Posts Tagged ‘Fannie Mae’
US Treasury Forcing Mortgage Principal Forgiveness
Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.
US Treasury Forcing Mortgage Principal Forgiveness
Late Friday the U.S. Treasury Department announced a major expansion of its Home Affordable Modification Program. Now taxpayers will pony up the cash, as Treasury is tripling the financial incentives to lenders and opening the program up to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investors in rental properties.
President Obama Proposes Mortgage Refinances for ‘Responsible Borrowers’
After several largely ineffective programs to help troubled borrowers and after fruitless attempts at budging the hard-line conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Obama is proposing a brand new refinance program for borrowers who are current on their mortgages, regardless of who owns their loan; the catch is that this one has to go through Congress.
Government Set to Sell Foreclosures in Bulk
The Obama Administration, in conjunction with federal regulators and led by the overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are very close to announcing a pilot program to sell government-owned foreclosures in bulk to investors as rentals, according to administration officials.
Home Buyers Could Pay for Payroll-Tax Cut
At face value, it seems like an easy, albeit creative way to pay for the extension of the payroll tax cut. Raise the fees that banks pay mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to guarantee home loans.
Lawmakers Contradict on Speeding up Foreclosures
Wednesday morning House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings issued a press release detailing a letter he sent to the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Under Inspector’s Fire
Given that the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has been wielding incredible power of late in deciding how much the two mortgage giants can and cannot charge in guarantee fees and whom they can and cannot refinance, it was particularly disturbing to learn the that same FHFA has been deemed, dare I say it, incompetent, at least in one of its oversight capacities.
Fannie Mae Bailing Out Bank of America? Not So Much
Late yesterday the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa, sent out a press release titled, "Is Fannie Mae's Purchase of Troubled B of A Portfolio a Back-Door Bailout?" The answer is: No…but let me go back a bit.
Wells Fargo Lowers Conforming Loan Limits
The deadline for ending temporarily higher loan limits at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA is October 1st, but they are effectively ended now. A Wells Fargo spokesman confirms, "August 15th was the deadline for applications and rate locks for FHA and conventional conforming loans with balances above the limits we expect will be in place after September 30th."
Lower Mortgage Limits Are a ‘Trade-Off’ Bernanke Says
Anyone worried that the expiration of higher loan limits at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA will have a negative effect on the housing market by raising the cost of home ownership, can be rest assured the chairman of the Federal Reserve is fine with it
