Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.9.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.9.10

States: Let Taxpayers Cover Your Mortgage CNN Money.com (12 May 10) Taking Back Homes From The Banks Information Clearing House (12 May 10) Mortgage Holders

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.2.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.2.10

Commercial Real Estate Pushes $7.4 Billion in FDIC Losses in One Day– Hard to Hear The CRE Collapse With Investment Banks Finally Being Called Out

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.11.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.11.10

Bank of America Exec: ‘Considerable Number’ Will Lose Homes Charlotte Observer (13 Apr 10) Foreclosure Rates Surge, Biggest Jump in 5 Years Associated Press (15

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.4.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.4.10

Ex-Fannie Mae Execs Try to Defend Track Record Yahoo News (9 April 10) Panel Sifts Subprime Wreckage, Blames Alan Greenspan Yahoo News (7 April 10)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.28.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.28.10

Mortgage Problems? Fed Can Relate The Wall Street Journal (1 April 10) Fed Ends Its Purchasing of Mortgage Securities The New York Times (31 March

Mortgage Markets – Week of  3.21.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.21.10

Anti-Flippers Buy And Hold Cheap Homes Yahoo Finance (18 March 10) More Homeowners Are Opting For ‘Strategic Defaults’ Los Angeles Times (4 March 10)

Mortgage Markets – Week of  3.14.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.14.10

Homeowners Get Foreclosed Upon, While Bonuses Are Forever Mr.Drinkwater (12 Jan 10) Obama Administration Denies Public Access to Fannie and Freddie Documents Judicial Watch (19

Mortgage Markets – Week of  3.7.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.7.10

J.P. Morgan: Foreclosure Sales Could Be Higher in Three Years The Wall Street Journal (9 March 10) Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a

Mortgage Markets – Week of  2.28.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 2.28.10

Trapped Inside A Property Bubble Caixin online (10 Feb 10) Million Dollar Greenwich Houses Fall on Bad Times NBC Connecticut (1 March 10) Elizabeth Warren

Mortgage Markets – Week of  2.21.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 2.21.10

What’s Up With HUD’s REO Sales? Bruce Krasting (23 Feb 10) Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead of Foreclosure WLWT.com (19 Feb 10)

Mortgage Markets – Week of  1.31.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 1.31.10

US Mortgage Sector Braced For End Of Fed Help Financial Times (03 Feb 10) Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie New York Times (01 Feb

Mortgage Markets – Week of  1.24.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 1.24.10

Fall In U.S. New Home Sales Fans Fears On Recovery Yahoo Finance (27 Jan 10) Fed May Take Risk MBS Program End Won’t Hurt Housing

Mortgage Markets – Week of  1.03.10

Mortgage Markets – Week of 1.03.10

More Bankrupts Choosing Ch. 7 Over Ch. 13 MortgageOrb (06 Jan 10) Credit Suisse Sued for $24 Billion by Property Owners Business Week (04 Jan

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.27.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.27.09

Lawmakers Want Probe Into Treasury Aid for Fannie, Freddie The Wall Street Journal (30 Dec 09) Billions to Fight Foreclosure, But Few New Loans The

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.13.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.13.09

What 10 Reasons Will Keep a Lid on The Housing And Economic Recovery For California? Dr. Housing Bubble (2009) The Trend In The Freddie Mac

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.22.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.22.09

Wall St. Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages The New York Times (21 Nov 09) World’s Most Expensive Homes Yahoo Finance (22 Nov 09) FHA-Backed Lending

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.15.09

Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over Brief Law.com (11 Nov 09) Latest Foreclosure Activity Report Presents Conflicting Perspectives Zero Hedge (12 Nov 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.25.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.25.09

In Detroit, A Housing Auction Of Last Resort MSNBC Business (25 Oct 09) Home-buyer Tax-credit Refunds Delayed For Months Fox Business (26 Oct 09) Guess

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.18.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.18.09

A Million Frozen Out Of Mortgage Market The Independent (20 Oct 09) FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real-Estate Loans, Reports Show Bloomberg.com (20 Oct 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.11.09

Foreclosures Continued to Rise in 3rd Quarter as Banks Worked on Backlog The Washington Post (16 Oct 09) A Secret Deal Between Wall Street and

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.04.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.04.09

Reverse Mortgages May Be Next Subprime, Center Says (Update1) Bloomberg.com (08 Oct 09) Reverse Mortgages Lose Their Luster Forbes.com (06 Oct 09) Firms Are Getting

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.20.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.20.09

TARP & Ginnie Mae: You Get Used to Anything, Sooner or Later it Becomes Your Life The Automatic Earth (10 Sept 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.06.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.06.09

CIC Looks to Pile Cash Into U.S. Real Estate The Wall Street Journal (09 Sept 09) Loan Losses Spark Concern Over FHA The Wall Street

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.16.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.16.09

BofA’s Countrywide Loses Court Ruling on Mortgages Yahoo Finance (20 Aug 09) Update 1-US Commercial Property Values Off 17 pct in H1-IPD Reuters (14 Aug

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.09.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.09.09

Fed Focusing on Real-Estate Recession as Bernanke Convenes FOMC Bloomberg.com (10 Aug 09) Fannie Mae Seeks $10.7B in US Aid After 2Q Loss Yahoo News

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.02.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.02.09

U.S. Considers Remaking Mortgage Giants The Washington Post (06 Aug 09) Fla. Highrise Has 32 Stories, But Just 1 Tenant Yahoo News (01 Aug 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.05.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.05.09

‘Shadow’ Inventory May Slow Housing Recovery NPR (08 July 09) Lenders Avoid Redoing Loans, Fed Concludes Boston.com (07 July 09) U.S. Mortgage Fraud ‘Rampant’ And

