG Zen
WSJ Developments - Mortgage Bankers Association Feels the Pain
Huffington Post - On the Wrong Side of AIG, in Handcuffs
Calculated Risk - New Home Sales: Is this the bottom?
The Truth About Mortgage - Hope for Homeowners Program Has Helped Just One Borrower

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Morning Quickie 03/04/2009

by phillenbrandMarch 4, 2009 We're Reading

The Big Picture - Solvent Insurer / Insolvent Insurer
WowOWow - The MBAs of the Meltdown – Where Did Those Bankers Go to Business School?
WSJ Developments - More Americans Drowning in Mortgage Debt
Dr. Housing Bubble - Banks save while U.S. Consumers are Expected to Spend: The Convoluted Problem of Creating a Debt based Consumption System.
Naked Capitalism - Former Countrywide Officers [...]

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