Hello to all: In case you did not already know, I have left WaMu Capital Corp. effective September 1. I enjoyed working there and wish everyone the best.  This site is in transition to becoming a blog named MortgageNewsClips.com  It will take a few days to get the bugs out so your patience is appreciated.  [...]

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  NYT on Countrywide, Really?, Indiana, Video on BoA - CW, Top Dogs, Troubles, MISH on Gross, Ira on 1. Leona, 2. Rating Agencies 3. Data, Mozillo and thoughts on Moziillo, Lending Club, Out of Reach, Small Banks are It ================ major article - Inside the Countrywide Lending Spree: Morgenson - NY Times ———— Really? [...]

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  CPR & CDR, Bend It, Barclays SIV Lite 70:1 Leverage, Tighter is Tough, Ground Zero, Short Sales 2, Cancellations, Devil, Four Ways, Layoffs, How Low Will It Go?, CW gets Tight, CW Feels Pain, Inflation Adjusted, Bye $200 Bln, Crosshairs ================ CPR & CDR present mini-conference on mortgage credit and prepay this year in [...]

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Big Banks Look Good, Up At Night?, 5 Reasons, Quant Letters - read these, John Crudele, FT Subprime Section, Forecasts, Miss the Mark, Fitch Update, ??? For Chuck Prince, Where We Are Not, Banks A Lot, Cool Graph, Fitch Updates, Bill Gross Is Buying, HECM 100 Gone? ================ As Mortgage Shops Keep Closing, Big Banks [...]

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  BofA & CFC 2, H&R Block, Bill Gross, Marsh, Domino, CP Coming Due, Thrift Assets, Anatomy, Not Ratings Co. Fault, TIL Danger, CS Says Fed Cut, FHLB, HSBC, Give Thanks to IndyMac, NYC is Different, Window Dressing? ================ 1. A Very Short Act In One Play: How Bank of America Decided To Save CFC [...]

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Pain Section 4, Fitch Commentary, Nat City, Martin Sosnoff, What about Tomorrow?, Accredited Transfers Loans, New Illinois Predatory, Troubled Assets, Herb Greenburg, Rocked, Stop Singlism, ABC Comfort Index ================ Pain section: 1. Lehman Brothers Shuts Down Subprime Unit, Fires 1,200 - Shuttering BNC Mortgage LLC will cut third-quarter earnings by $52 million, Lehman said in [...]

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Life Insurers OK = Fitch, Tax Bill, First Magnus Study, Cold Turkey, Symbolic, New Index, Pain Section, Barney Frank, John Crudele, Bank Guarantees, Missed Signs, OK in Nebraska, OTS - Countrywide, Incomes Down, Disc. Window Locations, Arm Reset Chart ================ No Subprime Crisis For U.S. Life Insurers, Fitch Says - Amid ongoing nervous over just [...]

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  Thornburg, Luminent, Equity Cushion, Slideshow, Bank Run? 2, Arnold Kling, Panic of 2007, Debt Freezes Over, RPX = Cool, Cerberus Bad?, Domino, Tales from the front, No Surprise, Not Smart Now, Arm Reset Summary, Leverage, Nouriel Roubini ================   Thornburg Sells $21 Billion of Mortgage Assets at a Loss; Plans Return to ‘Business As [...]

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  Paul Kasriel, CW and Cerberus, Confidence?, CO Slash, TBills are Cool, Failry Priced, Independent Lenders, Downgrades, Central Banks, No Bid, Virtual Turns Real, Schumer Helps, Counterintuitive, Genworth Says OK, 2 Year Treaswuries, Bad 2008?   ================   Don’t Underestimate the U.S. Consumer? The Global Economy Is Strong? - by Paul Kasriel - Northern Trust [...]

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Aegis, CMBS Charts, Refuse To Lend, Shor Sale Timebomb, 70 Year Old Sobstory?, NAR, Playing Futures, Conduits Dry Up, David Merkel, Pizza Man, New Jersey, Even The Rich, KKR Stung, Chicagoland, Ben Stein Says OK, Riskmetrics, Sentinel Mismatch ================ AEGIS MORTGAGE: Case Summary & 36 Largest Unsecured Creditors - corrected copy - Troubled Company Reporter.. [...]

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