How much control does the Fed have on the housing market? The current state of housing and the Federal Reserve. Fed now owns roughly 12 percent of home mortgages.

By drhousingbubble The Fed is the housing market. That sentence is often thrown around but there is little hyperbole here. Since September of 2012, the Fed has essentially purchased all mortgage backed securities (MBS) issued. This is a massive deal for the biggest household debt market on the planet. The Fed started QE1 memorably on December of […]

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