Metropolitan Mortgage News Summary with Market Snapshot

** Market Summary **
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Todd Harrison: The witch hunt widens on Wall Street (at MarketWatch)

3/10/2010 4:01 AM

Perspective is paramount as we pave the path for future generations, writes Todd Harrison...Read More

Shares of government-backed companies jump (at MarketWatch)

3/9/2010 10:26 PM

Shares of companies that count the U.S. government as a major investor rally. Citi stock soars over speculation that the U.S. may sell its stake in the bank sooner than expected...Read More

Stock investors ask: What's the next big thing? (AP)

3/9/2010 10:00 PM

A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing. Stocks have lost some of the momentum that propelled the Dow Jones industrial average up 4,017 points, or 61.4 percent, from its close of 6,547 on March 9, 2009...Read More

Krugman: An Irish Mirror for the Crisis (at The New York Times)

3/9/2010 7:43 PM

3/9/2010 4:33 PM

3/9/2010 4:05 PM

Fannie Mae Redemption (PR Newswire)

3/9/2010 1:00 PM

Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption...Read More

Fannie, Freddie: Getting to the Heart of the GSE Problem (at Seeking Alpha)

3/9/2010 9:23 AM

3/8/2010 11:44 PM

BankFinancial Corp. on Monday reported a fourth-quarter loss due to a larger provision for loan losses, higher expenses and an investment loss. Last year's quarter was inflated by a $10.1 million tax benefit...Read More

HFF Completes $105.4 Million Sale of Two Small-Balance Commercial Real Estate Loan Pools (Business Wire)

3/8/2010 10:00 PM

CHICAGO----HFF announced today they have completed the sale of two small-balance commercial real estate loan pools totaling $105.4 million on behalf of a special servicer and a money-center bank...Read More

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