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.21.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.21.09

S&P Downgrades Prime Jumbo Mortgage Securities Market Watch (23 June 09) The Age-Based Discrimination Continues Bank Free Investing (23 June 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.14.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.14.09

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 as Bank Seizures Loom Bloomberg.com (14 June 09) Judge Upholds Three-word Foreclosure Strategy ABC.7 (29 May 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.31.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.31.09

Foreclosure Starts Hit One Million Mark Investment Watch (02 June 09) Top Ten Things to Know if You’re Interested in a Reverse Mortgage Home &

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.10.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.10.09

Home Prices in U.S. Drop Most on Record in Quarter (Update3) Bloomberg.com (14 May 09) Fannie Mae to Tap $19 Billion in Treasury Capital (Update2)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.04.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.04.09

U.S. House Passes H.R. 1728, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009 Appraisers.org (07 May 09) More Than One in Five Homeowners Underwater:

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.26.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.26.09

Obama Expands Housing Help to Include Second Mortgages Truthout (28 Apr 09) Here It Comes” (Prime Delinquencies) Market-Ticker (22 April 09)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.12.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 4.12.09

What Might Be Hurting Home Values The Washington Post (28 March 09) The Appraisal Bubble Public Integrity (14 April 09) With Advocates’ Help, Squatters Call

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.29.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.29.09

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Receive $46 Billion From Treasury Bloomberg.com (02 April 09) KPMG Hit With Lawsuit Over New Century Collapse Reuters (01 April

Most Foreclosures Pack Into a Few Counties

Most Foreclosures Pack Into a Few Counties

STATE-BY-STATE GRAPHIC: Foreclosures in 2008 WASHINGTON — More than half of the nation’s foreclosures last year took place in 35 counties, a sign that the

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.08.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.08.09

Tracking the $700 Billion Bailout The New York Times (02 March 09) Glenn Beck’s Heart-stopping Housing Chart YouTube “The Bezzle” Defined The Market Ticker (08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.01.09

Mortgage Markets – Week of 3.01.09

Mortgage Bailout to Aid 1 in 9 U.S. Homeowners The Wall Street Journal (05 March 09) This is it! Where’s The Note, Who’s The Holder:

Money & Markets – Week of 1.18.09

Money & Markets – Week of 1.18.09

What Companies Are Actually Doing Well? NY Times (20 Jan 2009) The Economy Gets Top Billing, but Congress May Also Try to Revamp 401(k) and

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.21.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 12.21.08

Home Foreclosures and Taxes kiplinger.com (18 Dec 2008) New Rules on Home-Sale Profits kiplinger.com (17 Dec 2008) New Tax Breaks for Homeowners kiplinger.com (15 Dec

Bloomberg v. The Fed

Bloomberg v. The Fed

I have been searching for updates on Bloomberg’s lawsuit seeking disclosure of collateral held by the Fed in exchange for a trillion plus in loans.

Give Mint Oil for Xmas

Give Mint Oil for Xmas

I just got my box of mint oil drams from Crosby Mint Farm. It is excellent. In fact, I sent the planned presents out to

Obama Won – What is Next?

Obama Won – What is Next?

President-elect Obama and his transition team now have 77 days to assemble a staff and Cabinet, determine the chief policies and goals for their first

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.5.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 10.5.08

Illinois Sheriff Scolds Banks for Evictions of ‘Innocent’ Renters CNN (9 Oct 2008) Mortgage Crisis Is Foreseen in Housing Owned by Private Equity Firms NY

Wall Street to Main Street: Who Needs You?

Wall Street to Main Street: Who Needs You?

Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System By Scott Laman & Craig Torres – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008) Adjusted Monetary Base – 25 Sep

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.29.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.29.08

Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe By Melvin L. Oliver & Thomas M. Shapiro – American Prospect (22 Sep 2008) Produce The Note “How-To” The Consumer

Proposed Bail Out Bill

Proposed Bail Out Bill

The New York Times has posted a draft copy of the U.S. Treasury bail out bill. As a practical matter, this bill gives the U.S.

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.08.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.08.08

U.S. Takeover of Fannie, Freddie Offers ‘Stopgap’ By Rebecca Christie & John Brinsley – Bloomberg.com (8 Sep 2008) Treasury Statement on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.01.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 9.01.08

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bailout Near TheStreet.com (5 Sep 2008) Freddie, Fannie Shareholders To Be Wiped Out U.S. Rescue Seen at Hand for 2 Mortgage

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.25.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.25.08

Three Fannie Mae Execs Out, Shares Rally Earlier By Al Yon – Reuters (27 Aug 2008) Fannie, Freddie Capital Can Absorb Losses: Report By Al

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.18.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.18.08

Still Bleeding – Fannie, Freddie and Lehman Ensure August is Anything But Quiet From The Economist (20 Aug 2008) Russia Will Not Dump Fannie, Freddie

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.11.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 8.11.08

Articles Relating to Mortgage Servicing Fraud Stop the Housing Bailout At stopthehousingbailout.com (30 Jul 2008)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Housing Market Meltdown Causes Massive Losses By Dean Baker – The Center for Economic & Policy Research (9 Jul 2008)

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Mortgage Ruling Could Shock  U.S. Banking Industry By Gina Keating – Reuters (30 Jun 2008) Countrywide’s Pressures Mount By Ruth Simon – Wall Street Journal

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.26.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 5.26.08

With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Left Out By David Streitfeld – New York Times (3 Jan 2008) Foreclosures in Military Towns Surge at Four

Mortgage Markets

Mortgage Markets

Mr. Mortgage on April Foreclosures in California By Mr. Mortgage – Implode-o-Meter.com (13 May 2008)