Financial Markets All Over the Place

Wow...what a wild week! Not a fun one for people like us heavily invested now in the stock market...luckily the week finished a tad bit better. But the lending institutions and insurance groups looking towards bailouts are a little bit scary also. The information below was an article published and we at http://www.investsmarter.com/ wanted to share this with you. Whether you are looking at Panama City Real Estate, or Florida Real Estate in general, this is one of the many factors that can serious affect your Real Estate portfolio both positively and negatively over the next few YEARS!!!

Daily Real Estate News September 19, 2008Massive Rescue Effort for Financial Markets Congressional leaders and the Bush administration are working with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to prepare a massive intervention to revive the U.S. financial system.The proposed plan reportedly includes using hundreds of billions of dollars in government funding to buy bad loans, leaving banks with more money and fewer problems and allowing them to again lend money.Paulson and Bernanke urged lawmakers to approve the plan rapidly, presenting what some described as a “chilling” picture of the state of the financial system. Congressional leaders were told that the consequences would be grave if the legislation doesn’t pass by the end of next week.Taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new source of funding for investment banks, and assuming control of insurance giant American International Group obviously hasn’t been enough to end the crisis. It hasn’t stopped $79 billion in withdrawals from money-market funds, which are a critical source of funding for the U.S. financial system."The costs of doing nothing are enormous," said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.Source: The Washington Post, Binyamin Appelbaum and Lori Montgomery (09/19/08)

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It is important when investing in Real Estate one stays on top of not only the Real Estate market, but also the financial market. The back end of any real estate property is the next buyer and without keeping on top of the lending trends, your portfolio is at risk. Let us know more about this online and your thoughts today.