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WSJ: Treasury Considers Plan to Lower Mortage Rates to 4.5%

Calculated Risk... | Thu, 12/04/2008 - 9:30am | buying a home, Home Loans, mortgage rates |  1 comment

From the WSJ: Treasury Considers Plan to Stem Home-Prices Decline The Treasury Department is considering a plan to revitalize the U.S. housing market by reducing mortgage rates for new home loans ... The plan, which is in the development stages, would use mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Ma ... Read more

Stock Investing > Finance Professor

Structured Finance, the Rise and Fall

Mahar | Wed, 10/29/2008 - 9:45am | Home Loans, mortgage, Mortgage bundles, Wall Street |  3 comments

Bloomberg.com: "Evil Wall Street Exports Boomed With `Fools' Born to Buy Debt" "The bundling of consumer loans and home mortgages into packages of securities -- a process known as securitization -- was the biggest U.S. export business of the 21st century. More than $27 trillion ... Read more