Posts Tagged ‘Fannie Mae’

St Louis Mortgage Lending: Mixed Reviews On Revised Housing Plan

Sunday, April 24th, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan News: Reaction To Housing Plan By Obama Administration Mixed
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The Obama administration’s reform plan for the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has drawn some praise and some criticism from the mortgage financial market as well as some ho-hums according to the St Louis mortgage lending community.

Among the concepts:  “We are gratified to see that one of the concepts they articulate closely tracks MBA’s proposal, released 18 months ago, that visualizes a workable, commonsense (more…)

St Louis Home Loan: Fannie and Freddie Out

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan News: Fannie and Freddie Recommended To Be Phased Out
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877-334-0210 or 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia, Commercial Lending and Loan Compliance Advocate


There are new reports coming from the White House stating that the Obama administration has issued a White Paper strongly recommending the gradual elimination of government-sponsored mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac according to St Louis mortgage brokers.

It has included three different options for reducing the role the U.S. government plays in the (more…)

St Louis Refinancing Loan: Refinancing Wave Short Lived

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Home Loan News: Refinance Wave Cooling
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877-334-0210 or 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia, Commercial Lending and Loan Compliance Advocate


Mortgage refinancings through the Home Affordable Refinance Program known as HARP increased 26 percent in the third quarter of 2010.

Strategists for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors, however, say the spike is likely to be short lived and that proved to be the case according to St Louis refinancing loan experts.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan modifications through HAMP increased 16 percent in the third (more…)

St Louis Lending: Economy Hurting By Tight Credit Rules

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan Reduction News: Tightening Credit May Stall Housing In 2011
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Both mortgage professionals and leading economists are worried that the housing sector may be heading into another downdraft as mortgage lenders continue to tighten already restrictive lending standards.

Such a scenario seemed less likely earlier in 2010, when home-buyer tax credits helped (more…)

St Louis Loan Audit: Foreclosure Bans Lifted

Thursday, March 10th, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan Reduction News: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Lift Foreclosure Ban But Is It Permanent
St Louis Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction Program |
877-334-0210 or 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia, Commercial Lending and Loan Compliance Advocate


Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have lifted the ban on the sale of foreclosed homes which was frozen since the document handling fiasco that started nearly two months ago according to loan reduction experts.

Freddie Mac sent a memo to agents instructing them to “resume all normal sales activity” while Fannie Mae issued a memo telling agents to “proceed with scheduling (more…)

St Louis Home Loan: Investors Recoup Mortgage Losses

Friday, February 4th, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan Audit News: Investors Trying To Recoup Mortgage Losses
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877-334-0210 or 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia


Nearly 200 investors attended a meeting in New York on what was being called “Robosigners and Other Servicing Failures,” said David Grais, a New York securities lawyer.

He was sponsoring the conference and currently represents two Federal Home Loan Banks that have filed lawsuits over mortgage-backed securities they own according to the St Louis home loans professionals.

It’s one of several indications that (more…)

St Louis Foreclosures: Freddie Says Foreclosure Pipeline Shrinking

Sunday, January 30th, 2011


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St Louis Finance and Loan Audit News: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Are Saying Foreclosure Pipeline Slowing
St Louis Home Mortgage and Commercial Loans | Principal Reduction Program |
877-334-0210 or 314-334-0210 | Floyd Tapia, Commercial Lending and Loan Compliance Advocate


Freddie Mac, one of the two government-owned entities that finance about half of all U.S. mortgages, says that homes are taking as long as eight months to work their way through its foreclosure pipeline which is two months longer than was typical before this mortgage crisis began according to Liberty Lending Consultants, a St Louis mortgage company.

What is interesting is that the delay is the result of more borrowers staying in their homes for months after foreclosure proceedings have begun, requiring Freddie Mac to (more…)

Lending St Louis: Billions Lost By Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Thursday, January 27th, 2011


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St Louis Loan Audit News: Taxpayers Brace For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Losses
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Consumers are now worried that bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cost them about $154 billion under the most likely scenario for home prices, the mortgage giants’ regulator recently announced.

But the bill could end up much greater nearly twice the $135 billion already spent if grimmer projections prove true and the economy slides back into a double-dip (more…)

St Louis Mortgage Loan: Home Loan Probe For Poor

Saturday, January 15th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: Republicans Probe Home Loans For Poor
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Darrell Issa, who would head the lower chamber’s main investigative committee, told the Financial Times in an interview: “We should look at financial entities and either reform them or kill them.”

The conservative Republican from California, who would become chairman of the powerful House oversight and government reform committee, said hearings would focus (more…)

St Louis Commercial Loan: Government Involved In Foreclosure Mess

Thursday, January 13th, 2011


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St Louis Finance News: The Government Is Getting More Involved In This Foreclosure Fiasco
Commercial Loans | Principal Reductions | Stopping Foreclosure

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Just recently, top prosecutors in all 50 states announced a coordinated probe into improper foreclosures by the nation’s largest loan servicers, but stopped short of calling for a freeze on all foreclosures.

The group of attorneys general and bank regulators says it will work to put an immediate stop to improper mortgage foreclosure practices, and review past and present practices by loan servicers and come up with potential remedies according to St Louis commercial mortgage loan experts.

The inquiry will be led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.  “This group has the backing of (more…)