Entries from April 2010

Government: Sovereign Risk, Morgenson on Bailout, Barney Frank, Wall St. and Main St., SEC, Fox and FED

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

  Sovereign Risk a Growing Threat to Financial System – The sharp rise in government debt during the economic crisis from already elevated levels is creating what the IMF says is the newest threat to the financial system: growing sovereign risk.  Highlights from the IMF’s [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market

Maximizing Profit and Mitigating Risks – by Pat Cutler

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

 

In the Spring Newsletter from Cutler Consulting:

Is your mortgage company positioned to succeed in 2010?
Maximizing mortgage net income
Risk Assessment Matrix for mortgage

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Cutler Consulting Newsletter Spring 2010 (1)

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Tags: Commentary · Mortgage Market · Pat Cutler

Good news in the secondary markets; New $100 note; Upates from Chase, BofA, & Nationstar; FHA refi’s drying up?

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

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Today is “Take Your Kids to Work Day”. Everywhere kids with parents who work from home are angling for a day off from school.

I am continuing to see signs that the mortgage market is coming back somewhat. Not so much that guidelines are loosening, which they aren’t, and in fact documentation requirements continue to increase, [...]

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Tags: Commentary · Mortgage Market · Rob Chrisman

Mortgage Related: MPP No Threat, Yanking Lines, Metlife HECMs, John Hussman, Jerry Brown, Scams, First Time Buyers, Financial Literacy, Turn in 2012

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

  Still no sign of a threat to housing – Scott Granis – Despite the conclusion last month of the Fed’s program to purchase $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities, today there is no sign that this has had any meaningful impact on mortgage interest rates. In [...]

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Tags: Mortgage Market