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Today's Mortgage Terms starting with F Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac): A semi government agency that acquires conventional loans that are underwritten to its specific guidelines. These guidelines are an industry standard for residential conventional lending. Federal Housing Administration (FHA): A federal agency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which insures residential mortgage loans made by private lenders and sets standards for underwriting mortgage loans. Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae): This agency purchases loans that are underwritten to its specific guidelines. These guidelines are an industry standard for residential conventional lending. FHA Loans: Fixed or adjustable-rate loans that are insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of FHA loans is to make housing more affordable, especially for first-time homebuyers. First Mortgage: A mortgage which is in first lien, taking priority over all other liens. In case of a foreclosure, the first mortgage will be repaid before any other mortgages. Fixed Rate Loan: Fixed-rate loans have interest rates and payments that are fixed through out the term of the loan. Foreclosure: A legal process in which a mortgaged property may be liquidated to pay off a mortgage loan that is in default. View all Terms

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Munich Re May See Higher Rates, Profits in Wake of 2008 Storms - Bloomberg
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The worst hurricane season in three years improves the odds that Munich Re and Swiss Reinsurance Co. , the biggest reinsurers, can raise rates and profit next year. Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and socked ...

Treasury near plan for Fannie and Freddie - report - CNN Money
Shares of the two troubled mortgage giants have plummeted more than 80% this year on fears about their financial health in the wake of the housing crisis. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Treasury Department is close to finalizing plans for beleaguered ...

Mortgage relief at last, if the banks play ball - News.com.au
THE Rudd Government and homeowners can today look forward to the first piece of good interest rate news in more than seven years - a 0.25 per cent cut. And the Government last night prepared for the long-awaited rates cut by pledging a $76 billion ...

On Native Ground - American Reporter
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- I have written often over the past few years about the house of cards that is the American economy, but the events of the past week should frighten everybody. First, there was the collapse of IndyMac, a California bank deeply ...

Gas prices, parking rates spark rise in RTS riders - Democrat and Chronicle
This past spring, Barb Ryan started a daily commute from her home in Pittsford to her new job at Xerox, which took a toll on her monthly budget. The high gasoline prices and parking rates downtown prompted her to park her minivan at St. John Fisher ...

MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stock Indexes Likely In For Another Wild Ride In ... - CNN Money
U.S. stocks are likely facing another wild ride in the week ahead, with the underlying trends decidedly bearish in the wake of Friday's unemployment report, which had the jobless rate spiking higher to 6.1%. "I think it's very hard in the very ...

Improving average income will continue to drive credit market growth - Business News Americas
The news from Brazil's banking sector in the last few weeks has been that all types of credit are still expanding even as credit in the US and many other developed countries tightens in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis. The Brazilian credit ...

McCain's Annoying Little Fraud - Slate
( Pierre, S.D .) McCain would like everyone to think his campaign imploded last summer because of his courageous support for the surge in Iraq : I fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq, when it wasn't a popular thing to do. And when ...

This election hits voters in the pocketbook - Fayetteville Observer
RALEIGH — Unemployment is up, gas prices are up, and voters may be fed up when they cast their ballots in critical elections this November. No matter what happens, the nation will have a new president, and North Carolina will have a new governor ...

'Change is coming,' McCain pledges - Globe and Mail
What's up with the un-human-like gap between Harper's eyes? from Calgary, Canada writes: . I wonder if he'll bring up the fact that he got shot down on his first mission and sat out the rest of the war for 5 years as a POW. Many people do not know ...