Fannie Mae&#39;s woes may cost home buyers
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US home buyers may see a slight rise in mortgage rates if housing finance company Fannie Mae, which is mired in an accounting scandal, slows purchases of bonds backed
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Homes priced out of buyers' reach and unsold inventory could derail analysts' predictions that the market is near its bottom.
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Fannie Mae  shares fell as much as 3.5 percent on Friday, bringing losses for the week to about 16 percent, as investors grew wary of potential widespread accounting problems at the No. 1 U.S. housing finance company.
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A wave of foreclosures could be prevented if the largest federal home-ownership program were open to more delinquent borrowers, according to a study being mulled by the nation's largest mortgage investor group.
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More than a million homeowners could be at risk of serious financial difficulty in an economic slowdown, City regulator warns
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Will low-income families become innocent victims of the crackdown on Fannie Mae (FNM )? After all, one of Fannie&#39;s official missions is to increase the rate of homeownership by expanding the pool of capital available for mortgage loans.
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The US housing and mortgage downturn is now so acute that a fall in home prices is likely, a key lender warns.
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The turmoil tearing through the residential mortgage market will probably harm everyday investors.
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Description: Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest source of financing for home mortgages, faces accusations of pervasive accounting problems.
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Britain&#39;s homeowners were warned by a senior member of the Bank of England&#39;s interest-rate committee yesterday to brace themselves for the &quot;significant probability&quot; that house prices will fall by up to 30%.
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Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage finance company, will probably not face major business disruptions from the $9 billion write-off that federal regulators are requiring it to take, analysts and investors said yesterday.
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The US housing downturn may damage investment funds linked to sub-prime lending, experts say.
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The American Dream of home ownership may not be quite as dreamy as it once was. Sky-high prices, risky mortgages, and job instability have made home buying a bigger investment than it used to be. For some folks, it's an investment not worth making.
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Experts have warned all year that a slowing U.S. economy and rising borrowing costs would lead to an increase in bad loans by homeowners and other borrowers.
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Wednesday&#39;s disclosure that government regulators have raised safety and soundness questions about mortgage-finance giant Fannie Mae has given new ammunition to critics of the company and its sister firm, Freddie Mac.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- After a week of auditing shocks, Fannie Mae investors face the prospect of shakeups at the mortgage giant&#39;s top levels.
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Even the rosiest forecasts for next year&#39;s real estate market caution that higher interest rates nationally could shrink the pool of potential home buyers.