A New House Readiness Name XECO/212 Date Instructor A New House - Readiness In considering the purchase of a new home‚ there are many factors that can impact the final decision. The various factors are part of the 10 Principles of Economics (Mankiw‚ N. G.‚ 2007‚ p. 3); these principles determine the outcome of the decision to purchase a new home. The 10 Principles of Economics The 10 Principles of Economics are based on individual behaviors‚ interactions of people in an economy and
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National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM)‚ commonly known as Fannie Mae‚ is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1968 as a government sponsored enterprise (GSE)‚ but founded in 1938 during the Depression. Contrary to some beliefs‚ Fannie Mae does not make home loans directly to consumers‚ but rather functions as an intermediary in the U.S. secondary mortgage market. By purchasing and securitizing mortgages‚ Fannie Mae facilitates liquidity in the primary mortgage market by
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the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)‚ the United States experienced one of the its worst financial crisis in its history. Easy credit‚ the housing slump‚ banks holding risky mortgages and tax regulations all played a significant part in causing the GFC of 2008/09. The major cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis is the Subprime Mortgage and Subprime Landing. Economists warned of the dangers‚ but one wants to interrupt the party. Consumers were happy to marking money. By the end‚ “When the United States
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interpret the terms of mortgage loan financing purchase of properties compute the monthly mortgage loan payment and mortgage insurance premium compute the rental return on property investment 2 Selection Criteria of Mortgage Loan The following factors should be considered when choosing mortgage loan plan: 1. Interest Rate 2. Borrowing Period 3. Installment Loan Repayments 4. Cash Rebate 3 Interest Rate In Hong Kong’s mortgage loan market‚ there are three different
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Role of Finance Companies Traditional role of Finance Companies The finance companies are much smaller in scale compared with commercial banks‚ and they are also saddled with more restrictions which will be discussed later in the report. Traditionally‚ they relied on their personalized and flexible services to attract clients. This is because there are always consumers who are rejected by the commercial banks because adding these consumers to their portfolios would be uneconomical for these commercial
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1.The Dumonts are in the early years of the accumulation of wealth stage of the financial life cycle. During this longest stage of the life cycle‚ the Dumonts will establish their lifestyle and build a foundation for the two later stages. This phase is characterized by: 1. The Dumonts are in the early years of the accumulation of wealth stage of the financial life cycle. During this longest stage of the life cycle‚ the Dumonts will establish their lifestyle and build a foundation for the two later
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As a result‚ the banks had to face extremely high depreciations because of the unredeemed mortgages. Additionally‚ the banks did no longer trust each other‚ what led to an ever deeper spiral. If the basis of trust is missing‚ the banks are not willing to borrow each other money. Such relationships are crucial in this business‚ and a bad reputation
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Bank of America for $1 billion in mortgage fraud against Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In 2008‚ United States World Wide economic meltdown resulted from one of many reasons‚ the real estate market. Basically Countrywide financial was giving out mortgage loans from 2007 to 2009 without doing screen checks on whether or not the borrowers could afford them‚ and also making most of them out to employees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie and Freddie buy mortgage loans from banks‚ package them into
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In July‚ 2007‚ because of the American subprime mortgage crisis. U.S had a Financial Storm. At the beginning‚ the five largest U.S investment banks were showing despite the subprime challenges. But then‚ to be accompanied by one of the five largest investment banks in U.S which is Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. The other investment banks suffered the storm. Even though the Goldman Sachs had also been buffeted by the Financial Storm. But “Goldman was still rewarding the firm’s CEO that named
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Did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the housing bubble? Why did the bubble burst? What were the consequences of the housing bust to borrowers‚ loan originators‚ and MBS and CDO holders? Did subprime mortgages contribute to the U.S. financial crisis of 2008? 4. How did Federal legislation concerning mortgage loans affect Countrywide Financial Corporation’s (CFC) business strategy? Did the government’s encouragement of subprime mortgages have an impact on the company’s number of loan originations
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