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February 2, 2010
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In last week’s “2010 Housing Market Leading Indictors” webinar, we discussed the need for the private banking sector to pick up the slack in mortgage origination when the federal government bows out this Spring. A requirement for a successful transition is the recovery of mortgage securitization (RMBS issuance) that will enable private banks to offload [...]
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January 29, 2010
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Thanks to those that joined us for Wednesday’s live webinar – “2010 Housing Market Leading Indicators, presented by Altos Research.” We’ve had TONS of requests for the presentation slides and a recording of the event. Ask and ye shall receive…
The presentation is now hosted on our YouTube Channel and available in parts to enable you [...]
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January 29, 2010
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Big event starting on Sunday. We’ll be there. Why is the American Securitization Forum 2010 Conference so important? The topics covered at the ASF meetings set the tone for the next year and show the financial market’s response to government and private sector initiatives for the securitization market. Many of our clients trade RMBS, whole [...]
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January 20, 2010
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A DSNews article from yesterday (”GAO Releases Report on Loan Performance and Negative Equity“) covers the release of a US Government Accountability Office report – Loan Performance and Negative Home Equity in the Nonprime Mortgage Market. The report is a look at loan performance and negative equity across the 16 US markets, taking a faulty [...]
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January 4, 2010
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With HAMP and other government housing recovery programs cycling through their first year, some hard numbers are emerging to gauge program effectiveness. We watch the market changes every week here and it’s elucidating to watch local trends respond to the incentive systems put in motion. An intriguing result is how academic and housing market policy [...]
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December 1, 2009
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Ah the glorious Home Buyer Tax Credit. Consumers lust for it, and NAR spent a fortune getting it extended. Realtors are indeed finding it a valuable incentive for business this year.
And housing stimulus goes beyond the tax credit too, the feds are pumping money into mortgages, keeping rates on conforming loans ridiculously low.
But Uncle Sam [...]
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November 6, 2009
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Back in July, I analyzed housing market activity in Jumbo mortgage price zones based on a New York Times article describing how borrowers found it difficult to gain approval for a non-conforming loan. In July, I noted that the homes exiting the market (Listings Absorbed) were doing so at price levels just below the $729k [...]
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September 22, 2009
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The Five-Star Default Servicing Conference featured Steve Forbes as the keynote speaker yesterday. I was fortunate to attend his presentation and wanted to share some of the key points that he covered during his address.
Forbes began by stating that we’re “at an extraordinary place in economic history.” However, while the global economy has [...]
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