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Lifestyle is keeping budget goal out of reach
Dear Liz: My husband and I are recovering from a job loss four years ago. We used up all our savings and home equity. My husband is now employed, but we are struggling to keep ahead even with a salary of about $100,000. I was a stay-at-home mom for the...Tags: Personal Finance, Interior Policy, Fannie Mae, Finance, Federal Housing Administration
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate falls from 3.57% to 3.54%
Mortgage rates dropped slightly during the first half of this week in reaction to news of slower growth in the economy, with lenders offering the 30-year fixed-rate loan at an average 3.54%, down from 3.57% a week ago, according to Freddie Mac’s...
Tags: Consumers, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Bankrate Incorporated
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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: Companies and Corporations, Earnings Forecasts, Services and Shopping, Finance, Fannie Mae
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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: Financial Markets, Fannie Mae, Services and Shopping, Finance, Federal Housing Administration
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates ease, with 30-year fixed at 3.51%
Mortgage rates eased a bit early this week, Freddie Mac said, with 30-year fixed loans available for solid borrowers at an average 3.51%, down from 3.56% last week. The 15-year fixed loan edged down from an average 2.77% to 2.76%. Borrowers would have...
Tags: Finance, Consumer Confidence, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance
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Rescued Fannie Mae posts record profit as housing market rebounds
WASHINGTON -- Bailed-out Fannie Mae on Tuesday reported a record $17.2 billion profit for 2012, driven by the housing-market recovery and a big settlement with Bank of America related to soured mortgages during the subprime boom. The housing finance...
Tags: Banking, Bank of America Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp., Finance, Fannie Mae
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Freddie Mac: 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 3.57%, up slightly
Borrowers with solid credit were being offered 30-year fixed home loans at an average 3.57% this week, up from 3.54% a week ago, according to Freddie Mac's latest survey. The average offering rate for a 15-year mortgage -- a popular option for those...
Tags: Finance, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to offer streamlined loan modifications
In a push to simplify loan modifications, many borrowers who become 90 days or more past due on mortgages backed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will be offered lowered payments without having to prove hardship, the federal regulator of the home-finance...
Tags: Education, Fannie Mae, Finance, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate backs off to average 3.54%
Fixed mortgage rates reversed course this week and headed back down, according to Freddie Mac’s latest survey, with the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate loan dropping to 3.54% from 3.63% last week. The 15-year fixed home loan averaged 2.72%,...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Prices, Consumer Confidence, Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve
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9 state attorneys general want housing official DeMarco replaced
WASHINGTON -- Attorneys general from California and eight other states on Monday publicly urged President Obama to replace Edward J. DeMarco, the controversial acting regulator for housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The state officials...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Justice System, Fannie Mae, Barack Obama
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates jump; 30-year fixed averages 3.63%
Mortgage rates moved sharply higher this week, with Freddie Mac pegging the typical rate on a 30-year fixed loan at 3.63%, up from 3.52% last week and 3.31% last fall when it set an all-time record low. Freddie Mac's weekly survey of what lenders are...
Tags: Bonds, Economic Indicator, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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Mortgage rates steady, Freddie Mac says; 30-year at 3.52% this week
Unlike the rampaging stock market, mortgage rates are in a holding pattern, with lenders offering the 30-year fixed loan this week at an average 3.52%, up from 3.51% last week, Freddie Mac said in its weekly survey. The interest rate on a 15-year...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Finance, Financial and Business Services, Money and Monetary Policy, Mortgages
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