The Florida Home Owner

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Two separate reports … From Bloombeg: ‘Underwater’ U.S. Mortgages May Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Reports The percentage of properties “underwater” is forecast to rise to 48 percent, or 25 million homes, as property prices drop through the first quarter…(read more)

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"I think it is shaping up there is another leg down in terms of market rents and effective rents and that will be somewhere late this year or early [next] year where I think all the operators will move their rents down to basically handle the late…(read more)

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investing in real estate , budgeting…(read more)

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Interesting piece from Deutsche Bank on rapidly deteriorating Construction loans. DB predicts that “construction loans will be the epicenter of bank loan problems” • By far the riskiest type of loan product in bank portfolios; • Substantial portion represents…(read more)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Lockhart, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will soon step down after more than three years as overseer for the mortgage finance companies, an administration official said….(read more)

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Although some businesses are considering production increase, it is likely that the industrial sector will remain relatively weak through 2009….(read more)

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The latest set of first-half gross domestic product numbers provided by China’s provincial authorities are far higher than Beijing’s national figure, raising questions on the accuracy of statistics in the world’s most populous nation…(read more)

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WASHINGTON – The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today suspended Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corporation (TBW) of Ocala, Florida, thereby preventing the Company from originating and underwriting new FHA-insured mortgages. The Government National…(read more)

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Felix Salmon submits: Treasury has released its first report on the success to date of the Making Home Affordable program: The purpose of the report is to document the number of struggling homeowners already helped under the program, provide information…(read more)

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