All Posts Tagged With: "Freddie"
The Untold Story Behind Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
The government is out with new foreclosure prevention numbers from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the headline is that “FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC LOAN MODIFICATIONS UP BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER, MONTHLY PAYMENTS REDUCED FOR HOMEOWNERS.” We then learn that “Fannie Mae and [...]
24Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Are Low Mortgage Rates Over?
It’s been quite a week on the mortgage front. According to Freddie Mac, as of last week rates for fixed-rate, 30-year mortgages went from 4.91 percent to 5.29 percent, both with 0.7 points. That’s a big jump for a seven-day period, but let’s have some context here: Last year at this time the same loan [...]
9Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac — How Are They Really Doing?
How well are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doing? Better than most news reports might suggest. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, the chief regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, James Lockhart, testified that the two companies own or guarantee 56% of the single family mortgages in this country or $5.4 trillion. Lockhart [...]
4Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 2 comments | Continued
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