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The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
BusinessWeek December 11, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 Palmeri & Francis |
How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves. |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Weise & Harper |
Goldman Closes the Door on Subprime The sale of a mortgage servicer marks the end of a misadventure. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 David E. Adler |
Vultures Circling Instead of a bear market, the developing investment environment could be characterized as a vulture market. But at the moment the vultures are circling, but not swooping. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
How Big Is The Bite On Fannie And Freddie? Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's exposure to risky loans could be bigger than they say. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Samuel A. Gillespie |
Money Magnets Today's distressed real estate assets are attracting well-capitalized investors. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Roben Farzad et al. |
Not So Smart In an era of easy money, financial institutions forgot that the party can't last forever. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
The SEC Wants More Answers The Securities & Exchange Commission is expanding its probe into the mortgage mess. |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Dees Stribling |
Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Morgan Housel |
The End of Idiot Borrowing The Senate voted 63-36 to outlaw "liar loans," or mortgages made to borrowers who invent their income. |
BusinessWeek February 12, 2009 Brian Grow |
What's Holding Back Mortgage Modification? Many mortgage services say they can't modify terms to let homeowners avoid foreclosure. But there may be fewer obstacles than they claim. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein |
The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise. |
U.S. Banker January 2002 |
Self-Cleansing Imagine what it must be like working in subprime lending, dealing all the time with financially desperate people. Well, Bank of America is well on its way toward washing its hands of this dirty business, reducing its risk and raising its ethical standards... |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Beware This Mercurial Mortgage The potentially risky ARM home loan is once again gaining popularity. |
U.S. Banker April 2007 Holly Sraeel |
Tough Lessons for the Subprime Market...Again That New Century finds itself in this predicament should come as no surprise. The burning question? When will the other shoe(s) drop, and how painful will that be for the industry and investors? |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Emil Lee |
Shedding Some Light on Subprime Lenders An interview with the CEO of a website that provides marketing leads to mortgage companies offers a peek into the subprime world and where that market is headed. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Maria Bartiromo |
The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis. |
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Mortgage Lenders: Who's Most At Risk As delinquency rates rise, red flags are flying over some aggressive finance outfits. |
Registered Rep. February 17, 2012 Jennifer Popovec |
Commercial Mortgage REITs: Less Risk, Same Reward? A new crop of commercial mortgage REITs emerging today may be less risky investments compared to the legacy commercial mortgage REITs that operated during the most recent real estate boom, argue some industry experts. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
Financial Advisor July 2007 Eric L. Reiner |
Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector. |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian et al. |
Making Sense Of The Mortgage Mess The economy should be able to withstand the downdraft in the mortgage market. |
U.S. Banker April 2010 Kate Berry |
Paying Seconds First Despite falling behind on mortgages, borrowers continue to make payments on home equity loans. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 Palmeri & Kopecki |
Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Rich Greifner |
The Worst Is Yet to Come Think subprime was bad? The Alt-A fallout will make the subprime situation seem like a minor chimney fire. However, there are certain types of investments that should weather the Alt-A storm just fine -- or at least better than most. |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Emil Lee |
Fool on the Street: Capital One's Crystal Ball Capital One explains why the subprime mess has not spilled over into other consumer lending areas. Investors should take note. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
Bank Technology News October 2009 John Adams |
IT Cleanup in the Home Equity Aisle Two risky strategies of the past -- high-cost home equity loans made without tax and insurance escrow accounts, and the use of tech platforms siloed between different types of real estate lending -- are coming back to bite mortgage lenders via tough new regulations. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime Lender Please meet the FHA. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007 Emil Lee |
Cleaning Up in Subprime Loan World? This sector will turn volatile, so be careful when seeing if there's any value left. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Rimmy Malhotra |
Mr. Market's Subprime Vision Many REITs have little to no residential exposure, and therefore, little to no subprime exposure. |
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Sham Gad |
What Sparked the Subprime Explosion? Some really smart people have taken one asset -- the plain old mortgage -- and singlehandedly created layers and layers of financial instruments that are predicated on it. Like dominoes, one by one, these securities are now tumbling and leaving investors and homeowners to clean up the mess. |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Alan Lavine |
Distressed Assets Gone Wild There are several ways for financial advisors to get in on the distressed asset action by investing in private equity, in hedge funds, or in mutual funds that invest in distressed bonds and stocks. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 John Rosevear |
Is It Time to Buy a House Yet? The subprime mortgage mess has created a mixed blessing for potential homebuyers. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2010 Gittelsohn & Gopal |
Finding a Better Lifeline for Homeowners With mortgages underwater by a record $745 billion, regulators may force lenders to cut principal. |
FDIC FYI February 7, 2002 |
Subprime Mortgage Lending Faces the Test of a Slowing Economy Entry by FDIC-insured institutions into subprime lending as a targeted line of business was largely a phenomenon of the 1990s. These lending programs are now being tested by recession, in most cases for the first time... |
HBS Working Knowledge September 12, 2007 Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure A look at what went wrong in the subprime industry and why. |