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HARP 2.0 Refinancing Fannie Mae Loans to 125%

  • Harp 2
  • May 16, 2012
HARP 2.0 is here! The proposed changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP 2.0) are now in place and it's time to check back in to...
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Bank of America, Fannie Mae, bank fees, and stay the course

Bank of America has made one truth evident this week in lieu of recent news about dealings with Fannie Mae and New Bank Fees being considered by...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Affordable-Housing Rules Led to Mortgage Crisis

In a January 4 letter in The New York Times, I noted the role played by the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Were Into Subprime Mortgages, and Lied About It

“One of the regular claims from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac apologists . . . is that the two entities were blameless” for causing...
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Frankly Barney, You Won’t Be Missed

When I learned Cong. Barney Frank (D–Libertine) was retiring after 30 years in the House, my first thought was don’t let the door hit...
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Bailout for Underwater Mortgage Borrowers Is Illegal and Will Backfire

Economist Mark Calabria says Obama’s new $7.4 billion plan to let underwater mortgage borrowers refinance at investors’ expense is...
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Fed files suit against cash bloated banks

By York Van Nixon IIIWashington, DC -- J.P Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank are among 17 defendants named in...
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Paying Your Neighbor's Mortgage: Taxpayers Could Take Hit Under Obama Proposal

The Washington Times recently featured an editorial, “Paying Your Neighbor’s Mortgage,” about the costly new bailout advocated by...
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Federal Agencies Pushed the Risky Mortgages that Triggered the Financial Crisis

  • Edward Pinto
  • July 27, 2011
Edward Pinto, who was once an executive at Fannie Mae in the era before it went into the toilet and nearly took the financial system down with it,...
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Fannie Mae's role in financial crisis larger than previously thought, book says

In the Wall Street Journal, Peter Wallison, who prophetically warned against the risky practices of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, describes the key...
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