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Posted August 24, 2007
No Fed rate cuts
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1) The difference between a corporate bear market and a real estate bear market is the speed in which the markets correct. Corporations, currencies, commodities are quick to discount, and the market "remarks to the market" quickly. In a real estate bear market, it bleeds, seaps, and we wait every 30...
Posted August 24, 2007
Mortgage Meltdown Domino Effect
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The subprime melt down continues and is taking with it big players in the lending arena. More will follow. But that is old new after reading today's business section.
Douglas Rossbach Posted August 22, 2007
How Alt A Turned Toxic
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: Douglas Rossbach, Partner Rossbach Consulting
Greenpoint was one of the first lenders to introduce Atl A lending. The initial concept was to allow borrowers with excellent credit to apply for a loan with  limited loan documentation.  Most of these borrowers were self employed and had difficulty verifying their income but they had excellent...
Posted August 22, 2007
Capital One: Green Point - How to deal with a Subprime Mortgage Base and Earnings!
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1. The credit markets weaken and management is concerned about earnings. 2.Investors revolt and are very concerned about the nonconforming residential/commercial mortgage marketplace. 3.Capital One is, primarily, a credit card company and not a mortgage banker. 4.The Firm's inability to deal with...
Posted August 22, 2007
A Casualty of Corporate Image and Market Expediency
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Capital One financial did not make this move in a vacuum, it is a part of their overall strategy to re-brand their lending operations when the time is right.  Corporate concerns about short term profits outweigh book values in the credit crunch (what's new?).  Even well...
Posted August 22, 2007
Cold feet in the mortgage industry means opportunity for the brave with deep pockets
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The current flight from mortgage banking is a "shake-out of the weak of heart" and an opportunity for the deep pockets investor who has vision and modest courage.
Posted August 22, 2007
Why join the Crowd?
Analysis of: Capital One to Close Its GreenPoint Unit | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Lost placement in the mortgage industry.  Anything that Capital One does now in the mortgage world be seen as flighty and here today gone tomorrow.  Name branding will difficult to rebuild upon a return to the mortgage industry.  Brokers are notoriously fickle about where they send their...
Bill Bradway Posted August 21, 2007
Has the Subprime Meltdown Created a New Credit Crunch Paradigm?
Analysis of: Like a House of Cards: In a Twist Folks Paying Other Bills, But Skip Mortgage | www.nypost.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director Bradway Research, LLC
The latest data on mortgage and credit card delinquencies seems to run counter to conventional wisdom - that borrowers will keep paying the mortgage and default on unsecured debt, especially credit cards. Why would the  subprime meltdown and rapidly rising foreclosures have no effect on credit...
Posted August 17, 2007
Capital One Acquires Channel to Board New Credit Customers
Analysis of: Prepaid Is New Focus at Capital One | www.americanbanker.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
In NetSpend Capital One has an important channel to cost-effectively originate borrowers for its various lending operations, foremost its US credit card business.
Douglas Rossbach Posted August 10, 2007
Global Opportunities in Residential Mortgages - What's Next?
Analysis of: So Far, U.S. Housing Woes Only Singe Asia | www.businessweek.com
Author: Douglas Rossbach, Partner Rossbach Consulting
Residential mortgage credit is tightening around the globe in response to the collapse of the sub-prime market in the US and rising delinquency rates in other developed counties. This credit squeeze is putting pressure on market participants, especially recent market entrants, to re-think and, in some...
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