Here are a few graphs from the Freddie Mac June Investor Presentation . Click on graph for large image. The first graph shows the average LTV of the Freddie Portfolio (graph doesn't start at zero). The second graph shows the current breakdown by LTV and credit score. According to ... Rea ... Read more

| Peter Klein | So, let me get this straight. We’re in a major recession triggered by a collapse in the housing market, itself the inevitable result of government policies, led by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to get the wrong loans to the wrong people so they could buy the wrong houses. The Obama A ... Read more

From MarketWatch: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 37-year low The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage tumbled to a national average 5.17% this week, the lowest level since Freddie Mac began its weekly rate survey in 1971. ... "Interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates fell for the ... Read more

Reverse spilts are the tools of companies which cannot keep their share prices up through good management and sound operation. Most firms that resort to them want to keep their stocks above $1 to keep NYSE or Nasdaq listing or to trade above $5 to meet the investment standards of certain institution ... Read more