(I do this only for Jeff & Dave – BC)
2009 Annual Ski Trip Agenda —
Brother Can You Spare Some TARP
TO: All Mortgage Banking Powder Seeking Hounds
FROM: Dave and Jeff
SUBJECT: Utah’s Best Without Any TARP $$$
DATE: February 24th, 2009
What a year! How about 2 years? How about the next 2- 5 years? My how things [...]

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Website Resource to Assist Mortgage Professionals
CAREER TRANSITION NETWORK
A CHOOSE 2 LEAD PROJECT
www.careertransitionnetwork.org
As part of a project to support the mortgage community during this time of transition, a new website has been developed. Sponsored and developed by those in the mortgage industry, www.careertransitionnetwork.org is a go-to portal to assist transitioning mortgage professionals with their career objectives. [...]

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Fitch Downgrades, TAF 2, Bill Gross, MBIA, Insurers, DR. Seuss on CDOs
 
has a list – Friday Night Lights Out – Keeping up with the downgrades on various RMBS deals is turning into a full time job. Here’s a list of the downgrades issued tonight by Fitch alone — remember, these are the downgrades issued just [...]

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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends:.
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· We were just reading the Wells Fargo presentation from the Dec. 12 Goldman Sachs Financials Services CEO conference.  Here’s one tidbit we found of great interest.  Of the $71.5 billion in HELLOCS they plan to hold in portfolio, a full $11.5 billion (16%) are HELOCS in first lien position.  [...]

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