Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard
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Fannie Mae: No investors for 15 days
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 4:22 pm ETFannie Mae says it won't consider offers from investors to buy its foreclosed properties until they have been on the market for 15 days.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages match record low
AP via Yahoo! News - 35 minutes agoFreddie Mac reports that average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages have matched a record low of 4.78 percent this week.
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Mortgage Rates in U.S. Match Record Low Set in April (Update1)
Bloomberg - 4 minutes agoNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Rates for 30-year fixed U.S. home loans fell for a fourth straight week, matching a record low of 4.78 percent set in April. The rate dropped from 4.83 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac of McLean, Virginia, said today in a statement.
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Freddie Mac: Taylor Bean loss may be significant
USA Today - Mon Nov 23, 7:24 pm ETMortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Monday it could lose $500 million or more as a result of the bankruptcy protection filing of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage.
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Sales of new homes forecast to rise 2 percent
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 33 minutes agoSales of new homes are expected to post a modest increase in October, reinforcing data this week that showed the real estate market is regaining its footing after a dramatic collapse.
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Freddie Mac fears big hit from failed lender
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ETFreddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage finance giant, said Monday it's trying to minimize losses on more than $1 billion in assets at risk because of the summer collapse of mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker and a regional bank with which it did business.
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Fannie Mae Redemption
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 1 minutes agoFannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
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Freddie Mac says TBW losses 'could be significant'
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 5:43 pm ETMortgage finance company Freddie Mac on Monday put its initial loss estimate related to the bankruptcy of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. at $500 million, and noted the figure could be much higher.
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Mortgage Rates Fall This Week; 30-Year Matches All-Time Low
Nasdaq - 13 minutes agoMortgage rates fell this week, with the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages dropping to match an all-time low of 4.78%, according to Freddie Mac's (FRE) weekly survey of mortgage rates.
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Delinquencies Rise Further In October At Freddie Mac
Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 9:17 am ETFreddie Mac (FRE) said delinquencies in its mortgage portfolio continued to rise last month, putting further pressure on the mortgage financier.
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Sherwin Williams, La-Z-Boy and Campbell Soup Co.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 5:00 pm ETCHICAGO----Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
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Taylor, Bean & Whitaker and Colonial Bank failures could cost Freddie Mac $1B
St. Petersburg Times - Tue Nov 24, 2:00 pm ETFederally run home-loan guarantor Freddie Mac said the ripple from failures of Ocala-based Taylor, Bean Whitaker and Colonial Bank could cost it more than $1 billion to clean up.
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Mortgage-Bond Yields Tumble to Lowest in More Than Six Months
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 4:11 pm ETNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities fell to the lowest in more than six months, signaling that interest rates on new home loans will decline as the Federal Reserve continues a program in which it plans to buy $1.25 trillion of so-called agency mortgage securities.
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Weekly mortgage filings down on lower refi's: MBA
Market Watch - Wed Nov 25, 7:25 am ETApplications for mortgages to buy homes rise in the latest week, but the volume of filings to refinance existing loans drops, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s survey. Rates charged on home loans are flat to lower in the latest week.
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Fannie Mae names Jonathan Plutzik to board
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 4:30 pm ETFannie Mae said Monday that it named Jonathan Plutzik, a former Credit Suisse executive, to its board directors.
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