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The FED and the Congress disagree over the best path to economic recovery

The FED and the Congress disagree over the best path to economic recovery

While the Congress and the Fed have a common goal: the economic recovery, which relies on the housing market recovery, they seem to disagree when it comes to make action, because they have different action plans achieving...

Freddie Mac announces that it extends forbearance for unemployed

Freddie Mac announces that it extends forbearance for unemployed

It came as a relief for unemployed: Freddie Mac extended forbearance for its clients without jobs, which means starting now some unemployed troubled homeowners can receive up to 1 year forbearance. The announcement came Friday, right after...

88% of first-lien mortgages are performing well, the OCC says

88% of first-lien mortgages are performing well, the OCC says

The nation’s biggest lenders’ servicing portfolio is likely to stabilize, as nearly 90% of all first lien mortgages are still current, the office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported. Both early stage and serious delinquencies remained...

November 2011 scorecard published

November 2011 scorecard published

The Treasury and the HUD recently released the latest edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard. The most recent survey featured as news the scan of the nation’s 10 largest mortgage servicers participating in the Making Home...

Long awaited batch of Dodd-Frank rules due out soon

Long awaited batch of Dodd-Frank rules due out soon

The central bank will soon issue a long-awaited package of proposed rules, implementing the Dodd-Frank Act, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Janet Yellen said. “The Federal Reserve will soon release for comment its proposed rule on enhanced...

Freddie Mac asks for another $6 billion in taxpayer aid

Freddie Mac asks for another $6 billion in taxpayer aid

Freddie Mac, the nation’s second largest mortgage company submitted its request to the Treasury for another $6 billion in capital support. The request comes after Freddie posted its quarterly results: the company recorded a net loss of...

Special Inspector General concludes 600K will be left out of HAMP if Treasury doesn’t come up with something

Special Inspector General concludes 600K will be left out of HAMP if Treasury doesn’t come up with something

The Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) concluded: federal funding mortgage relief programs are a failure, as they struggle to reach their targets, troubled homeowners. The recently released report say only 5.4% or...