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Is Fannie Mae Killing the Golden Goose?

by Florence Foote | November 3, 2009
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One study of mortgages during the Great Depression found that almost half of urban, owner-occupied homes (on which there was a mortgage) were in default by 1934. The government’s answer was to sponsor the creation of Fannie Mae in 1938 (or as it is really called, the Federal National Mortgage Association), which was, and [...]

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Who are Investors Going to Sell Homes to Now?

by Troy Schuricht | August 1, 2008

With the new housing bill that just passed on Wednesday and goes in to effect on October 1, how are home buyers with out a down payment going to find financing to purchase your investment?  
The new bill eliminates seller-funded down payment assistant programs for FHA loans. Many investors and sellers are now faced with finding new creative [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Are Mortgage Brokers An Endangered Species?

by Rob K. Blake | July 13, 2008

By all accounts it seems the banking lobby will get everything they’ve been ask for from Congress over the past decade and in do so may legislate mortgage brokers out of existence.
A little history lesson is in order to understand all the political and media spin designed to sway their and public opinion away from [...]

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