MBIA Hid Potential Losses From New York Insurance Regulator

• MBIA Hid Potential Losses From New York Insurance Regulator, Banks Allege - [2011-06-17] - "New York insurance regulators were given an internal presentation that included "manual overrides" of loan data that dropped po...
• David Brooks Discovers That It Was All Fannie Mae's Fault - [2011-06-17] - "Night is day," "slavery is freedom," okay David Brooks edited those lines out of his column on Fannie Mae today, but this is p...
• Hedge Fund Legend Explains How To Fix The Foreclosure Crisis - [2011-06-17] - ``Hedge fund legend Don Brownstein made millions by correctly betting on the crash of the sub-prime mortgage market, and now he'...
• U.S. Housing Starts Rose More Than Forecast in May, Led by Western States - [2011-06-17] - "Housing starts in the U.S. increased more than forecast in May, led by a jump in the West as other parts of the country languis...
• Hawaii housing market feels the pinch of bank-owned sales - [2011-06-17] - "Hawaii's foreclosure rate may have fallen in May, but the effects of bank-owned sales in the market are still being felt, espec...

• Rating agencies may face SEC civil fraud charges - [2011-06-17]
• Wells Fargo Exits Reverse-Mortgages on Unpredictable Market - [2011-06-17]
• U.S. Economic Confidence Plunges in Early June - [2011-06-17]
• Irish Finance Minister Flip-Flop: Yesterday Noonan Vowed to Screw Irish Taxpayers; Today Seeks Haircuts on Senior Irish Bonds; Lessons From Iceland - [2011-06-16]
• Housing Market Tanks Again, Say Builders - [2011-06-16]
• Wells Fargo to cease originating reverse mortgages - [2011-06-16]
• Regulators Could Be Ready for a 'Redo' on Risk Retention - [2011-06-16]
• Thirty-Year Mortgages = Mortgage Rape? - [2011-06-16]
• Merrill Lynch Investigated for CDO Deal Involving Magnetar - [2011-06-16]
• KB Home to Pay Lenders Up to $225 Million to Settle South Edge Claims - [2011-06-16]

Housing Crisis News

Housing Crisis News

• Welcome to Café Orlans, Our Specials Are Perjury and Conspiracy Prepared By Our Master Chef Marshall Isaacs - [2011-03-10] - ``After an initial review of the file, MFI-Miami was able to decipher BAC’s fuzzy math. What BAC had done was increase the bala...
• Morgan Stanley to cut 200-300 brokers and trainees - [2011-03-10] - "The company's Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unit would remain the biggest brokerage force in the U.S. after the cuts, with about ...
• Administration accused of bypassing Congress in negotiating deal with banks - [2011-03-10] - "Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of trying to make an end run around Congress as it negotiate...
• Banks balk at draft - [2011-03-10] - "The deal proposed by federal regulators and state attorneys general in a 27-page draft settlement distributed to the nation's f...
• ING Said to Talk With Citigroup, CIT, Chrysler Financial on U.S. Bank Deal - [2011-03-10] - "ING Groep NV (INGA), preparing for a sale of its U.S. online bank, is looking to merge the unit with a lending operation and ha...

• No Getting Away From It, Swiss Francs and Gold Are Still the Surest Havens - [2011-03-10]
• Republicans Leap to the Aid of Banker-Servicers Over AG Settlement Proposal - [2011-03-10]
• EU paralysis drives fresh bond rout - [2011-03-10]
• Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages - [2011-03-10]
• Number Of Underwater Mortgages Rises As More Homeowners Fall Behind - [2011-03-10]
• Warning Of 'Food Price Riots In The UK' - [2011-03-10]
• Newly Obtained Homeland Security Documents Reveal Radical Shift In Internet Policy - [2011-03-10]
• China’s Home Prices to Fall After Sales Decline, Central Bank Adviser Says - [2011-03-10]
• Foreclosure activity declines as lenders review legal procedures - [2011-03-10]
• how to pay off the mortgage early - [2011-03-10]

