gregory and kristen went through it and now work for freddie mac. is analyst. >> they are willing to see past it. recognize that i have talent and use it for the company. alison: he is thriving there. he says he loves his job. according to the c.d.c., one in 68 children have autism spectrum disorder. many of them have the strong skills in math, science, you can see my full interviews there with sarah and gregory on wjla.com. we have more resources there on the website as well. larry: he put it well. he had talents and he can put it to use in the business. others can do the same. alison: sometimes the interview is enough to keep someone from getting to the next step. larry: exactly. >> fantastic. >> let's switch gears now. we want to talk about the weather. >> it's been perfect. if you like warm weather that is. alison: perfectly hot! >> it is almost october. >> it is. here we are at the end of september, almost october. we hit 90 degrees today in reagan national airport. well above average for this time of year. we are in the upper 80's at martinsbu

freddie mac is the federal home loan mortgage corporation. buy mortgages from lenders and either hold them or package them together to sell to investors. >> those loans then later get sold into bonds, and they become a commodity in the market. >> these keeps the mortgage market stable and affordable by ensuring that the banks and the mortgage lenders, well, they have access to cash when needed. so then the lenders can come back and loan money again to the prospective homeowner. >> correct. that is the reason for fannie and freddie and, for that case, fha as well. >> and then we have fha. they insure about 30% of residential mortgages. >> fha is a true government loan -- federal housing administration. they were designed many years ago for first-time home buyers. >> after the housing crisis, the fha really tightened up on the guidelines. they increased some of the costs of the mortgages. and over the last several years, they've loosened guidelines back up a little bit. >> they made it possible for more underwater homeowners to refinance and ma

freddie mac says a 30 year fixed rate mortgage averaged 3.82%. returning to their ouston sl properties, homeowners elsewhe proots.rring what t diana oleic looked into that. >> there is no way to keep a home dry in five feet of rain, but storms today are increasingly strong and wet and even a brief storm can cause water dama. >> we try to tell homeowners, it's the water you can't seeth . when your basement leaks, it doesn't decide to leak one day. there's a lot of early warning signs. such at dampness or a musty . discoloration on the walls. white powder on the walls. install a battery sump back up or generator for it. have wide trenches or french drains dug in the basement that run into the sump pump. look for those early warning signs of leakage. make sure all gutters are clear and running away from the home and if you don't have basement, is well grated away from the slab foundation. as for cost, it can run anywhere for just a sump pump up to 30,000 for foundation repairs, battery back ups and digging trenches and drains. brian said his busines

according to mortgage finance company freddie mac. rates on a 15-year fell to 3.08%. mortgages are based in part on the also on demand for mortgages. amazon is doing some shopping of its own. the online giant is looking for a location for its second headquarters. the new venue would probably create tens of thousands new jobs both in construction and for full-time employees and would cost amazon in the vicinity of $5 million. >>> if an 18-wheeler isn't hauling a full load, truckers are losing money. now the same ride sharing technology that drives uber is helping connect truckers with available space to companies with smaller loads of freight to move. morgan >> william lugo has been hauling freight with his own semi for 24 years. six months ago he started using an app on his smartphone to find shipments in need of a truck. >> before everything was more manually as far as paperwork. a lot of downtime. now technology makes it a lot easier between loading, unloading. >> reporter: call it the uberization of trucking. a technological shift t decades in the making that is sh

companies are publicly reminding people to call about deferring payments. [ indiscernible ] and freddie mac too. it exist, it's called forbearance. the payments aren't waived, but delayed. it can obviously help while your friends and family are trying to get back on their feet. >>> the storms have left thousands of people in need of help. so wusa9 is partnering with united van line, and trailer filled with supplies to jacksonville. we're collecting things like diapers, paper towels, garbage bags and more. it's a really long list. we posted it for you on wusa9.com/cares. you can drop off your donations on saturday at the prince george's community college in largo and we'll be there too to collect them from 10:00 until 2:00. >>> and now to breaking news, we are following in mexico, that's where we've been closely monitoring the aftermath of a massive earthquake there that has so far killed more than 100 people. let's get you a closer look at exactly what we're talking about here. this quake measuring 7.1 on the richter scale, the epicenter near the town of reboso, 70 miles away from mexico ci

a lot of the property that cushion i guess he's being subsidized by government funds fannie mae freddie mac. government right and is for poor people and that is it plausible that he's getting government funds to have poor people or low income people live in his property and then he's going to do more damage and he's getting extra benefits and tax reduction and then he's going to take them to court because he doesn't get three hundred dollars well. terraces where it's worse than that if you really want to land this you know what he has the government working for him other words he's getting all these other benefits tax benefits subsidy benefits you name it and that now kirschner has got the government working for him to collect his debts and while we're already hatching somebody's body and so on i'm in jail you've got you've got some cat in wall street this stealing billions of dollars from mom and pop type pension programs and nobody goes to jail the first time i got to tell you something i'm glad you're out there i hope in the boise people make this a big story i don't at this point it is

weighing in on behalf of a man who was fired from freddie mac, who was trying to get -- it's hard toneurship or minority rights weigh in on a decision like that. it's easy to see where some of the folks who were either donors or working with this consulting firm do have an interest in many of these cases. julia: what we learned is that this is ok, you can be a friend of the court, you can be paid, but you have to to close it -- disclose it. is there are they accurately disclosing that they are being paid to be a friend of the court? found in the first couple part of our series was that the national black chamber often popped up on greece that appear to be -- briefs that appear to be working on one party or another. there was never any disclosure that they were being compensated for that. , talk to me alford about what kind of character this man is. what did you find when you went to the chamber of commerce? operation,hoestring considering how influential they can be. office, hepalatial wasn't there either time i visited, and wasn't interested in speaking with us. 1993,nded this group

