Rebuilding Confidence in Credit Markets with Home Loans

Over the last few years, mortgage lenders have tighten the lending guidelines for home loans to the point where very few people actually qualify to refinance their home.  Bill Stone, of PNC Wealth Management, discusses how long it will take to see a return of confidence in the credit markets. 

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Fed Agrees to Purchase Bad Credit Securities and Keeps Key Interest Rates Near Zero

Fed Agrees to Purchase Bad Credit Securities and Keeps Key Interest Rates Near Zero
Federal Reserve committed to buy bad credit mortgage securities and treasuries if deemed effective; Fed says mortgage rates to remain low for “some time”; Fed ready to expand purchase of housing debt by buying or insuring defaulted home loans.

Watch the Mortgage Financing [...]