U.K. First-Time Homebuyers Return

Housing Crisis News

• U.K. First-Time Homebuyers Return to Market on Price Drop, Rightmove Says - [2010-11-08] - "The number of Britons planning to buy a home for the first time has increased as the prospect of falling prices bolsters demand...
• Open Bank of America’s Books And Set the Record Straight - [2010-11-08] - ``Bank of America admits to a 14 percent delinquency rate on its mortgages. That percentage is roughly seven times greater than ...
• Default Swaps Tumbling as Subbarao Tackles Housing Bubble: India Credit - [2010-11-08] - "India’s decision to tighten limits on home loans is boosting confidence that regulators are addressing asset bubbles, cutting t...
• Dubai Third-Quarter House Prices Fall 6% on Reduced Lending, Colliers Says - [2010-11-08] - "The deepest global financial crisis since the 1930s led Dubai property prices to drop by more than 50 percent from the 2008 pea...
• Raising The Conforming Limit Would Be Risky For Taxpayers - [2010-11-08] - "The housing market is currently stuck in a morass, and there are few signs that the situation will improve in the near term. T...

• Ohio GMAC Foreclosure Case May Set Anti-Wall Street Precedent - [2010-11-08]
• First the Bomb Blast, Then The Fallout - [2010-11-08]
• KABOOOOOOOOM – FULL VIDEO DEPOSITION OF CRYSTAL MOORE OF NATIONWIDE TITLE CLEARING - [2010-11-08]
• Rickards: The Fed In A Catch-22; QE Cannot Work - [2010-11-07]
• "ForeclosureGate" Could Force Bank Nationalization - [2010-11-07]
• Teaser loans: banks need to bite bullet - [2010-11-07]
• Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Fell 1.8% in September - [2010-11-06]
• mortgage lending volume by state - [2010-11-06]
• Food Stamp Usage Up 59% Since Recession Began - [2010-11-06]
• Homeownership declines in state, county - [2010-11-06]

Housing Crisis News

Housing Crisis News

• AFL-CIO Guy Blasts Treasury On Foreclosuregate; Bank Valuations, TARP, Systemic Risk - [2010-10-28] - "I'm concerned about Treasury making representations categorically that you don't see a systemic risk," Silvers told Treasury’s...
• Triple Down: Fannie, Freddie, and the Triumph of the Corporate State - [2010-10-28] - ``Despite examples of the success of restructuring with F and even General Motors, the invidious cowards who inhabit Washington ...
• Gonzalo Lira: Signs Hyperinflation Is Arriving - [2010-10-28] - Last Summer, I predicted that a panic in Treasuries and a rise in commodities would lead to inflation, which would spiral out of...
• NAMB CEO Departing, Will Remain as Lobbyist - [2010-10-28] - "Roy DeLoach is packing it in as CEO of the struggling National Association of Mortgage Brokers, but will serve as the trade gro...
• Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Demand Recourse - [2010-10-28] - "As lenders have reviewed tens of thousands of mortgages for errors in recent weeks, more and more homeowners are stepping forwa...

• Mortgage battle gains steam as investors recruited - [2010-10-28]
• cash out refinance share hits new low - [2010-10-28]
• Obama No Longer Bothering to Lie Credibly: Claims Financial Crisis Cost Less Than S&L Crisis - [2010-10-28]
• mortgage lending volume expected to fall below $1 trillion in 2011 - [2010-10-28]
• Defaults Still a Long Way from Peaking - [2010-10-28]
• Ohio Borrowers Targeted In Web Scams - [2010-10-28]
• Ginnie Mae Raises Net Worth Requirement From $1 Million to $2.5 Million - [2010-10-28]
• Wells Fargo Finds Foreclosure Lapses, Will File More Affidavits - [2010-10-28]
• Home Lenders May Meet States Over Foreclosures Soon - [2010-10-28]
• fha loan limits get more flexible - [2010-10-28]

