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Paulson Sees More Home Loan Defaults in 2008
http://www.cnbc.com/id/21909849 ^ | 11-21-07

Posted on 11/21/2007 5:03:45 AM PST by Hydroshock

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the number of potential U.S. home-loan defaults "will be significantly bigger" in 2008 than in 2007, the Wall Street Journal's online edition reported.

AP Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"The nature of the problem will be significantly bigger next year because 2006 (mortgages) had lower underwriting standards, no amortization, and no down payments," Paulson said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, according to an excerpt on the newspaper's Web site.

"We'll watch carefully mortgages that will be reset," Paulson was quoted as saying.

The newspaper said Paulson was pressing the mortgage-service industry to help a broad range of borrowers become eligible for better loans instead of dealing with mortgage problems on a case-by-case basis.

Currency traders in Tokyo cited Paulson's comments as a factor in the dollar's fall to a two-year low of 108.89 yen on electronic trading platform EBS on Wednesday, the lowest since September 2005.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foreclosures; mortgage; paulson; vulturegram
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1 posted on 11/21/2007 5:03:46 AM PST by Hydroshock
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To: Hydroshock; Calpernia; cbkaty; Nervous Tick; ex-Texan; RockinRight; NVDave; Neidermeyer; ...

Economy/Credit/housing Issues Ping List

If you want on or off this list let me know


2 posted on 11/21/2007 5:04:46 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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Paulson for President!!
3 posted on 11/21/2007 5:08:22 AM PST by Proverbs 3-5
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To: Proverbs 3-5
Presidential Campaign Slogan: "I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."
wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Paulsen"

The article mentions the Smothers Brothers. It's funny I liked them when I was growing up. My parents had a comedy album of theirs. But once I grew up and started hearing them in other venues and heard their goofy personal views on things I got to where I can't stand them...
4 posted on 11/21/2007 5:16:52 AM PST by Proverbs 3-5
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To: Hydroshock
The newspaper said Paulson was pressing the mortgage-service industry to help a broad range of borrowers become eligible for better loans instead of dealing with mortgage problems on a case-by-case basis.

The mortgage industry is running out of capital. Look at the stock prices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the past six weeks, especially yesterday.

5 posted on 11/21/2007 5:19:30 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62

Fannie and Fredie are both scrambling to get cash.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928779/posts


6 posted on 11/21/2007 5:21:51 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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Wall Street Seen Falling as Oil Nears $100 . . .


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Wall Street Seen Falling as Oil Nears $100

Shares Falling in Europe. After Shares Fell in Asia . . . Ouch !


7 posted on 11/21/2007 5:23:12 AM PST by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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To: Hydroshock

I know, which makes your desire to have the Fed raise interest rate even more ridiculous.


8 posted on 11/21/2007 5:24:07 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62

I am more worried about the value of the dollar and inflation then housing.


9 posted on 11/21/2007 5:26:39 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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I wonder if Paulson considers his “real job” to be treasury secretary, or shadow CEO of Goldman Sachs, his last and next job?

Ain’t it a cozy arrangement? And on the financial channels, the professional touts pretend wonder at Goldman Sach’s amazing run, even as the other investment banks and major brokerages slip and fall.


10 posted on 11/21/2007 5:26:47 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Hydroshock

Where will Fannie and Freddie get fresh injections of capital? Are they going to ring bells outside of department stores and in malls?


11 posted on 11/21/2007 5:27:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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Maybe their dear old Uncle Sam? If they go under look for the housing prices to nose dive.


12 posted on 11/21/2007 5:28:56 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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To: Hydroshock

Are you for intervention to protect the value of the dollar?


13 posted on 11/21/2007 5:38:01 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Bernanke 's Mistake: Subprime Crisis Yields Subprime Currency

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Given that the Fed and European Central Bank have already injected well over $150 billion since August, Bernanke obviously lied about his ballpark figure. But just how big is this subprime mess?

To measure subprime losses, we have to first find out the size of the subprime market. Fed data pegs the total US residential value at $20 trillion and the US residential mortgage market at $10 trillion. This number is substantial, as it eclipses the US treasury market of $9 trillion.

As we have shown in the pie chart above, this 80% haircut applies to potentially $2 trillion worth of mortgages if investors of those mortgages were to exit today. The loss is not $150 billion, but more like $1.6 trillion.

What's more, the ABX shows that since September 2007, the value of AAA mortgages has begun to crater, and now trades at a stunning 70 cents on the dollar. This means if all AAA and Alt-A mortgage portfolios were to be marked to market, the loss would amount to another $2 trillion.

'Marked to Market' . . . Total $ 3.6 Trillion. . . . LOL, LOL !

Happy Thanksgiving!

14 posted on 11/21/2007 5:43:19 AM PST by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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To: Moonman62

Yes, we need to fight inflation and shore up the dollar.


15 posted on 11/21/2007 5:44:54 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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Back in the 1980’s I was managing a bank branch and folks were coming in to refi to get that “great” 10.5 and then allllll the way down to 9.875% rates. Seeing the end of the Carter era was a wonderful thing. Anyway, the only thing we had out on the street was a 30 year and a 15 year both fixed and at 80% or under. The basic (quick) qualification was that your new mortgage payment could not top 26% of your gross income and your total bills including the new mortgage was 36%. Nothing was going to happen until we had 2 years bank statements, written verification from employers and on open credit, a REAL appraisal and at that time an attorney letter reviewing the title of the house.
Anyway, that little 26/36% rule is something that is just a good rule of thumb in life but even that is a bit of a stretch when you do the math.
16 posted on 11/21/2007 5:45:28 AM PST by sierrahome
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The destruction we’re seeing in the financial markets now is very deflationary, and it’s also way out of proportion to the problems with subprime loans.


17 posted on 11/21/2007 5:47:15 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Sub prime was just the symptom. The disease is debt.
18 posted on 11/21/2007 5:55:28 AM PST by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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To: ex-Texan

2.89 in Missouri.


19 posted on 11/21/2007 6:12:20 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: rightinthemiddle
Average Prices >>>>>.. Portland >>>>>.. USA

Today >>>>> >>>>>.. 3.095 >>>>>>>> 3.078

One Month Ago >>>>> 2.932 >>>>>>> 2.828

One Year Ago >>>>>.. 2.49 >>>>>>>>.. 2.28

20 posted on 11/21/2007 6:40:37 AM PST by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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