Federal Housing Authority

Two Sets of Ideas From the White House

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Refinancing Mortgages, Mortgages, Hamp, Housing Bust, Housing Market, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Housing Authority, Refinance, Housing Markets, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

The White House has a good set of ideas out this AM to a) help the housing market and b) help small businesses and start ups. The former sounds good to me; the latter, less so.

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Arithmetic and the Fannie/Freddie Fix

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Housing, Economy, Table, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Housing Authority, Housing Crisis, Moody's, Business News
Dean Baker

Is it important to set up a whole new system of finance, with all the regulatory problems with which we are now quite familiar, in order to save homebuyers $8 a month on their mortgage?

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Ginnie Mae Using Taxpayer Funds To Fuel Risky Lending

washingtonpost.com | Brian Grow and Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Lend America, Freddie Mac, Hud, Subprime Lending, Ginnie Mae, Risky Lending, Fannie Mae, Center for Public Integrity, Federal Housing Authority, Government National Mortgage Association, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Lend America is hardly the only lender with a troubled record that Ginnie Mae has endorsed. The agency has provided taxpayer backing to at least 36 ot...

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FHA: Federal Housing Authority Low On Cash, High On Leverage

wsj.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, Treasury Department, Fha, Fannie Mae, Economy, Federal Housing Authority, Real Estate, Leverage, Capital Cushions, Uncle Sam, Subrpime, Business News

The Treasury has announced new "capital cushion" requirements for financial institutions to reduce excessive risk and prevent taxpayer bailouts. Seems...

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Government Faces Tough Decisions About Hot To Stabilize Mortgage Market

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb and Dina ElBoghdady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finance, Fha, Freddie Mac, Banks, Mortgages, The Fed, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Authority, Lending, Housing Crisis, Economy, Refinancing, Business News

Only one lender of consequence remains: the federal government, which undertook one of its earliest and most dramatic rescues of the financial crisis ...

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