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Mark Mariotti Posted April 21, 2008
Congress changed the rules
Analysis of: Freddie to Finance Jumbo Loans | online.wsj.com
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO Future Management Holdings Inc
Freddie Mac (GSE - Government-Sponsored Enterprises) wastes no time and begins to finance $10 billion to $15 billion in jumbo mortgages from big lenders. This follows the actions of other GSE's to add liquidity into the real estate market. I sincerely believe that this effort will help to flatten...
Mark Mariotti Posted April 21, 2008
Steady Freddy... Fannie... Penny and the FHA
Analysis of: Mortgage applications up, FHA index climbs more | www.reuters.com
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO Future Management Holdings Inc
Current 'so called' mortgage metrics are not necessarially useful now or in the future. Ratios and numbers can always leave room for interpretaion and misdiagnosis.   Definately positive refi action is taking place for the strapped borrowers and principal committed investors; the GSE's should keep...
Mark Mariotti Posted April 21, 2008
Firms like WaMu are pass-thru lenders. Ease investor anxiety NOW
Analysis of: WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz | www.businessweek.com
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO Future Management Holdings Inc
a) Ease investor anxiety NOW   b) Secondary Mortgage Market Investors have been worried that recent data indicate a slowing economy, which would continue to cut into potential profit growth and actual principal at some of the nation's biggest mortgage companies, and portfolios.
Mark Mariotti Posted April 17, 2008
Patterns and behaviors CHANGE - and then CHANGE again...
Analysis of: WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz | www.businessweek.com
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO Future Management Holdings Inc
a) it does appear that the independent mortgage broker is going the way of the independent insurance agent and the independent fee based financial planner b) technlogy will be key in providing the independent mortgage broker, the acutal end-user (borrower) and actual owner-buyer-investor of...
Mark Mariotti Posted April 17, 2008
Move compliance metrics to the front
Analysis of: Study: subprime crisis spurs lawsuits | money.cnn.com
Author: Mark Mariotti, CEO Future Management Holdings Inc
a) existing federal, state amd municpal compliance check and balances exist b) move Rating Agency solutions to subprime mortgage losses in the large secondary market traunces into the origination systems & procedures
Posted April 15, 2008
WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz
Analysis of: WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz | www.businessweek.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Washington Mutual's decision to exit the Wholesale mortgage market along with the demise of othe wholesale lenders and similar exit of wholesale by yet other lenders will severely affect Mortgage Brokers ability to properly place loans for clients. This of course could be a significant opportunity for...
Posted April 14, 2008
WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz
Analysis of: WaMu Ditches the Wholesale Mortgage Biz | www.businessweek.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Implications: 1.The Financial Institution makes a strategic decision to eliminate "Risk" by terminating residential mortgage loans through the independent mortgage broker. A new market must emerge . 2.The risks to the lender: 1. To gain business by offering Competitive Rates and, 2. Reliance on buyer...
Posted April 14, 2008
Neiman Marcus, HSBC face off over credit card business
Analysis of: Neiman Marcus, HSBC face off over credit card business | www.dmnews.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
However it is resolved Neiman Marcus’s ugly spat with HSBC is a harbinger of a deteriorating credit environment and of Neiman Marcus’s coveted private label (P/L) credit card portfolio being in play in 2010.
Jerome Fons Posted April 10, 2008
White Paper on Rating Competition and Structured Finance (Part 2)
Analysis of: Study: subprime crisis spurs lawsuits | money.cnn.com
Author: Jerome Fons, Principal Fons Risk Solutions
Continued from part 1.
Jerome Fons Posted April 10, 2008
White Paper on Rating Competition and Structured Finance (Part 1)
Analysis of: Study: subprime crisis spurs lawsuits | money.cnn.com
Author: Jerome Fons, Principal Fons Risk Solutions
As subprime mortgage losses cascade throughout the global financial system, attention has turned to the structure and performance of the bond rating industry. Faulty ratings on securities backed by subprime mortgages are believed responsible for billions of dollars in losses. This White Paper argues...
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