Jim McTague, a dyed in the wool Republican, is surprisingly negative on the McCain/Palin team. Recall that McTague forecast the GOP would retain both houses in 2006, based on a calculation relying on campaign fund raising. McTague sounds more like a Democrat than a Republican: THE 2008 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ...

Despite a sagging housing market and shaky economy, Loudoun remains among the wealthiest and fastest-growing counties in the nation, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.

According to recent reports, mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are on the cusp of failure, and may be taken over by the federal government as soon as this weekend. The two companies, which together account for nearly half of the nation’s $10+ trillion in mortgage debt, have piled ...

Obama's Convention Speech: Most egregious lie He said McCain would fail to lower taxes for 100 million Americans while his own plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of “working” families. But an independent analysis puts the number who would see no benefit from McCain’s plan at 66 million and finds that ...

Pimco manager Bill Gross is tired of using his fund’s money to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. His commentary posted Thursday said the powers that be need to “open up the balance sheet of the US Treasury” which really means in my view “get out your checkbook, Hank, and take care of that housing ...

The U.S. government is poised to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a number of reports published on Saturday. The reports, quoting unidentified officials, say the government will take the companies into conservatorship in an effort to shore up the battered housing and ...

2008_09_fanniefreddie.jpg Sources say that the federal government may take over mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend. The Wall Street Journal says this "would represent perhaps the most significant intervention by the government in the financial industry since the housing ...

Hi, Tom Vanderwell here with another of my Mortgage Market Week in Review guest posts.   Thanks to Paul for giving me the privilege of putting it here..... Well, it's Friday again, everyone is back in school, my 18 year old is off to college (only 35 minutes away but still) and the mortgage world keeps ...

The US Treasury has moved closer to a rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two struggling government-sponsored mortgage groups whose fate is key to the future of the US housing industry and financial markets

Download John McCain MP3 Remarks As Prepared for Delivery: John McCain. Thursday, September 04, 2008, 2008 Xcel Energy Center. Contact: Joanna Burgos, Contact Phone: (651) 467-2728 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT: Thank you all very much. Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans -- the privilege of accepting ...