Freddie Mac News

Posted December 11th, 2009 by theStockMasters... in Housing, Mortgages & Money Hope many of you took advantage of 30 year rates at the record low of 4.71% last week , as of today its back up to 4.81% according to Feddie Mac and that's if you can qualify.A Mortgage rates are starting to slide toward 5% in a hurry and we may have seen a bottom in 30 ...

As readers here have heard regularly, it is absolutely certain that there will be another down-leg for the U.S. housing market, beginning no later than spring of next year.

If you haven't heard of the Federal Housing Administration , you probably will soon.

The pace of buyouts in delinquent loans in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities portfolios is set to boom in 2010 as new accountancy rules come into effect, changing the nature of securitization.

Home prices increased for the second straight quarter in Freddie Mac a s Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index .

Freddie Mac 's quarterly report on home prices shows they rose for the second consecutive quarter in all but two of the regions in tracks.

The prepayment rate among Fannie Mae 30-year notes slipped 6% "unexpectedly" after the government-sponsored entity suspended buyouts related to the Home Affordable Modification Program , according to monthly commentary by Barclays Capital .

Decades from now, the summer of 2008 will likely be remembered to mark the turning point where legislative blundering took an otherwise serious financial crisis and molested it into an epic financial collapse.

The U.S. government's efforts to revive the housing market have helped push mortgage rates down to record levels, making homes more affordable for buyers hunting for a good deal in a soft market.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.78 percent last week, matching the lowest level on record since Freddie Mac started keeping track in 1971.

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Freddie Mac announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes security, CUSIP number 3137EACG2, due on January 9, 2013.

After toiling to cobble together an industry solution to prevent a Lehman failure, the government, in the person of Hank Paulson, flanked by Geithner and Bernanke, determined that Lehman would file for bankruptcy.

Although demand should keep asset-backed securities spreads tight into Q110, wider spreads in mortgage-backed securities will follow the Federal Reserve 's exit of a major MBS purchase program in 2010, according to bi-monthly commentary by global asset management firm Smith Breeden Associate s. Agency MBS performed strongly in October, as the Fed ...

The Federal Housing Administration issued the FY 2009 mortgage insurance fund report earlier in November.

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The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.78 percent this week, matching the lowest level on record since Freddie Mac started keeping track in 1971.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac warned in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week it is working to avoid "significant" losses - potentially more than $1bn - related to a now-bankrupt lender/servicer. Freddie estimated its net potential exposure to loan repurchase obligations of bankrupt Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.

Freddie Mac could be exposed to more than $1 billion in potential losses from the failure of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.

Penny-stock lovers are having a big laugh at the expense of blue-chip investors.