Thefed is the market!!! Federal Reserve Buys More Than 100% of Mortgages Issued in 2009 <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=chrismartenson"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --> Monday, September 28, 2009, 11:13 am, by cmartenson What follows is a snippet from the most recent Martenson Report (Housing and Wealth: Part II). <hr> This is important information. What I've found and present below is that the Federal Reserve is not just supporting the housing market, it is the housing market. Just as important as a person's desire to buy a home is their ability to gain access to mortgage funding. The mortgage market is a gigantic beast with many moving parts, but it is pretty easy to understand from a high level. http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/federal-reserve-buys-more-100-mortgages-issued-2009/28343