Posts Tagged ‘Government Positions’

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which regulates both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in July directed them to avoid loans that did not meet standards set in June by bank regulators. Freddie Mac chief executive Richard Syron said with credit pools drying up “there are some loans that are in difficulty. There are other loans that probably should never have been made and providing more liquidity will make that situation worse in the long term.”

It is late July as I prepare this article. So far 104 mortgage lenders have gone out of business, declared bankruptcy in hopes of starting over, or stopped subprime lending. Economics and the ripple effect tells us for every job lost we see an effect on four others. Communities feel the effects. I personally think what we are seeing, referred to as subprime, is actually a broader issue which touches prime mortgage lending and mainstream America. Some experts think otherwise, or at least that is what they tell the general public.

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