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May 15, 2013 09:52 AM
Redwood strikes early, setting the stage for more private-label RMBS

Redwood Trust holds significant growth potential in the private-label space as guarantee fees continue to rise and the enterprises pursue potential risk-sharing ventures, analysts claim.

As such, Paul...

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May 15, 2013 09:32 AM
Redwood strikes early, setting the stage for more private-label RMBS

Redwood Trust holds significant growth potential in the private-label space as guarantee fees continue to rise and the enterprises pursue potential risk-sharing ventures, analysts claim.

As such, Paul...

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May 15, 2013 06:00 AM
Mortgage applications retreat after steady climb

Mortgage applications retreated this past week as refinancing and home purchase filings slowed.

The volume fell 7.3% from a week earlier when analyzing the survey period...

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May 15, 2013 07:20 AM
DeMarco: FHLBanks should grow involvement in secondary market

As the debate on housing finance reform moves forward, more attention will be paid to the activities of the Federal Home Loan Banks, and how these institutions fit into the future...

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May 14, 2013 03:30 PM
DeMarco: FHLBanks should grow involvement in secondary market

As the debate on housing finance reform moves forward, more attention will be paid to the activities of the Federal Home Loan Banks, and how these institutions fit into the future...

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May 14, 2013 11:42 AM
Ocwen-backed HLSS bundles up new Homeward Residential assets

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, which purchases some mortgage business from sister company Ocwen Financial, is bringing a mortgage servicer advance receivable to the market.

The asset-backed securitization will be collateralized by Ocwen...

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May 14, 2013 11:20 AM
Ocwen-backed HLSS bundles up new Homeward Residential assets

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, which purchases some mortgage business from sister company Ocwen Financial, is bringing a mortgage servicer advance receivable to the market.

The asset-backed securitization will be collateralized by Ocwen...

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May 14, 2013 11:28 AM
Experts paint a private capital market for regulators

To bring private capital back into the mortgage finance market, experts are proposing various restructuring initiatives, including plans to turn the jumbo mortgage market back to the private sector and to form securitization cooperatives that function like ...

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May 14, 2013 10:52 AM
Experts paint a private capital market for regulators

To bring private capital back into the mortgage finance market, experts are proposing various restructuring initiatives, including plans to turn the jumbo mortgage market back to the private sector and to form securitization cooperatives that function like ...

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May 14, 2013 09:29 AM
Early launch of streamlined loan mods boosts mortgage market: FBR

Freddie Mac’s decision to kick...

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May 14, 2013 09:13 AM
Early launch of streamlined loan mods boosts mortgage market: FBR

Freddie Mac’s decision to kick...

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May 14, 2013 08:54 AM
US mortgage delinquency rate lower than it first appears: TransUnion

The U.S. mortgage delinquency rate is lower than it first appears when accounting for the number of mortgages delinquent for 180 days or more, credit bureau TransUnion claims in a new report.

These home loans are older vintages leftover from the...

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May 14, 2013 09:02 AM
Housing recovery no longer constricted as confidence booms

The housing market is on its way to a broad-based recovery, an accelerated trend since March.

The home buying season shifted into high gear in April as housing inventory and home list prices increased by 4.12% and 2.63% month-over-month, respectively...

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May 14, 2013 08:38 AM
Housing recovery no longer constricted as confidence booms

The housing market is on its way to a broad-based recovery, an accelerated trend since March.

The home buying season shifted into high gear in April as housing inventory and home list prices increased by 4.12% and 2.63% month-over-month, respectively...

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May 14, 2013 07:44 AM
CoreLogic: Real estate recovery is locally driven

Residential investment and rising home prices are definitely a current trend, but how much investing and home buying occurs is highly contingent on the dynamics of the local economy, CoreLogic said in its latest MarketPulse Report.

The real...

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