Real Estate Archive
NY Times: FHA Headed For Same Fate As Fannie, Freddie
Let me simply state at the outset that based on current projections, absent any catastrophic home price decline, F.H.A. will not need to ask Congress and the American taxpayer for extraordinary assistance - we will ...
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NY Times: Securitization Market Completely Dependent On Govt Programs
The securitization markets are dead.
- Robert Shiller, Economist, Yale University
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Fascinating and important article on the front page of today's New York Times Business section showing that the securitization markets are completely ...
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Sac Bee: FHA Loans Soar In Sacramento Area
Source: "FHA Loans Soar In Sacramento Area", The Sacramento Bee, October 3
Does anybody doubt that the FHA and Ginnie Mae, which guarantees FHA mortgage backed securities, will need a government bailout just like Fannie and ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: The Crack Based Economy
September 29, 2009 · Category: Federal Reserve, Government, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
NOTE: Every week I write a Client Note for my clients. For a limited time, I am allowing non-clients to sign up and receive the Client Note. You can sign up at the top right ...
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Another WSJ Editorial On The FHA’s Shaky Finances
September 29, 2009 · Category: Government, Real Estate
One place to start is the Federal Housing Administration, the nation's insurer of nearly $750 billion in outstanding mortgages. The agency acknowledged this month that a new but still undisclosed HUD audit has found that ...
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WaPo: Clock Is Ticking For First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit
September 25, 2009 · Category: Politics, Real Estate
Everyone coming through the door is talking about this tax credit. They know exactly what it is and when it expires, and they're rushing.
- Brad Cohen, Mason Dixon Funding, Rockville
Front page Washington Post story today ...
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The Story of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
September 25, 2009 · Category: Macro Economics, Real Estate
The Wall Street Journal ran a fascinating front page story last Thursday on the implosion of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, the nation's 12th largest mortgage lender: "With a Quick Rise, Hard Fall, Home ...
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CA To Sell $2 Billion Worth Of Office Buildings To Raise Cash
We're looking to get these properties sold as soon as possible.
- Eric Lamoureux, CA Department of General Services Spokesmen
The state wants to sell the buildings for the cash and then lease them back from the ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: The Wisdom of George Soros
September 22, 2009 · Category: Federal Reserve, Government, Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Real Estate, Top Gun Financial Planning
NOTE: Every week I write a Client Note for my clients. For a limited time, I am allowing non-clients to sign up and receive the Client Note. You can sign up at the top right ...
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The Next Fannie Mae
The Wall Street Journal wrote an editorial on the dangerous growth at Ginnie Mae on August 11th: "The Next Fannie Mae". It makes the same points I made the other day in "Ginnie Mae Accounts for ...
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