Sep 6 2008
Fannie Mae Mortgage Portfolio: $64.5 Billion in Alt-A or Sub-prime Loans. Why This is not a Conservative Bailout.
As we inch closer and closer to a full fledged bailout of the two giant government sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac it would be useful to dig into their financial statement to see how one of their portfolios’ is structured. Unfortunately the general public is under the impression that Fannie Mae somehow operated [...]
Jul 26 2008
Nearly 1.5 Million Foreclosure Filings in 2008. California Represents 110,000 of Those Foreclosures.
Everyone by now realizes that not all states are facing the same problems with the current housing market. Foreclosures are now accelerating in states that had the highest appreciation in prices and consequently, are causing the most financial damage that is rippling throughout the economy. Foreclosures are the worst sign in any housing [...]
