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Loan Limits a Constant Volley

Barely a month after loan limits at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration were lowered to a maximum of $625,000, there is a move to raise them yet again. The Senate passed an amendment a few weeks … Continue reading

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Loan Limits a Constant Volley

Barely a month after loan limits at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration were lowered to a maximum of $625,000, there is a move to raise them yet again. The Senate passed an amendment a few weeks … Continue reading

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Record Low Mortgage Rates Don’t Matter

Mortgage rates hit yet another record low this week, 4.09 percent on the 30-year fixed, according to Freddie Mac. This will only fuel President Obama’s recent proposal to refinance more Americans into these lower market rates. Government-run Freddie Mac seems … Continue reading

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Record Low Mortgage Rates Don’t Matter

Mortgage rates hit yet another record low this week, 4.09 percent on the 30-year fixed, according to Freddie Mac. This will only fuel President Obama’s recent proposal to refinance more Americans into these lower market rates. Government-run Freddie Mac seems … Continue reading

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‘Friction’ in Obama’s Refi Proposal

The response to President Obama’s recent proposal to refinance more borrowers into lower interest rate mortgages was at best underwhelming and at worst scathing. The plan would expand the government’s so-far disappointing, Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), which helps current … Continue reading

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Mortgage Reform: Let the Games Begin

As expected, the fight over the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now heating up on Capitol Hill. Later today House Republicans are expected to introduce a bill from GOP Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling that would wind down … Continue reading

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