Fannie Mae sees sharper home-price declines, loses $2.2B

WASHINGTON — The steeper slide in home prices is accelerating the pace of foreclosures, Fannie Mae said Tuesday as it outlined plans for shoring up its finances following a $2.2 billion first quarter loss.
While the nation’s largest buyer of home loans will slice its dividend and attempt to raise $6 billion, mostly by issuing new […]

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Orlando Bankruptcy Increases

Overzealous investors trying to flip homes face financial ruin when no buyers emerge for their investment properties.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Personal bankruptcies jump 96% in Metro Orlando

Personal bankruptcy jumps 96% in Orlando The mortgage crisis is affecting borrowers at all income levels.

Nearly 7,060 debtors declared insolvency in Orlando’s federal bankruptcy court […]

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Mortgage Crisis - Explained

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Is the Mortgage Broker DOA?

Just a question but I am starting to think that the mortgage broker model may be broken. Forever. That’s a shame too because most of them are good, honest business people. The recent problems in the mortgage business are a case where a few bad apples have ruined the bunch.
Conceptually the […]

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Foreclosures VS Fraud

Interesting table below - if you remove Nevada* from the top foreclosure list and slide everyone else up a position you would have a direct correlation between the top 3 foreclosure states and the top 3 mortgage fraud states. 7 of the 10 top mortgage fraud states are on the top 10 list of […]

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