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Trump directs cash rich Fannie/Freddie to buy $200B in mortgage bonds to drive down rates
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:05 pm
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Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:06 pm to Kjnstkmn
Goat Prez 
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:08 pm to Kjnstkmn
Yeah we had the fed reserve do this for 10yrs. It got us into the mess we are in now.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:08 pm to Kjnstkmn
The people’s POTUS!
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:08 pm to Kjnstkmn
The winning has almost gotten to be too much. I can't take it anymore.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:10 pm to hawkeye007
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Yeah we had the fed reserve do this for 10yrs. It got us into the mess we are in now.
The interest rates aren't even that bad historically and the economy and stock markets are doing well and have absorbed the tariffs. What "mess" are we in exactly?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:10 pm to hawkeye007
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Yeah we had the fed reserve do this for 10yrs. It got us into the mess we are in now.
Wasnt the issue the quality of the bonds (sub-prime) and not the act itself?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:11 pm to hawkeye007
Did Rogerthefibber, Slowblowfig and Eurocrap tell you that?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:19 pm to TigahTeeth
21yrs in the mortgage business taught me that. Qua-native easing. Started after the crash of 2008. It’s what kept rates from going to 10%. So what that did was artificially inflate the housing market with cheap rates for 10yrs. So what happened? Prices went up, fast forward to 25 and lowering interest rates will continue to raise home prices . Do we really need home prices higher in the current environment?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:22 pm to Kjnstkmn
This is pretty smart since it is not issuing new debt so it's not inflationary. Total money in the system is unchanged
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:23 pm to hawkeye007
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Yeah we had the fed reserve do this for 10yrs. It got us into the mess we are in now.
There is a difference in using cash on hand and issuing new bonds.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:23 pm to hawkeye007
The federal reserve has one foot in the grave. The endless is ending and 1913 is being reversed, so new mechanisms are needed for things like controlling interest rates to serve the interests of We the People instead of elite bankers.
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Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:25 pm to hawkeye007
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Qua-native easing.
This isn't QE. QE creates new money. This is using cash on hand and is not inflationary. Money supply is unchanged
21 years in the mortgage business then you should know the difference in bonds vs using cash on hand.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:30 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:No. AFTER the crisis, "quantitative easing" helped cause years of depressed interest rates. They were buying the same type of bonds.
Wasnt the issue the quality of the bonds (sub-prime) and not the act itself?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:30 pm to Kjnstkmn
With populists, expect populism
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:31 pm to stout
quote:If rates are lower, then demand will increase. That will keep upward pressure on prices.
This is pretty smart since it is not issuing new debt so it's not inflationary. Total money in the system is unchanged
What is really needed is: NEW SUPPLY OF HOMES
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:31 pm to hawkeye007
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So what happened? Prices went up, fast forward to 25 and lowering interest rates will continue to raise home prices . Do we really need home prices higher in the current environment?
You wont see higher prices when the market is flooded
And since the market is intentionally shorted by institutional investors, then you cant sit there and type that prices havent been going up due to manipulation
We 'bout to get unmanipulated
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:32 pm to stout
quote:I think you mean the difference between spending cash on hand to buy bonds as opposed to printing money to buy bonds.
21 years in the mortgage business then you should know the difference in bonds vs using cash on hand.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:34 pm to Big Scrub TX
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That will keep upward pressure on prices.
Yea I didn't get into that
I was simply speaking to the nature of using the cash on hand. No new money = no new inflationary policy.
Lower rates always = higher home prices, though.
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What is really needed is: NEW SUPPLY OF HOMES
We need to stop meddling in the market and let it react naturally. Affordability would come back with a major price correction.
Supply won't be much of an issue as boomers die off. A large issue is those boomer homes are huge and worth a lot based on the current market.
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Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:36 pm to Big Scrub TX
Using cash on had to buy bonds is not QE no matter how you spin it
The FED is not involved
No new money is created
Reallocates existing cash
This is for housing only. Not systemic
It looks similar on the surface but by all definitions, this is not QE
The FED is not involved
No new money is created
Reallocates existing cash
This is for housing only. Not systemic
It looks similar on the surface but by all definitions, this is not QE
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