By Dennis Norman, on February 8th, 2010
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Fannie Mae is offering 3.5 percent in closing cost assistance or an equivalaent amount in appliances for people purchasing a Fannie Mae-owned HomePath® property.
Fannie Mae is trying to entice buyers to buy one of their HomePath® homes by offering to pay up to 3.5 percent in closing cost assistance or an equal amount [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 28th, 2009
Dennis Norman
In a just a few days we will say goodbye to 2009; a year that has been brutal to the housing market. So as the new year comes in, what will 2010 hold in store for the housing market?
To answer this question I turned to the housing forecast just released by Fannie Mae to see [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 18th, 2009
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Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and CitiMortgage give borrowers a break over the holidays…
Within the past day Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have both announced that they are suspending evictions from December 19, 2009 through January 3, 2010 on foreclosed homes, two families and four families, that they hold.
CitiMortgage and CitiFinancial announced yesterday a [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 30th, 2009
Dennis Norman
Fannie Mae just announced their new “First Look” initiative which is aimed at supporting neighborhood stabilization and promoting home purchases by owner occupants by providing owner occupants an advantage in purchasing Fannie-Mae-owned foreclosed properties.
Under the First Look program only offers from owner occupants and buyers using public funds are considered during the first 15 [...]
By admin, on November 19th, 2009
New Site Aimed at Helping More Hispanics Buy Homes
FannieMae announced the company launched a Spanish version of its HomePath.com website designed to help more potential homeowners who speak Spanish purchase Fannie Mae-owned properties.
The new website in Spanish mirrors the English version of HomePath.com featuring an interactive search tool of Fannie Mae-owned properties nationwide, details [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 6th, 2009
Dennis Norman
If you are a homeowner facing losing your home in foreclosure but you do not qualify for or have not been able to sustain other loan-workout solutions, such as a modification, you may have another alternative: The Deed for Lease program announced yesterday by Fannie Mae for homeowners with loans insured by Fannie Mae.
“The [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 6th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Effective the 1st of this month The Federal Housing Finance Agency has authorized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to expand the Home Affordable Refiance Program (HARP) to homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments from the present maximum loan to value of 105% to 125%.
The program is designed to allow [...]
By Dennis Norman, on June 30th, 2009
James B. Lockhart III, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency
By: Dennis Norman
In an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box James Lockhart, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency which is the regulator of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Banks had a few good things to say about the real estate market.
When asked [...]
By Dennis Norman, on June 6th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Practically the entire real estate industry seems to be abuzz about the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) that went into effect May 1st. I first wrote about it back in early April in a post on this blog.
Since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac implemented the new rule there have been [...]
By Dennis Norman, on April 20th, 2009
After May1st Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer accept loans that do not comply with The new Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC).
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