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• What Are The Subprime Mortgage Losses - Subprime Defaults May Affect 18-22% of Loans

  Published: August 6, 2007, 10:36 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Subprime Mortgage, Mortgage Video, Foreclosure Market, Subprime Bailout, Housing Market, Housing Videos, Subprime Implosion, Subprime Mortgage Industry, Todays Economy, Mortgage Delinquencies, Mortgage Defaults, Housing Market

  Mae, Foreclosure Market, Freddie Mac, housing market, Housing videos, Mortgage Defaults, Mortgage Delinquencies, mortgage news, Mortgage Video, subprime bailout, Subprime Implosion, Subprime Mortgage, Subprime Mortgage Industry, Todays Economy ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Prices Tick Up Amongst Subprime Mortgage

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• Freddie Mac Announces $1 Billion Reopening of Three-Year Reference Notes(R) Security

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:16 am

  Tags: Mortgage News, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Industry Press Release, Mortgage News, Reopening, Notes, Reference, Freddiemac, Security, Outstanding, Performed, Auctions, Fre

  instructions can be found on Freddie Mac’s Debt Securities Web page, http://www.freddiemac.com/debt/auctionrepurch/auctions.html. (more…)Freddie Mac, Mortgage Industry Press Release, mortgage news ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:MORTGAGE RATES REVERSE DOWNWARD TRENDAgencies Release Proposed Revisions to Interagency

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• 10am Call - Freddie Mac to Issue Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results on August 30, 2007

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:44 am

  Tags: Mortgage News, Freddie Mac, Mortgage News, Fre

  Web site at http://www.freddiemac.com/investors/webcasts. To listen to the call, domestic investors should call 1-800-230-1074, and international investors should call 1-612-234-9959, approximately 10 to 15 minutes before the start of the call. The conference call will also be webcast live on Freddie Mac’s Web site.

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• Ben Bernanke Is The Worst. Don't Kill The Real Estate Golden Goose

  Published: August 10, 2007, 6:56 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Video, Loss Mitigation, Federal Reserve, Housing Market, Housing Videos, Mortgage Delinquencies, Donald Trump, Mortgage Defaults, Housing Market, Housing Videos, Mortgage News, Trump, Discusses, Cnbc, Donald, 371166, 11867567

  Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, housing market, Housing videos, Loss Mitigation, Mortgage Defaults, Mortgage Delinquencies, mortgage news, Mortgage Video ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:What Are The Subprime Mortgage Losses - Subprime Defaults May Affect 18-22% of LoansDoes It Make More Sense To Walk Away From Your

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• STATEMENT OF OFHEO DIRECTOR JAMES B. LOCKHART

  Published: August 10, 2007, 6:37 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ofheo, Mortgage News

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are important players in the mortgage market as they hold or guarantee 40 percent of all mortgages in the U.S. and about two-thirds of the conventional, conforming (non-jumbo) loans.  This year their share of the mortgage market has grown rapidly.  For this reason their safety and soundness is of paramount

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• Freddie Mac Prices $1 Billion Reopening of 5.125% Three-Year Reference Notes(R) Security

  Published: August 10, 2007, 2:47 pm

  Tags: Freddie Mac, Mortgage Industry Press Release, Reference, Notes, Reopening, Freddiemac, Outstanding, Issue, Offering, Securities, Fre

  Exchange. (more…)Freddie Mac, Mortgage Industry Press Release ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Freddie Mac Announces $1 Billion Reopening of Three-Year Reference Notes(R) SecurityMORTGAGE RATES REVERSE DOWNWARD TRENDAgencies Release Proposed Revisions to Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community

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• Freddie Mac steps in to the Alt-A void

  Published: August 14, 2007, 12:26 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News Insight, Alt, Credit Crunch, Freddie Mac, Gse, Impac, Indymac

  Mac, in response to the recent credit crunch in the Alt-A mortgage market, released a statement (no link, sorry) regarding its support of Alt-A lending and its intentions to provide liquidity to that segment of the mortgage market. From the release: Freddie Mac continues to be an active force in the Alt-A market and is taking steps to

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• National City Warehouse Stops Approving Non-Agency Loans

