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    borrowers with mortgage loans issued by S&Ls, thus many S&Ls failed at end of 1980s. 1989 - New legislation, FIRREA is adopted. (Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery & Enforcement Act) 3. Credit Unions - Non-profit institutions mutually organised and owned by depositors. - Satisfy the depository and lending needs of their members belonging to a particular group. - Deposits used to provide loans to other members and earnings from these loans are used to pay

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    time Indian Government started giving out loans to families in rural areas those who worked in the agricultural sector as well as city-dwelling families who were working in the unskilled sector to promote economic growth throughout India. Households in

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    meant that credit and loans were now more readily available to people than ever before. With the increase in the aggregate number and amount of loans for medium-low income earners, this served as an opportunity for them to achieve their dreams of living a more prosperous life. Q3. The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) are Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs). These are mortgage and loan associations backed by the government

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    better interest rates on savings accounts and loans because they benefit from federal tax advantages. They’re also advantageous from a fee standpoint because they operate in mutual partnership; there are close to 6,000 credit unions nationwide. And fees are a big deal in a day and age when Citibank, for example, charges you $30 a month to keep your money in their checking account … unless you keep a zillion dollars in it. Unfortunately, getting a higher rate on your savings accounts from a credit

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    Microcredit has been used as a method by governments in developing countries, international funding organizations and donor agencies, in order to help the poor make money since the 1950’s. During the 1950s and1960s, the Indian government started disbursing loans to families in rural areas that worked in the agricultural sector as well as city-dwelling families to promote economic growth throughout India with collaboration with the Indian Government. Households in the agricultural market were divided into three

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    Cooperative financial institutions date back to 19th century Europe, thereafter they first appeared in the United States during the early 20th century. The most common types today are mutual savings and loans, mutual savings banks, mutual insurance companies, and credit unions. These first credit unions were small in their nature and often had a social, political, or religious character in addition to their explicit economic function. Along the century these credit unions have grown which ultimately

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    In 1970 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation was created to expand the secondary market for mortgages. Now known as Freddie Mac, this company is a public government-sponsored enterprise. A government-sponsored enterprise is a financial services corporation created by the United States Congress. Freddie Mac was chartered “with a public mission to stabilize the nation's residential mortgage markets and expand opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing.” Freddie Mac buys mortgages

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    also prohibited the commercial banks from payment of interest on demand deposits and from engaging in inter-state operations. The act implemented Regulation Q which put ceilings on the interest rates the banks could pay on their time deposits say savings deposits. Regulation Q prevented the competitive interest rate wars that didn’t allow rates to reach unreasonably high levels. If rates had not been regulated then the banks would have been forced to lend at higher rates to remain profitable which

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    a decline in the percentage of workers who say they are currently saving for retirement, from 65% percent in 2009 down to 60% in 2010. According to the survey, three factors influence retirement savings. Those factors are education, age and household income. If a worker was married and had tried to complete a Retirement Savings Needs Calculation it increased their savings amount. 54% of workers report that between their savings and investments, they have less than $25,000. This amount did not

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    Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, is currently being inundated with questions with a large number of people asking "what is reverse mortgage?" In answer to "what is reverse mortgage", this is actually a private type of loan but one that is insured by the federal government. What makes a reverse mortgage unique is that a portion of the equity in the home is converted to cash, which can then be used by the homeowner in whatever way they see fit. Because qualifications and

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