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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2100529/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2100529/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 6.86%, its highest level since mid-February <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreddieMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieMac</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MortgageRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MortgageRates</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bill Pulte, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s dir of the Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> Agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a> since Mar 14, 2025, issued a stmnt saying &gt;100 employees of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FannieMae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FannieMae</span></a>, a govt-controlled firm that underpins much of the country’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a> industry, have been fired for “unethical conduct, including facilitating *fraud*.”</p><p>The stmnt offered no info about the conduct he claimed the fired employees engaged in. Pulte said he intends to make Fannie Mae &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreddieMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieMac</span></a> *better* businesses.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.fhfa.gov/news/news-release/fannie-mae-fires-over-100-employees-for-unethical-conduct-including-the-facilitation-of-fraud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhfa.gov/news/news-release/fan</span><span class="invisible">nie-mae-fires-over-100-employees-for-unethical-conduct-including-the-facilitation-of-fraud</span></a></p>
JB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@iuculano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iuculano</span></a></span> What’s likely to happen to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> under <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> could make 2008 look like a warm up. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fanniemae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanniemae</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/freddiemac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freddiemac</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2024/08/does-project-2025-chart-a-path-to-another-2008-mortgage-meltdown-brad-german.html?outputType=amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cleveland.com/opinion/2024/08/</span><span class="invisible">does-project-2025-chart-a-path-to-another-2008-mortgage-meltdown-brad-german.html?outputType=amp</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a>, 3:28pm ET</p><p>Proposed deregulation of home loan market that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>→widely expected to pursue could have massive consequences for new homebuyers — particularly those w/low incomes, reported <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> on Monday</p><p>Specifically, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is likely to try to privatize <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FannieMae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FannieMae</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreddieMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieMac</span></a>, the mortgage-backing giants that the federal government took a stake in following the 2008 financial crisis. He attempted to do this in his last term, but was unsuccessful.</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-s-expected-mortgage-deregulation-could-cost-new-homebuyers-up-to-2800-more-a-year/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/trump-s-expected-</span><span class="invisible">mortgage-deregulation-could-cost-new-homebuyers-up-to-2800-more-a-year/</span></a></p>
Richard K Green<p>Belated <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>. I grew up in <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/LaCrosse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaCrosse</span></a> <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>. Ph.D. in <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> at the University of Wisconsin, with an emphasis on <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/InternationalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalTrade</span></a>. Serendipitously moved to <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urban</span></a>. Faculty at Wisconsin, George Washington, and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/USC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USC</span></a>. Stints at <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/FreddieMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieMac</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/HUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUD</span></a>. Married to a geriatrics physician at UCLA. Two daughters: one produces podcasts for <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Marketplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marketplace</span></a>, and the other is a coder/artist who teaches at <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/UIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UIC</span></a>. I love music, esp. <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classical</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a>. Decent <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/bartender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bartender</span></a>.</p>
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