But, stricter FHA oversight would have reduced the claims to probably 10-30% of what they have been, and would have made a huge dent in the foreclosures . To participate, but, the borrower must provide proof of ability to pay, …
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In its July 21 Quarterly Report to Congress, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) tabulates the government's bailouts, stimulus programs, and money printing escapades since the debt crisis struck in ... SIGTARP has it at $3.7 trillion, excluding the stimulus but including a myriad other rescue programs ? by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Government National Mortgage ...
?If it were possible to inject a significant amount of stimulus into the US household sector, and this stimulus had zero impact on the budget deficit, did not require an exit strategy, did not distort the markets, and took effect almost immediately, wouldn't it seem like a slam dunk? ..... The governor of West Virginia announced an unparalleled housing strategy, and is now offering the best mortgage rates the state has ever seen ? a 30-year fixed-rate of only 3.5%. ...
It also provided loan guarantees through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and its own cheap mortgages both through the Federal Home Loan Banks and the private/public entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ..... This is clearly not like finance or drugs, two of the cash cows of American politics. Why then did the bailouts take place? First, because the employees of these two companies largely live in six Midwestern presidential ?swing? states. ...