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A Call to Action - FHFA?s Strategic Plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - 1 hour ago
Posted To: Voice of HousingYesterday the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued to Congress its Strategic Plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorships. Acting Director DeMarco and FHFA staff are to be soundly commended for their work in developing and publishing the Plan. The Plan is equally thoughtful and provocative and represents an essential next step in the continuing efforts to resolve the nation’s housing crisis. For example, the Plan acknowledges the critical importance of the technical and business infrastructures currently maintained and managed by the GSEs and without which the effective function of secondary market securitizations would be impossible. Likewise, the Plan notes the critical role of both GSEs in the nation’s continuing efforts to resolve the foreclosure crisis and maintain...(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
MBS, Treasuries Extend Gains, Giving Pause to Technical Gloom - 2 hours ago
Posted To: MBS CommentaryFrom a technical standpoint, the past few sessions have been a fairly gloomy scene for MBS and Treasuries--our two representatives from those camps being Fannie 3.5 30yr Fixed MBS and good old 10yr Treasury Notes. The technical gloominess should be fairly evident in the upper sections of each chart below. In short, both MBS and 10's had moved weaker beyond the limits of long-term trend channels and were at risk of breaking beyond horizontal levels as well. For Fannie 3.5's, the first major break of a horizontal level at 103-10 was seen Friday on an intraday basis, but prices made it back by the end of the day. Yesterday's trading suggested the breakout more firmly as prices fell to the next major pivot around 103-00. It was (and still is) up to today's price action to reiterate or refute that...(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
NAR: Existing Home Sales and Inventories Improved in January - 4 hours ago
Posted To: MND NewsWireThere was more good news from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) on Wednesday as they reported that the sales of existing homes rose in January, marking three months out of the last four where sales improved. Inventories of homes for sale were also improved and NAR disputed the need for a program to rent foreclosed properties Total sales of existing homes including single family houses, condominiums, and cooperative apartments, increased 4.3 percent to an annual, seasonally adjusted rate of 4.57 million units during the month compared to a downward revised rate of 4.38 million in December and are 0.7 percent above what NAR described as a "spike" in the rate in January 2011. December 2011 sales were originally estimated at a rate of 4.61 million. The median price of all property...(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
MERS Has Second Court Win in Month - 5 hours ago
Posted To: MND NewsWireFor the second time in just under a month the Mortgage Electronic Registration System ( MERS ) has won a significant court victory. The company which serves as registration agent for major mortgage lenders is currently involved in multiple lawsuits throughout the country. It prevailed in one of these suits, a case filed the U.S. Court for the Western District of Kentucky on Tuesday when Christian County Clerk, by and through its County Clerk, Michael Kem; et al. v MERS; et al. was dismissed with prejudice. The county clerks had sued MERS and a group of MERS members under provisions of the Kentucky laws regarding the recording of deeds. The Plaintiffs asserted, on behalf of all of the state's County Clerks that MERS had violated the statutes in order to avoid recording mortgages and paying the...(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
Inspector General Looks at GSE's as Legal Costs Pass $100 Million - 5 hours ago
Posted To: MND NewsWireBoth before and after they were placed into conservatorship the two government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) spent large amounts of money to defend themselves and former senior executives in class action lawsuits and other legal matters. For example, in cases arising out of alleged accounting malpractices in the 2004 to 2006 period, Fannie Mae has advanced $99.4 million for the legal defense of three of its former senior executives. Furthermore, $37 million of those funds have been advanced since the conservatorship began and hence were taxpayer funds and Freddie Mac has paid $10.2 million in legal defense costs for former senior executives since it was placed in conservatorship. In both post-conservator instances the Federal Housing Finance Administration...(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.