HW Magazine

June 2013

HousingWire introduces its inaugural RETech:50 highlighting the accomplishments of 50 technology-driven real estate companies.

Features

Coming full circle
by Kerry Curry

With a decade of success, Equator contemplates where to go from here.

Private-label RMBS trailblazer Redwood Trust sets aggressive issuance pace
by Christina Mlynski

There are only a handful of consistencies investors can rely on in the private-label market these days. Redwood Trust issuing at least one residential mortgage-backed securities deal a month is one.

Commentary

by Jacob Gaffney

But don't worry, taxpayer money will still be dished out. As of March 31, 2013, the Treasury had spent less than 2% — approximately $7.3 billion out of the TARP total of $475 billion — on homeowner relief programs, including HAMP and the Hardest Hit Fund.

by David Altig

As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated, too-big-to-fail remains a major issue that is not solved, but "there’s a lot of work in train."