The notion that the Tea Party movement is a vocal minority in the Republican Party may have been put to rest today. A new three-way generic ballot from Rasmussen Reports finds that a Tea Party candidate would fare better than a Republican candidate, 23% to 18%, with the Democratic candidate coming out on top at 36%. The poll also found 22% remained undecided.

There is even better news for a Tea Party candidate when it comes to independents. They chose the Tea Party candidate (33%) over both the Democratic (25%) and Republican (12%) candidates. Nearly a third of independents were undecided at 30%.

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Fed Chair Ben Bernanke recognizes the importance of keeping interest rates low at this crucial time.

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Reaction is wide ranging on the heels of the announcement by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Shaun Donovan's announcement that sweeping changes are coming for guidelines for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Earlier this week Donovan announced to Congress the levels of reserves for FHA are nearly 1.5% lower than mandated by law. In an effort to recover the reserves the department expects to announce several changes in early 2010. Changes may come as early as the first week of January.

Skin in the game is the phrase of the day

""Certainly credit score isn't a guarantee that people will stay in their homes, but the more 'skin in the game' a person has the less likely they are to walk away without fighting for it." Says Jessica Horton of Jessica Horton and Associates in Hampton, Georgia.

It's a touchy subject and I invite your comments on Examiner.com

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-30970-Atlanta-Mortgage-Industry-Examiner~y...

When shopping for a home loan it requires only a couple of telephone calls to discover interest rates are not created equally.

My first Sunday morning Examiner.com article. We mortgage people are constantly explaining why a borrower is not getting the same rate they saw or heard in an advertisement and why even the company who advertised it will not honor it for them. This article will help.