Comments on: Morgage rate lowered due to Fannie and Freddie bailout http://www.100mortgages.org/20080914/morgage-rate-lowered-due-to-fannie-and-freddie-bailout/ Keep updated on the latest mortgage, global economy and business news Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: elohttp://www.100mortgages.org/20080914/morgage-rate-lowered-due-to-fannie-and-freddie-bailout/#comment-89 elo Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:46 +0000 http://www.100mortgages.org/?p=783#comment-89 I feel like I don't have enough background in economics to have a sense of what sort of disaster might ensue if a bailout didn't happen....(Maybe a similar crisis, but sooner?) But making even more generous loans to those who can't afford them seems like the worst possible tack to take. James Surowiecki wrote a piece in The New Yorker back in March ( http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/... ), questioning the high value that Americans place on home ownership.Dr. Tantillo ('the marketing doctor - http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv ) did a post naming Freddie & Frannie this week's 'brand loser(s)' and calling for what he terms a "brandover," arguing that marketing will need to play a key role if F&F are too be successful in the future--and that they'll need a new name.Here's a link to <a href="http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2008/09/12/brand-winners-and-losers.aspx" rel="nofollow">Tanillo's full post </a> I feel like I don’t have enough background in economics to have a sense of what sort of disaster might ensue if a bailout didn’t happen….(Maybe a similar crisis, but sooner?) But making even more generous loans to those who can’t afford them seems like the worst possible tack to take.
James Surowiecki wrote a piece in The New Yorker back in March ( http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/... ), questioning the high value that Americans place on home ownership.

Dr. Tantillo (‘the marketing doctor – http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv ) did a post naming Freddie & Frannie this week’s ‘brand loser(s)’ and calling for what he terms a “brandover,” arguing that marketing will need to play a key role if F&F are too be successful in the future–and that they’ll need a new name.

Here’s a link to Tanillo’s full post

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