Romney vs. Obama: An Overview of the Candidates Housing Views

Even while housing is repeatedly cited as a leading cause of the Great Recession and as a significant key to a full recovery the candidates for President of the United States have had little to say on the subject . While President Barack Obama has been heavily involved in housing issues for almost four years and it is fairly easy to derive and document what we can assume will be his policy over the next four years the same is obviously not true for the challenger. Mitt Romney finally released a ...

Sep 25, 2012 2:47PM
Mortgage Rates Continue Surge To Lower All-Time Lows

Mortgage rates surged lower again today , continuing an ongoing push into lower all-time lows . Although bond markets in general moved lower in rate today, the overriding factor leading mortgage rates lower is the ongoing reaction to the Fed's recently announced quantitative easing measures which specifically target the securities that underlie the mortgage market. Yesterday's rate sheets were strong enough that we noted 3.25% as the more prevalent Best-Execution rate among most lenders. Today's...

FHFA Reports Home Price Up 0.2% in July
MBS RECAP: Held Up Well Into Selling, Even Better Into Rally
S&P/Case Shiller Home Prices Rise, Feeding Optimism of a Housing Recovery
Luther Burbank-DOJ Fair Lending Settlement; Guild's Switch on FHA Streamlines; Bernanke's Baby Picture
MBS MID-DAY: Defending Weakest Levels After Opening Higher
The Day Ahead: Two Flavors Of Home Price Data, Plus Consumer Sentiment

3:08 PM:  Just When You Think They're Done, MBS Keep Surging To All Time Highs
12:36 PM: MBS Hold Ground, Fed's Plosser Cool On Inflation, But Not A QE3 Fan
11:11 AM: MBS At Lowest Levels Of The Morning As Risk Rally Continues
10:26 AM: Biggest Moves Of The Morning On Stronger Confidence Report
10:06 AM: ECON: House Prices Rise 0.2 Percent In July - FHFA
10:04 AM: ECON: Consumer Confidence Much Higher Than Expected
9:27 AM: Bond Markets Improve Overnight But Bounce Back Into Domestic Session
9:07 AM: ECON: Case-Shiller Home PricesImprove Across The Board

roup accuses BofA of bias in managing foreclosed homes
Protesters in Spain Clash With Police
CFPB: What do you think about our draft strategic plan for the next five years?
Geithner Was 'Bailouter' in Chief During Crisis: Bair
Obama Foreclosure Prevention Program 'Cheated Borrowers,' Former Bank Regulator Says
Zillow shares fall on negative research report, outlook

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Santelli's Midday Bond Report
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Rise Again
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