Entries Tagged as 'GSEs'

Your Government At Work: FHA Troubles?, FN Portfolio, GAO on AIG, HECM Damage?, PPIP & Banks = Toxic?, Barney Speaks, NCUA Conservatorship

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments

major article on FHA lots of great charts too - FHA - Ready To Join Fannie And Freddie -  Multiple Reasons For High FHA Default Rates - Massive default rates in the FHA loan program are starting to raise a few eyebrows.  Without major reform of fundamentally poor lending policies, the FHA could soon join […]

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Tags: GSEs · Government · Mortgage Market

Fed - Treasury - GSEs: T-Notes Safe?, Double Up PIMCO, Fed Issuing Debt, Fannie vs Freddie Payment Relief

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Treasury notes losing allure as ’safest’ investment? - The New York Times - Investors » Skittish response to sale may signal waning appetite, trouble for Obama. - Salt Lake Tribune
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Fed needs to double balance sheet: PIMCO - By Faith Hung - Bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co said the Federal Reserve needs to double its […]

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Tags: Fed · GSEs · Mortgage Market

Our Government: NCUA Conservatorship Antics, Invest With Barney & Chris, MIRA Act of 2009, OMB-FHA and MIPs

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Credit Unions Kept in the Dark? - Interview with Filson: NCUA Conservatorship & its Impact on Credit Unions - … NCUA conserved the two largest corporates based on information that not even the credit union boards were shown. … - Credit Unions.com 
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Feds to Wall Street: You’re Scum. Now Let’s Be Partners.  -  Gary Townsend […]

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Tags: Fed · GSEs · Government · Mortgage Market

MortgageNewsClips: Read His Plan, Unintended Consequences, TALF to Grow, Tranche Warfare, GN Warehouse Lines?, Blow It Up, Violent Rally, Gov’t Risk, Home Size Falls, 2025, NYC Auction, Fifth Third, Limos, BofA

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments

read his plan - How About Adjustable Principal Mortgages Instead? - Alex Trias - Seeking Alpha 
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US Ahead of Europe on Improving RMBS Transparency - CreditSights gives Europe’s securitization industry a D grade in its efforts to improve transparency of new residential mortgage backed securities. In contrast, the US industry gets an A+. - Research […]

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Tags: Blogs · Charts & Tables · Economy · GSEs · Mortgage Market · Research & Papers

MortgageNewsClips: Fair Value, Delay the Inevitable, Patty Murray, Reggie Middleton, Golden Parachutes, San Diego, Volcker, Where’s The Money?, 3 From FT, Thanks X

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

What’s More Important than Fair Value? Plenty - Marie Leone - Global financial experts are more keen on reining in securitization than stamping out fair value. - CFO.com 
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Do Moratoria Simply Delay The Inevitable?  - by John Clapp - No fewer than four state governors have said they would consider it. President Obama made it a […]

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Tags: Accounting · Blogs · Charts & Tables · Economy · Fed · GSEs · Mortgage Market · Research & Papers

MortgageNewsClips: TALF part 1, FN Loosens, John Paulson, Cashouts Low. Cramdowns, Zillow, Mods Guarantee, Be Patient, Freddie and Ocwen, Citi 2, TARP Overhaul, Lots O Charts, Reverses, PIMCO Wary

February 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Important: TALF part 1 - thanks Marty Rosenblatt - READ THIS - has haircut chart - maybe mortgages are next - Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility: Terms and Conditions1 - FRBNY 
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Fannie Mae to Loosen Refinancing Rules - By Jody Shenn - Bloomberg - … Fannie Mae will drop some credit-score requirements, reduce income-documentation standards and […]

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Tags: Charts & Tables · Economy · GSEs · Government · Mortgage Market