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Obama's Mass Refinancing Plan Could Boost the Economy
By Matthew Yglesias
Has the Obama administration finally hit on a job-creation idea that could be a game-changer? It's not clear how big an overall impact it would have, but the new proposal on mortgage refinancing couldif implementedbreak a long-standing deadlock in the housing finance market and provide a significant boost to a "recovery winter" scenario...The good news, however, is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now officially instruments of the U. S. government meaning that in principle the regulatory agency that oversees them could just order them to go ahead with a plan for large-scale refinancing of underwater mortgages. The bad news is that Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has chosen to take a very literal view of his statutory mandate such that his job is to make money for Fannie and Freddie rather than serve the broad public interest.
Thus, Obama's plan which is basically to sweeten the pot:
Raising this rather piddling sum through a bank fee is a fine idea on the merits. Then again, so would raising this rather piddling sum by borrowing more money. The real interest rate on 10-year bonds is negative 0.28 percent so it's not as if we're up against some hard borrowing constraint. But politics dictates the White House pay fealty to deficit concerns and jam-up the Republicans with a pay-for that they'll block. It seems like smart politicsHouse Republicans are standing in the way of you refinancing your home out of fealty to the interests of the bankers who broke the economybut I'd love to see the GOP do the unexpected and just agree to do this. Here's Glenn Hubbard, conservative Republican in good standing, along with some co-authors (PDF) touting the macroeconomic benefits of refinancing.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/02/01/obama_s_mass_refinancing_plan_could_boost_the_economy.html
By Matthew Yglesias
Has the Obama administration finally hit on a job-creation idea that could be a game-changer? It's not clear how big an overall impact it would have, but the new proposal on mortgage refinancing couldif implementedbreak a long-standing deadlock in the housing finance market and provide a significant boost to a "recovery winter" scenario...The good news, however, is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now officially instruments of the U. S. government meaning that in principle the regulatory agency that oversees them could just order them to go ahead with a plan for large-scale refinancing of underwater mortgages. The bad news is that Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has chosen to take a very literal view of his statutory mandate such that his job is to make money for Fannie and Freddie rather than serve the broad public interest.
Thus, Obama's plan which is basically to sweeten the pot:
The proposal, which the president mentioned in his recent State of the Union address, is likely to spur debate over how aggressively the government should intervene in the flagginghousing market. Also at issue: how to fund the effort's estimated $5 billion to $10 billion price tag. The White House is proposing a tax on large bankssomething Republicans have said they oppose.
The president is expected to set out the proposal Wednesday at a community center in Fairfax, Va., a Washington suburb.
The president is expected to set out the proposal Wednesday at a community center in Fairfax, Va., a Washington suburb.
Raising this rather piddling sum through a bank fee is a fine idea on the merits. Then again, so would raising this rather piddling sum by borrowing more money. The real interest rate on 10-year bonds is negative 0.28 percent so it's not as if we're up against some hard borrowing constraint. But politics dictates the White House pay fealty to deficit concerns and jam-up the Republicans with a pay-for that they'll block. It seems like smart politicsHouse Republicans are standing in the way of you refinancing your home out of fealty to the interests of the bankers who broke the economybut I'd love to see the GOP do the unexpected and just agree to do this. Here's Glenn Hubbard, conservative Republican in good standing, along with some co-authors (PDF) touting the macroeconomic benefits of refinancing.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/02/01/obama_s_mass_refinancing_plan_could_boost_the_economy.html
FACT SHEET: President Obamas Plan to Help Responsible Homeowners and Heal the Housing Market
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Obama's Mass Refinancing Plan Could Boost the Economy (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2012
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sufrommich
(22,871 posts)1. While this will help some, the insistance of a credit score above 500
will keep many,if not most, homeowners out of re financing. Most people on the verge of losing their homes have also let other bills go.