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Congress holds mortgage limits at nearly $730K
October 1, 2010 - Congress has extended a policy that allows housing market expensive real estate, mortgages backed by the government to guarantee nearly $ 730,000.
The legislators of the Congress voted to maintain the maximum amount of loans guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration at its current level until the end of 2011.These limits apply expensive areas like New York and San Francisco. Absolutely, the limit would be reduced to approximately $ 625,000. The limit was $ 417,000 before 2008 and remains at that level most of the country. The measure was a temporary spending bill that the legislature has sent to Barack Obama early on Thursday.Real estate agents, mortgage bankers and builders keep lobbying for the upper limit of the high market price, as the housing market would suffer if the limits are not extended. Critics have argued that the lower limits of the housing market could help wean the state support.Maintaining the current limit will help about 60,000 borrowers in a year, said Mahesh Swaminathan, a mortgage analyst at Credit Suisse. Although relatively few borrowers will be assisted by Guy Cecala, publisher of trade publication Inside Mortgage Finance, said lawmakers are focused ... more

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