Fannie and Freddie Shares Plunge
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- MortgageLoan.com | July 08, 2008
Shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac experienced their sharpest drop in 16 years on Monday amid fears the government backed enterprises may be forced to raise as much as $75 billion in additional capital.
Despite Fannie Mae falling 20 percent and Freddie Mac plunging 26 percent, the fall has been attributed largely to an analyst with Lehman Brothers wrote in a report that he believed the two companies may be forced to raise substantial capital if accounting rules were changed.
Bruce Harting, the Lehman Brothers analyst said, "It's in no one's interest for the GSEs to be saddled with overwhelming capital requirements at a time when the market needs them to buy mortgages."
Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help mortgage market function by buying pools of loans and packaging them into securities, but mortgage market deterioration continues to hit their portfolios.
The decline in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comes at a delicate time for the financial markets, with both Citigroup and Merrill Lynch threatening to report disappointing results. Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have so far declined to comment on their stocks' performance.
Government Take Over of Fannie, Freddie Imminent
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 06, 2008
Fannie, Freddie expected to be taken over by the government as early as this weekend to prevent pending failure of the two huge mortgage institutions.
Mortgage Application Woes, What to Do When Your Lender Says No
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 05, 2008
The mortgage market is in a monumental shakeup and that is leaving many borrowers with rejected stamped on their mortgage application. However, there are lots of options to improve your chances of getting approved from credit repair to government mortgage assistance programs. Learn a few simple techniques to get your next mortgage application approved.
GMAC Lays off 5000, Shutters 200 Retail Branches
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 04, 2008
GMAC became the latest in a long line of mortgage business downsizing and closings. GMAC announced on Wednesday that it will be laying off 5000 employees and closing over 200 of its retail mortgage branches throughout the US.
Fannie, Freddie May Dodge Bailout
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 03, 2008
On the heels of a reasonably priced Freddie Mac auction of $1 billion in 5-year notes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's stock continues to climb out. This re-issuance priced at a spread of 95.6 basis points more than the 5-year US Treasury notes--signaling a reasonable risk premium and capability to continue issuing debt.
Fed Hawks Softening Inflationary Rhetoric
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 02, 2008
As the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) quickly approaches the anti-inflationary hawks are softening their rhetoric for a rate hike. Increasingly the call on September 16 looks to be one of staying the course as economic indicators continue to report in confusingly balanced, good and bad way. This certainly makes a case for the Fed to take their hands off the economic wheel again and let markets do as they may--to determine reality from hype.
Mortgage Market Giving Economists Fits, Should Mortgage Borrowers Care?
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- Bill Rice - MortgageLoan.com | September 01, 2008
It seems we are in the perfect economic storm for mortgages. Many homeowners and potential home buyers are stuck in a confusing mix of market signals. A blend of good and bad that leave us with a balanced scorecard. This is leaving most experts offering little practical advise and instead focusing on predicting the bottom. Since, there is little market news on this Labor Day lets take the down time to step back and see what all these current mortgage trends might mean to you.
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