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Helpful Government Websites for Foreclosure Help

Team Sumberg has clients, customers, friends and in some cases family who are struggling to keep their homes.  It seems that every day we hear a new program announced by the government or a change to an existing program.  With a growing number of government websites it’s difficult to know where to go for information [...]

Adjustment to Loan Modification Goals.

FHFA Sends GSE Housing Goals to Federal Register Proposed Rule Adjusts Certain Goals for Market Conditions; Provides Credit for Loan Modifications     WASHINGTON-The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) yesterday sent a proposed rule establishing 2009 housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Federal Register for publication. Loan modifications undertaken by the [...]

HOME LOAN MODIFICATIONS INCREASING

FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC HELPING MORE HOMEOWNERS; LOAN MODIFICATIONS INCREASING Washington, DC – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac modified nearly 24,000 loans during the fourth quarter of 2008, an increase of 76 percent over the third quarter. The modifications, along with the suspension of foreclosures that began November 26, reduced the number of foreclosures [...]

Does Freddie Mac own your mortgage

If you are considering some of the Government programs available to help you avoid foreclosure, you will need to know who own’s your mortgage. Here is a link from Freddie Mac where you can find out if they do. https://ww3.freddiemac.com/corporate/ Contact Team Sumberg for Tampa Bay Real Estate. info@TeamSumberg.com

Reducing Preventable Foreclosures – MAKING HOME AFFORDABLE PROGRAM

FHFA DIRECTOR JAMES B. LOCKHART STATEMENT ON “MAKING HOME AFFORDABLE” PROGRAM “FHFA was pleased to work with the White House, the Treasury Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, other regulators, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the development of the ‘Making Home Affordable’ loan modification program that Treasury announced today. This program [...]

Foreclosure Prevention Program is Working.

    November monthly Foreclosure Prevention Report which provides comprehensive monthly data on the loss mitigation efforts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as information on delinquencies, foreclosures initiated and foreclosures completed is highlighted below. Because these programs really only began to operate late in the year, we expect to see increasingly better [...]

Mortgage rates below 5 percent fifth straight week.

Rates on 30-year mortgages set a record for a fifth straight week by dropping to below 5 percent, the lowest mark since Freddie Mac started tracking the data in 1971. Mortgage rates have been dropping since late November, when the Federal Reserve said it was going to pump money into the banking system by buying [...]

Builders Urge Congress to Focus on Housing Stimulus

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) launched an all-out effort less than 24 hours after members of the 111th Congress were sworn into office to make housing a centerpiece of the massive economic stimulus package that lawmakers are expected to complete by mid-February. Builders from across the country converged on Capitol Hill yesterday to meet [...]

Tampa Bay Real Estate Market is Poised for the Rebound!

Many of you know my data processing background and are aware that I have been closely tracking Tampa Bay market price changes since late 2005.  I’m excited to say that we have 2000 fewer homes on the market this week than we did exactly one year ago.  We are also seeing serious “pricing to sell” [...]

Freddie Mac is First to Dip Into Bailout Funds.

WASHINGTON – Nov. 17, 2008 – Freddie Mac is asking for an initial injection of $13.8 billion in government aid after posting a massive quarterly loss. The mortgage finance company is making the first request to tap the $200 billion promised by the Treasury Department to keep it and sibling company Fannie Mae afloat after [...]