News Archive

Lender Implode News

Housing Crisis News

• Illinois AG Madigan Demands Meeting With GMAC Over Robo-Signing Issues - [2010-09-27] - "Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has issued a letter (see below) to the mortgage lender Ally Financial Inc. (formerly GMA...
• Connecticut's Blumenthal seeks foreclosure info from Ally/GMAC - [2010-09-27] - "Blumenthal is demanding that GMAC/Ally Finance, Inc., which allegedly filed these defective foreclosure documents in Connecticu...
• Current Mortgage Rates 9-27: 30-Yr Fixed Mortgage Rates Today Close in on 3.875% - [2010-09-27] - "Current 30-year fixed mortgage rates, at 4% today for well-qualified borrowers who pay a standard origination fee of .07 to 1 p...
• Great Oak Lending ready to hire up to 30 in Maryland - [2010-09-27] - "The merger of two Maryland mortgage companies is sparking a hiring spree that could result in as many as 30 new jobs."
• Low FICOs Bar One-Third of Prospective Borrowers - [2010-09-27] - "Approximately one-third of Americans are unlikely to qualify for a mortgage because their credit scores are too low, an analysi...

• Citi sued by Norwegian central bank - [2010-09-27]
• Why QE2 + QE Lite Mean The Fed Will Purchase Almost $3 Trillion In Treasurys And Set The Stage For The Monetary Endgame - [2010-09-27]
• fannie mae to provide mortgage payment forbearance for certain military homeowners - [2010-09-27]
• JPMorgan Based Foreclosures on Faulty Documents, Lawyers Claim - [2010-09-27]
• Insider Selling To Buying Surpasses 1,400-to-1 - [2010-09-27]
• On the Secret Committee to Save the Euro, a Dangerous Divide - [2010-09-27]
• What Happened To Oliver Stone? Why Is “Money Never Sleeps” Asleep? - [2010-09-27]
• Why Do YOU Obey The Law? - [2010-09-27]
• Which CDOs and Banks Had Deals With the Most Cross-ownership? - [2010-09-27]
• Huge Gap in Mortgage Availability: 1/3 of Americans Highly Unlikely to Qualify for a Mortgage Today, While Less Than Half Qualify for the Best Rates - [2010-09-27]

Housing Crisis News

Housing Crisis News

• 10 bailed-out banks spent $16.3M lobbying in 1H - [2010-09-01] - "The 10 banks that received the most bailout aid during the financial crisis spent over $16 million on lobbying efforts in the f...
• Foreclosures Pose Potential Trouble on Election Day - [2010-09-01] - "By law, voters must register in the county in which they reside, meaning eligibility is tied to home address. Foreclosure proce...
• A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds - [2010-09-01] - Right now, we are at a stage where Treasury bonds are as weakened as a termite-riddled house. They look fine: Nice glossy coat ...
• How the Fate of PACE Could Influence the Clean Energy Economy - [2010-09-01] - "The political battle over the fate of PACE will play out in the coming weeks and months. Regardless of the outcome, there will ...
• tiger woods takes out $54.5 million mortgage - [2010-09-01] - At least someone can qualify for a mortgage out there…and a jumbo no less! Famed (and shamed) professional golfer Tiger Woods ...

• Credit yields in Europe tighten as domestic MBS spreads expected to widen - [2010-09-01]
• refinance volume hits 15-month high - [2010-09-01]
• Fannie Mae gets tougher on mortgage servicers - [2010-09-01]
• FOMC Minutes Show Fed Willing To Provide Additional Stimulu - [2010-09-01]
• NAR Spin is Counter-Productive! - [2010-09-01]
• Bubble case-studies: Ireland and Canada - [2010-09-01]
• Banks Kick Consumer’s Butts Once Again – SB 1275 Dies in the California Assembly - [2010-09-01]
• 4BI9 House vacated after foreclosure - [2010-09-01]
• Tax Credit Uncertainty Not Benefiting Housing Market - [2010-09-01]
• Assembly rejects foreclosure/modification bill - [2010-09-01]

