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Do Secondary Mortgage Markets Help Borrowers?
October 7, 1999, revised April 2, 2003 "In a recent column you said that there was no serious downside to borrowers from having their loans sold, but you didn't point to any upside to the practice, either?Don't loan sales raise costs, ... more...

Fixing the Mortgage System So It Works For Borrowers
September 5, 2005 In some respects, the United States housing finance system is the best in the world. In other respects, it is unworthy of a banana republic. Our housing finance system has a primary market and a secondary market. The primary market is the market the borrower ... more...

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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...

Fannie Mae, FNMA
Fannie Mae (FNMA) A private and tax-paying corporation created by Congress that acts as a secondary market investor to buy and sell mortgage loans. FNMA sets many of the guidelines for conventional mortgage loans, as does FHLMC. Fannie Mae purchases and sells conventional ... more...

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NFL Players To Watch This Season
Of course quarterbacks and running backs get all the attention. They score touchdowns, they sell Chunky Soup, and they get to bang the homecoming queen. They're the ones with the big contracts and the guys who can be rewarded with either too much blame or too much credit. Then there are the dozens ... more...

How to Finance and Build Your Dream Home
If you have always dreamed of building and living in the home youve helped design, its time to seriously consider putting your dream into action. In todays mortgage market, a specially designed loan for just such a homeowner, the construction to perm loan, includes the construction loan to ... more...

Indiana Mobile Car Wash Business
Do you live in Indiana? Are you looking for a small business to run; one, which is simple and easy to operate? If so, I sincerely hope all is well, in the Great State of Indiana and I have an idea? Have you considered starting a mobile car wash business, in which you would be the sole proprietor ... more...

Personal Loans Financing No More Will the Needs have to Starve for Fulfilment
You were shocked when your application for personal loan was rejected. You had always used a particular bank for all your finance related requirements. But this time you decided to access another bank to finance the personal loan requirement and had to face the refusal.The refusal is not an issue ... more...

Ending Your Private Mortgage Insurance Early
Private mortgage insurance, or PMI, is the safety net of the lender. PMI benefits lenders because it guarantees payment on the balance of loans not covered by the sale of foreclosed properties.If a borrower makes a down payment of 20% of the cost of the home, the lender can generally trust that he ... more...

Banks and Monetary Policy: the Mechanics of Interest Rates Setting
We hear a lot about interest rates, and not only in my professional field of expertise. Interest rates are everywhere to be found in our daily lives: credit card interest, interest on deposits, car loan interest, personal loan interest, treasury bond interest. The other day I received a spam e-mail ... more...

Help- Federal Grants Are Making Me Crazy!
Chasing federal grants can make you crazy. Where do I look for us government grants and how do I get these free grants? All good questions. Without having to buy a federal grants guide, I hope to show you.This is why I have started this site. If you are here you do not have the money to hire a ... more...

What You Need To Know About Diabetes
INTRODUCTIONAccording to the World Health Organization, a few decades back diabetes was an uncommon disease, in both developed and developing countries. Today, the story is different. It is currently estimated that over 143million people worldwide are affected by the disease. This figure is ever ... more...

Repairing Your Credit
Weve all seen them. "Send me 99.95 and Ill fix your credit and you can get a one million dollar credit card tomorrow." Ok so I am being a little dramatic. This article is to give you some insight into repairing your credit. It is not meant in any way to be legal advice. We will discuss several ... more...

Asset Searching for Recovery Actions - The Decision Maker's Tool Part 2
In Part One of this article we took a look at some minimum recommendations for asset searches as a recovery medium. This discussion is based on the assumption that an asset search has already been determined to be sanctionable by, for example, a loan in default, a judgment that has been rendered, a ... more...

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