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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae thrown a "LIFELINE"....Finally!

By
Services for Real Estate Pros with Taylor 1 INC

It appears our current government will take action after all!

After mulling and procrastinating for more than a year, the Administration has decided to pass a bill worth passing.

Pres. Bush ok'd a bill designed to assist more than 400,000 homeowners and correct the market plunge. The Treasury Department will be give "carte blanche" under Sec. Paulson to assist financially strapped Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (The largest holders of bad mortgages were in dire need of being rescued). Although many recommended letting the market correct itself, it appears a bipartisan effort with some give and take made this bill possible.

While only time will determine if this bill will be the measure that starts our housing crisis on a upward move, i for one salute the government for taking ACTION.

It would have been far easier for them to sit and watch. Afterall, this administration will be the one that takes the blame no matter how this turn out. And, the next administration (probably democrats) will be known as the saviors! Now those who know their politics know this is a falsehood however, it surely will be written that way.

As always I'd love to hear your opinions?

How will this bill effect the short sale market? Will real estate sales increase? will this directly effect our economy?

 

Thanks for listening A.R.!

Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Mr. Short sale (LOL, but seriously, this is a good one),

Would it be better for the lenders and borrowers to simply arrange the same thing between themselves? The lender will save 3%, and the homeowner save 1.5% to Fannie Mae.

Makes sense? Is it something that Banks can decide?

 

Jul 30, 2008 10:17 AM
Justin Ukaoma
Vizion KC - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate Investments

    I guess I some what agree that Fannie and Freddie are too big to let fail but only to a degree. Now that this has been done where will the government draw the line on bailing out private institutions? What about credit card companies? Both Visa and American Express are experiencing higher amounts of account delinquencies. Will they one day need to be bailed out by the government because they are also to big to fail?

Jul 30, 2008 10:21 AM
Jason Roebuck
Springfield, OR

Seriously, the crisis was created by law makers going to sleep while the market was allowed to run amuck in ridiculous loan products that could not and would not be viable in terms of repayment.  The fact that the administration is taking a stand or even the blame for it, and throwing the major players a bone to keep them afloat is a good thing...

Jul 30, 2008 10:25 AM
Roland Woodworth
Blue Cord Realty - Clarksville, TN
Blue Cord Realty

Either way it goes.. I will be interesting to see how this come out in the wash. Hopefully it will be a WIN-WIN for all

Jul 30, 2008 10:37 AM
Pam Pugmire
Silvercreek Realty Group - Meridian, ID
Meridian Idaho Real Estate

I think it's good they passed the bill.  Some call for the market to correct itself, but the government has already gotten involved......it was a little too late for that.

Jul 30, 2008 05:45 PM
Danny Thornton
R & D Art - Knoxville, TN
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Klarque, the only thing that I can say is that I have yet to see any effects of the "help" from this bill.

Aug 12, 2008 08:59 AM