The Story of the AIG Bailout.. It Ain't Pretty

• Elizabeth Warren Uncovered What the Govt. Did to 'Rescue' AIG, and It Ain't Pretty - [2010-08-10] - ``The report concludes that the Federal Reserve Board’s intimate relations with the leading powers of Wall Street—the same banks...
• Florida Attorney General Launches Investigation into Foreclosure Mills Fraud - [2010-08-10] - "It is alleged that the firms, which were hired by loan servicers to begin foreclosure proceedings when homeowners were behind o...
• Amherst: 'Relatively Few' Loans Will Qualify for FHA Short Refi Program - [2010-08-10] - "The amount of mortgage loans eligible for the new Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Short Refinance program will be "relati...
• Fannie, Freddie, FHA REO Inventory Increases 13% in Q2 from Q1 2010 - [2010-08-10] - ``The combined REO (Real Estate Owned) inventory for Fannie, Freddie and the FHA increased by 13% in Q2 2010 from Q1 2010. The R...
• Qualifying for a Jumbo Mortgage in the Post Boom Era - [2010-08-10] - ``Jumbo loans are not commodities. Today, most jumbo loans come from the big banks that are keeping loans on their books instead...

• Republican Seeks Hearing on Fannie Mae Whistleblower - [2010-08-10]
• Majority of mortgages now adjustable-rate - [2010-08-10]
• Fed Decision: Quantitative Easing Continues; Bond Proceeds to be Reinvested - [2010-08-10]
• FHA Insured Mortgages, a Disaster in the Making? - [2010-08-10]
• $1,000 Down Payment, Courtesy of the U.S. Government - [2010-08-10]
• Home Prices Nationwide Increase 1.1%: IAS360 - [2010-08-10]
• Merrill’s Downfall Provides a Disclosure Lesson - [2010-08-10]
• Fannie-Freddie Bailout: $148B and Counting - [2010-08-10]
• Short Sales Cost Lenders $310m More Than Necessary, CoreLogic Study Finds - [2010-08-10]
• Report: Fewer `underwater' on South Florida homes - [2010-08-10]

7 Year Fannie Mae Lock Out for Strategic Defaulters

Housing Crisis News

• Some HOAs sue or foreclose to collect dues - [2010-07-11] - "Georgia is one of about 30 states where HOAs are empowered to take such drastic action. Though solid data on the trend is not a...
• Well, Would You Look At That… Homeowners Scared the Heck Out of Fannie Mae - [2010-07-11] - "They call it their “Seven-Year Lockout Policy for Strategic Defaulters,” and if you haven’t realized it already… look what’s be...
• The Financial Con Of The Decade Explained So Simply Even A Congressman Will Get It - [2010-07-11] - " In essence, these private banks and corporations now own the revenue stream of the Federal government and its taxpayers. Neat ...
• Global Housing Bubble - Based on Ratio of Price to Rent, Which Countries are the Bubbliest? - [2010-07-10] - "In what should be no surprise, the Economist rates Australia #1, followed by Hong Kong, Spain, Sweden, France, and Great Britai...
• Is The Fed Funding The Treasury Through The Banks? - [2010-07-10] - ``What we see is that Bernanke has indeed stopped those programs for all intents and purposes. The net printing shown above has ...

• Computerized stock trading leaves investors vulnerable - [2010-07-10]
• CALIFORNIA BANKRUPTCY COURT HOLDS THAT MERS CANNOT TRANSFER NOTE FOR WANT OF OWNERSHIP - [2010-07-10]
• BofA Bolsters Compliance After $10.7 Billion Error - [2010-07-10]
• Mortgage Investors Turn to State Courts for Relief - [2010-07-10]
• Banks Still Stand in the Way of Full Recovery - [2010-07-10]
• UK Roundup: Average Salaries Drop; IMF Downgrades Forecast; Pension Plans Forced to Address Liabilities; Home Prices Drop - [2010-07-10]
• I’m Interrupting this Meltdown for a Brief Commercial Message - [2010-07-10]
• Appraisers lose out in Wells Fargo lawsuit - Valuation Review - [2010-07-09]
• Feds Put Kibosh On Solar Financing Program - [2010-07-09]
• Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie - [2010-07-09]

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