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Fannie Mae Under the Gun
17 January 2005 The Accounting Scandal at Fannie Mae "The media has been full of stories recently about accounting scandals at Fannie Mae?Is this another Enron? What does it mean to John Q. Public?" It is an accounting scandal, and heads have rolled as a result, but it is not ... more...

Questions About Lender Rate Sheets
December 19, 2005 "What are rate sheets?" Rate sheets are tables of interest rates and points (henceforth "prices") prepared by a lender. The prices are those the lender is willing to accept at the time the sheet is distributed. "Who gets rate ... more...

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Non Conforming Loan
Non Conforming Loan A loan that does not meet the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac underwriting guidelines. This is also known as a portfolio mortgage. The loan can't be sold on the secondary market so it must keep it and service it in its own portfolio. Non-conforming loans have ... more...

Secondary Mortgage Market
Secondary Mortgage Market The place where primary mortgage lenders sell the mortgages to investors like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in order to obtain more funds for originating more new loans. Secondary mortgage market provides liquidity for the lenders. Government-sponsored ... more...

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Holiday Personal Loans When the Traveller Within You Wants to Break Free
If you are a traveller by heart then perhaps every holiday you wait for a chance to fly away somewhere around the world. The world is full of so many cultures and colours. It has trapped within its wings such an expansive variety; it has so much to offer to show that it cant be possible to know it ... more...

Unsecured Loans UK Find the Best Opportunity Without Security
Unsecured Loans are Personal Loans that provide resources (loans) to borrowers, without them having to offer their homes, property or anything as security. If you are a tenant and do not have anything to offer as collateral to a lender- Unsecured Loans are for you! These are given after a check on ... more...

How To Bankrupt Your Student Loans
Everyone knows that you cannot bankrupt student loans. Search the web with the keywords bankruptcy and student loans and you get either many listings for lending institutions trying to get you to take out another loan, or you see articles telling you that it is virtually impossible to bankrupt ... more...

What are Home Improvement Loans?
Home improvement loans are loans specifically designed by loans companies to help you fund an essential home improvement projects.Home improvement loans provided by loans companies are secured on the value of the borrower's property. The amount available to the borrower is subject to the equity in ... more...

Self Employed Loans in UK
Are you a someone who works for himself and wants to take a loan for debt consolidation, home improvements, car loan, caravan loan, house deposit, business purposes, Christmas cash, funeral, holiday, boat loan, motorbike loan, cosmetic surgery or a wedding? If the answer is yes then self employed ... more...

No Credit Check Personal Loans: When the Best Loan Can't Offset Bad Credit
If there was ever a life saving drug in the loan industry to people with bad credit it is personal loans. Bad credit usually is not very keen to part with your credit history and stays for 7-10 years depending on the severity of the credit problem. Those who have bad credit are rarely comfortable ... more...

High Risk Personal Loans Revive Frustrated Loan Hunting Attempts with High Risk Loans
Bad credit seems like an unfinished business, you cant shake it off, and you cant move on without putting it away. Unfinished business is meant to be finished. Further your bad credit history is decoded as a high risk condition. You can feel its reverberations since you are probing for high risk ... more...

Personal Loans for Unemployed: if Unemployment is a Financial Struggle
There is always a phase in everyones life called unemployment. The good news is that it is temporary. The bad news is that at times financial situation takes over and you are thinking of ways to fight it out. Fight it out? Why fight when you have personal loans for unemployed.You must have gone ... more...

Lions and Loans: Why Finance Should Always be Personal
Different types of loans are available for almost every aspect of your life: personal loans, car loans, secured and unsecured loans, home loans, homeowner loans, student loans, graduate loans and career development loans (CDL). If youve suffered from credit problems in the past and now hold ... more...

Wedding Loans: for the Day that Marks the Beginning of Your Life Together
The moment you decided to say I do, you found yourself in some alien world where terms like bridal shower, invitations, candles, flowers, music and cake start to gain more significance then you two! Yes, you two who are getting married. Welcome to the frantically crazy world of wedding planning. ... more...

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