Aug 17th 2010 11:44AM
While the Treasury Department hosts today's conference about the future of the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, you may be wondering what is a GSE and how did we get into this mess in the first place? For more conference-related coverage from AOL Real Estate, read these columns by housing experts Alyssa Katz, Jeff... Continue Reading »
Aug 9th 2010 3:09PM
Many of us never expected Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to emerge from conservatorship, but now the death knell has sounded. By January we should know at least how the Obama administration wants to reorganize government support for the mortgage market, which will include the fate of the government-sponsored entities -- Fannie... Continue Reading »
Jul 14th 2010 9:00AM
When the International Monetary Fund warned of a potential double dip in the housing market last week, it raised the question yet again of what would constitute a double dip, and how will it affect homeowners? The IMF pointed to the fact that, while signs of recovery are stronger than expected, the backlog in foreclosures... Continue Reading »
Mar 29th 2010 2:30PM
The market value of your house is down 20 to 30 percent from its peak and could have further still to go. Jobs are scarce and the idea that home values will rise again seems remote. But this, too, shall pass (yes, your home value will eventually recover). And I can tell you exactly why -- psychology. The good news is... Continue Reading »
Mar 25th 2010 11:00AM
Not long ago I wrote a post about a National Bureau of Economic Research study that blamed the Great Recession on a bank panic rather than that usual suspect, the sub-prime mortgage crisis. There was a sub-prime crisis, sure, but it was just the catalyst for the much more damaging bank panic that followed. All this... Continue Reading »
