Right now, "there's more room for negotiation" in most housing markets because the sales pace slows in autumn, and prices have been falling, says Steve Habetz, president of ARCServ, a network of real estate attorneys.
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Continue reading >>After Fannie reported a $58.7 billion profit during the first quarter, in part from reversing certain write-downs it had taken after the bust, it launched the online 'progress report' that touts its recent achievements, including charitable giving.
Continue reading >>Everyone is digging in for a protracted battle. At one end are home builders, real-estate agents, small lenders and consumer advocates who want to preserve the largest possible federal safety net. At the other end are free-market economists who believe ho
Continue reading >>The government has plowed $188 billion into Fannie and Freddie. By the end of September, the companies will have sent $146 billion in dividends back to the Treasury with nearly two-thirds of those payments made this year. Many analysts forecast that withi
Continue reading >>The Obama administration remained conflicted over the mortgage giants. In a 2011 meeting with the president, then-White House economist Austan Goolsbee compared Fannie and Freddie with comic-book villains that had been captured and imprisoned in a cell on
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