Mortgage Loan Originations Expected To Increase
Bank of America Securities mortgage-bond strategists estimate that mortgage loan originations could double to $3.1 trillion this year.
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Bank of America Securities mortgage-bond strategists estimate that mortgage loan originations could double to $3.1 trillion this year.
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Yesterday the Obama administration launched a new website that is designed to help troubled homeowners see if they qualify for relief under the new loan modification or refinancing programs.
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James Lockhart, the Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, said that homeowners with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages where the loan is more than the house is worth will have to wait for regulation to refinance.
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Fannie Mae announced today that it will likely need between $11 and $16 billion from the Treasury Department.
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Yesterday Freddie Mac disclosed that it would need up to $35 billion in additional taxpayer dollars out of the $100 billion pledged by the government last year. This disclosure comes after theĀ original government outlays to bolster AIG, Bank of America, and Citigroup have been deemed insufficient.
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The federal regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be setting new rules early next week for the mortgage finance companies’ portfolios, which play a major roll in the nation’s housing market.
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This week the Federal Reserve purchased more Mortgage Backed Securities from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae & Ginnie Mae. This additional $19.01 billion purchased brings the total that the Federal Reserve has spent on Mortgage Backed Securities to $52.6 billion.
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The Senate approved a revised version of the 170 billion dollar economic stimulus package created by Bush and Congress a few weeks back.
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Freddie Mac announced today that it plans to sell 5 billion dollars in reference bills next week.
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Fannie Mae’s Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mud announced today that they had enough capital to weather a negative housing market through 2008.
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