back to the 1960s, freddie mae mae, fanny fannie mae, freddie mac -- you aren't going to rebel againsthe country if you own a piece of land. >> sandra: what is happening with the housing market? in recent months, you read reports that home ownership in america is at a 50 year low. something significant has changed. i don't know if it's the mentality of millennials they talk about, the needs and desires -- >> there are a lot of moving parts. for millennials, as we've seen in our peer group, it's hard to get a job. it's hard to get a job that pays you enough to get your own apartment, it's easier to stay home and eat your mom's cooking. it also takes confidence to gary cohen's point, it does take calls and to want to drive try to buy a house. if people are getting by, they don't feel like they can make an investment. >> sandra: this chart says a lot. while there's been a gradual increase in single-family building permits, housing starts, we are still nowhere near the levels of, say, 2004, 2005. >> some people may even argue this is a more prudent looking charge , this is how the chart sh

. ♪ >> suing the government over fannie mae and freddie mac. weighing in on the issue of judges.at this issue. great to have you on the show. quickly, look at what a friend of court is. >> someone who submits a brief to the court, they are not a .arty, they are weighing in a lot of these priests to the court, they say this is something that matters to the menus. you have to tell the court they're getting paid and that is part of the problem. >> you don't get paid in cash for theget to benefit gray area. >> when the law firm, it is representing mutual fund its, whobruce turku has a lot of money at stake here. he went out and did a brief for the black chamber in a case that thentially really helped cause of berkowitz lawsuit for the fannie mae shares. >> and likewise, if there were a court case sent to the president that would be to the detriment, you could do the same thing. >> this was a way to do that with no fingerprints that made it look like any connection to peruse berkowitz and the shareholders. >> how many cases are like this that you found? you talk about police 17 cases,

something that the government has allowed us to think when fannie mae and freddie mac went public.ght to own a home that might be right or wrong. we all believe it. >> neil: but something light this, when a cabinet official goes, this happens in every administration. some under controversy, some not up to the job, it distracts. like the nfl thing when the president made that issue -- >> this is more direct though. it feels moral direct because actually like what brett said as well where, okay, the secretary of hhs not the only person responsible for the failure of repeal and replace on obamacare. the president certainly called him out specifically. so i feel like maybe president trump was ready to get rid of him anyway in some form. this just made it easier. because i mean, i was listening to all of the press releases. i mean, he didn't do anything wrong by taking these flights. everybody approved it, right? didn't he go around -- >> neil: i don't know new about -- >> from what i understand -- >> neil: i do have a feeling, that's why i raised the tax cut thing with you. that there

it must be a freddie mac or a fannie mae loan.ior to may 31, 2009. loan to value -- greater than 80%. this is not, by the way, a loan modification. it is a refinance of your present mortgage payment. and usually, appraisals are not necessary. there are definitely not as many h.a.r.p. refinances being accepted anymore, but if you meet the criteria, please look into it. that's it for today. as always, there's more info on our website at foxnews.com/propertyman. and be sure to send me your questions or your property stories at propertyman@foxnews.com. i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] president trump making his second trip to texas as hurricane harvey made landfall more than a week ago. >> president trump: to the people affected by hurricane harvey we are with you every single step of the way. to "wa >> the president is working at rebuilding houston and the devastated areas through a builder's eye. >> the entire community in the port arthur and beaumont area are still in as accessible. >> it's day eight and

not to get off topic, think about that when you're looking at housing reform and fannie mae and freddie mactal, now you have the perfect storm literally where they will be in a position where they could exhaust capital they have and be forced to have a draw from the treasury department. that's going to get crazy in a hurry. neil: if the treasury is so inclined. thank you very much. in the meantime, you know things are bad when -- when dreamers and protestors are shouting down nancy pelosi. [shouting] so new touch screens... and biometrics. in 574 branches. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ banks aren't just undergoing a face lift. they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. hello, mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. >> stop it. just stop it. just stop it now. just stop it now. just stop it now. [shouting] >> you don't know what you're talking about. you are not helping the caus

>> fannie mae, freddie mac, fha, they are all giving homeowners a broadlyway in theleeway the mortgageskers association of what to do. they are going to give them a leeway it comes down to how much it will cost them to rebuild. if they have to shell out $50,000, $100,000 to rebuild or fix their homes, that's more than they have in their homes already, then they could decide to walk away or at least go delinquent on their home loans >> the cash flow you have to pay the mortgage and to fix the house and pay to live somewhere else in the time a tripling almost of your costs. thanks, diana. >>> how could a potential surge following harvey and irma affect the housing market good to have you here. >>> thanks for having me >> how bad do you think this could get? have you rn aun any numbers as o how many might walk awhich aay d what the implications would snb. >> it is too soon to tell. it is difficult for homeowners to leave their home and up root their families and move somewhere else only time will tell at this point how the whole process will work with submitting insurances and getting your

a lot of the property that cushion i guess he's being subsidized by government funds fannie mae freddie mac. government right and is for poor people and that is it plausible that he's getting government funds to have poor people or low income people live in his property and then he's going to do more damage and he's getting extra benefits and tax reduction and then he's going to take them to court because he doesn't get three hundred dollars well. terraces where it's worse than that if you really want to land this you know what he has the government working for him now the words he's getting all these other benefits tax benefits subsidy benefits you name it and that now kirschner has got the government working for him to collect his debts and while we're already hatching somebody's body and so on i'm in jail you've got you've got some cat in wall street this stealing billions of dollars from mom and pop type pension programs and nobody goes to jail the first time i got to tell you something i'm glad you're out there i hope in the boise people make this a big story i don't at this point it i