Entries from August 2009

Government Affected: GSEs are Viable, BB&T Clawback, Bounce Bernanke, Geithner, What Would You Do?

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

    and    6 part series – Bronte Capital: Why Fannie And Freddie Are Viable – By: Tom Lindmark – A week or so ago I put up a link to John Hempton’s initial analysis of Fannie and Freddie. At that time I said it was to be a four [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market

Awesome Video: Extreme Sheep LED Art

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw   

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Tags: Mortgage Market

The Garrett, Watts Report (August 24, 2009)

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

Senior managers and owners should be spending a lot of time on post-closing issues these days. Different companies use different terms, but we’re referring to closing, shipping, post-close audit, insuring and essentially anything that happens after docs and before shipping.  Investors are getting very tough on even the most minor [...]

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Tags: Commentary · Garrett Watts · Mortgage Market

Guaranty Bank gone; Mixed news leads to higher rates; News from Fannie, GMAC, Citi, Flagstar

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

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I guess that the economy is not doing that badly if someone wants to pay $4.5 million for a gravesite. You can check it out on eBay, but the bidding started at $500k and has skyrocketed. The lady is selling the crypt out from under her dead husband, who is resting in peace above Marilyn [...]

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Tags: Commentary · Mortgage Market · Rob Chrisman