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Obama budget projects $943-million bailout for key housing agency
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's proposed budget projects the Federal Housing Administration will need a $943-million bailout this year to stabilize its shaky long-term finances. The agency, whose mortgage insurance business increased...
Tags: Washington, DC, Budgets and Budgeting, Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Buying foreclosures requires patience, and a little more money
It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days. Investors, both individuals and national corporations, are rushing into the market with the intent of turning foreclosed properties into cash-...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Property, Rentals, Real Estate Buyers, Economy, Business and Finance
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MECU to acquire Advance Bank in Baltimore
Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore Inc. announced Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Advance Bank, another Baltimore-based institution. A sale price hasn't been determined and will be based on which Advance assets regulators say MECU can...
Tags: Banking, Hamilton
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Fannie Mae posts record annual profit of $17.2 billion
WASHINGTON — Taxpayer-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are back in the black, but it's unlikely to keep the nation's housing finance giants from being dismantled. Boosted by the recovery in the housing market, Fannie Mae on Tuesday reported a...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Realty, Countrywide Financial Corp., Banking, Fannie Mae
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Start early on shaping next year's budget
Quick question for community association volunteers: When does budget season begin and end? If you have prepared an annual budget, perhaps while on the board or finance committee, you know that preliminary meetings usually take place in late summer or...Tags: Punishment, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Fines
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A tale of two houses
arnoldp@herald-mail.comNew homeowner Steven Mazur and his new neighbors, Jesse McAllister and fiancé Heather Kurtz, are full of hope about their lives in the housing development on Hagerstown’s western edge. So, too, presumably, was the woman who in summer 2006 bought...Tags: Career and Workplace, Real Estate Buyers, Frederick County (Virginia), Homes, Finance
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Howard County housing fair coming up April 13
The Baltimore SunIf you want to live in Howard County, one of Maryland’s fastest-growing jurisdictions, where it’s competitive — and can be pricey — to buy a home, consider attending the 7th Annual Come Home to Howard County Housing Fair. The...Tags: Property, Real Estate Buyers, Rentals, Howard County, Services and Shopping
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Woodstock Institute finds gender bias in joint home loan, refinancing approvals
Co-borrowers may want to rethink whose name goes first on a mortgage application. Early findings from a study under way at the Woodstock Institute found that in the six-county Chicago area, joint applications for home purchases and refinancings were much...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Freddie Mac, Joint Ventures, Minority Groups, Government
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to merge some functions in new company
WASHINGTON — The federal regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took the first major step toward possibly shutting down the taxpayer-rescued firms by deciding to merge some functions of the mortgage financing giants into a new company. The...Tags: Washington, DC, Freddie Mac, Economy, Business and Finance, Fannie Mae, Government
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When the government backs mortgages
How should we reform our broken housing finance system? To what extent should the federal government continue to provide guarantees for mortgage financing, such as the ones it provides for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? With Fannie and Freddie in a federal...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Financial Markets, Fannie Mae, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Freddie Mac: 30-year fixed mortgage holds steady at average 3.53%
Mortgage rates held steady this week, Freddie Mac’s survey of lenders showed, with the 30-year fixed-rate loan at an average of 3.53% for the third week in a row – a great deal for those able to take advantage. The average rate for a 15-year...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Real Estate Buyers, Financial and Business Services, Services and Shopping, Loans
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Government wins round in suit accusing Wells Fargo of FHA abuse
A government lawsuit accusing No. 1 home lender Wells Fargo & Co. of defrauding a federal mortgage-insurance program is shaping up as a knock-down battle between the San Francisco bank and the U.S. Justice Department. Wells Fargo lost a round Monday,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Manhattan (New York City), Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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