  Published: August 21, 2007, 1:52 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News Insight, Correspondent Lending, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, National City, Warehouse Lines Of Credit

  that meet Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines - also known as agency or conforming loans. National City is simply acknowledging the increased risk of getting stuck with loans that cannot be sold to investors on the secondary market. The correspondent lenders, when forced with a buy back from National City, are usually under-capitalized

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• HOME VALUES RISE SLIGHTLY IN SECOND QUARTER

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:43 am

  Tags: Housing Market, Freddie Mac, Mortgage News, Housing Market, Mortgage News, Annualized, Cmhpi, Classic, Values, Fre, Mbs, Cmhpi

  See Declines McLean, VA Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) announced today that its Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index (CMHPI) Classic Series indicates that home values rose 0.4 percent in the second quarter 2007 on an annualized basis, down from a revised first quarter 2007 annualized rate of 2.0 percent, and the slowest quarterly growth rate in

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• Freddie Mac Prices $1 Billion Reopening of 5% Two-Year Reference Notes(R) Security

  Published: September 6, 2007, 1:42 pm

  Tags: Mortgage Industry Press Release, Freddie Mac, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Reopening, Reference, Notes, Outstanding, Issue, 694934, 3137eaat6, Security, Fre

  today’s reopening, Freddie Mac has issued $40 billion of Reference Notes securities during 2007 and has approximately $248 billion in Reference Notes and Reference Bonds(R) securities outstanding. (more…)Freddie Mac, Mortgage Industry Press Release, mortgage news ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Freddie Mac

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• Countrywide Layoffs 12,000

  Published: September 8, 2007, 1:15 am

  Tags: Financial, Business, Countrywide Firing, Countrywide Layoffs, Countrywide Financial Corp, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Administration, Freddie Mac, Home Mortgage Lender, Mortgage Production, Subprime Lending, Subprime Mortgage Lender

  housing administration, freddie mac, home mortgage lender, mortgage production, subprime lending, subprime mortgage lenderDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Bill Would Let Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Buy More Loans

  Published: September 11, 2007, 12:56 pm

  Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Schumer, Bill, Fannie, Limits, Effort, Expire, Operated, Directed

  lawmakers to let Fannie and Freddie buy more loans. Both companies have operated under limits since accounting problems have been exposed and they get back to regular financial reporting. The increases on the portfolio caps and loan limits would expire after a year. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage news ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage

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• Todays Current Mortgage Interest Rates September 11 2007

  Published: September 11, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: Today S Mortgage Interest Rates, 10 Year Treasury, Interest Rates, Prime Mortgage Market, Todays Economy, Mortgage Interest Rate Projections, Freddie Mac, Adjustable Rate Mortgage, Refinance, Purchase, Mortgage News, Mortgage Interest Rate Projections, Mortgage News

  8.25% – sources:Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve, DTN, FHLBSF Key: Rates Are Increasing Rates Are Decreasing All calculations are for illustration purposes only. ConsumerMortgageReports.com accepts no liability for lender inaccuracies and does not guarantee these exact rates or savings. ConsumerMortgageReports.com 2004-2007

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• Amendment Would Let FHA Insure $700K Loans

  Published: September 12, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Fha, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Amendment, Cardoza, Limit, Insure, Conforming, Miller, Committee, Reform

  amendment. Fannie Mae, FHA, Freddie Mac, mortgage news ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Bush Outlines Plan to Address Mortgage CrisisBill Would Let Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Buy More LoansPresident Bush Announcement To Address Housing and Financial MarketsShares of Mortgage Lenders and Financial Brokers RisingHomeBanc

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• Freddie Mac, SEC Reach Agreement to Settle Final Restatement

  Published: September 27, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Freddie Mac, Restatement, Agreement, Settlement, Settle, Final, Investigation, Freddie, Admits, Sec, Fre

  of the proposed settlement, Freddie Mac neither admits nor denies allegations of federal securities law violations. The company also agrees to a payment of $50 million. “We take these charges seriously, and that’s why the Freddie Mac of today is a very different company than the Freddie Mac of the past,” said Richard F. Syron,

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