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Info Uka SecuritizationMarkets

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:14:39 GMT

7.862 7.29 7.26 7.11 6.76 6.50 6.25 5.79 basis points to only 9 basis points in terms of minimum realized compound yields. This would seem to imply that the minimum realized compound yield more accurately reflects the price relationships between premium bonds and par bonds as determined in the marketplace. The realized compound yield figures thus overcome many of the difficulties inherent in the conventional minimum yield approach. Table 23 shows the 30-year realized compound yields for all...

FExculpatory clause MortgageForms

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:37:38 GMT

An exculpatory clause relieves the borrower of personal liability to repay the loan. Thus, if the borrower defaults, the lender can look only to the property foreclosure for recovery of the debt. In effect, the lender may not sue the borrower on the note or obtain a deficiency judgment, if sale of the property at foreclosure does not provide sufficient funds to cover the loan's balance. Obviously, borrowers prefer to negotiate loans with exculpatory clauses, but lenders are usually unwilling to...

United Kingdom disequilibrium mortgage credit rationing research The Mortgage Market

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:20:07 GMT

Chapter 5 cited the UK mortgage market in the 1970s, and early 1980s, as a prime example of disequilibrium rationing. The existence of a mortgage cartel until 1983, and periods of negative real interest rates, led to mortgage queues and the use of non-price rationing mechanisms. These are the results we would expect if non-price terms of mortgage contracts were not being adjusted to clear the market Drake amp Holmes 1997 . Thus the UK provides an ideal setting for the study of disequilibrium...

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations CMOs MortgageGuide

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:28:15 GMT

CMOs are created by pooling mortgage pass-thrus or mortgage whole loans and splitting their cash flows into a number of tranches. A CMO is self-supporting, i.e. the collateral cash flow is able to meet the tranches' cash flow requirement. CMOs have a broad range of investors, because they are able to satisfy disparate investor's needs for cash flows with varying levels of average lives, coupons, and stability profiles. Banks typically invest in securities with the shortest average life. Money...

Notes Hlx The Mortgage Market

Tue, 08 May 2012 01:12:46 GMT

1 For further reading on the Tobit model see W.H. Greene 1993 , Econometric Analysis, 3rd edition, chapter 20, Section 20.3, pp. 959-72. 2 'Seasoned mortgages' is a term meaning mortgages of some age. Thus they are not mortgages at the point of house purchase. 3 The estimated structural equations suggested two separate effects on mortgage demand arising from the reduction of tax benefits. More expensive debt leads to the greater use of savings to finance house purchase and the reduction in the...

WrapAround Mortgage MortgageForms

Sat, 05 May 2012 05:21:22 GMT

This Mortgage Deed, made and executed the 1st, 3rd, 6th, etc. day of March, 1996, by Joe Buyer hereinafter called the Mortgagor which term shall include the heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the said Mortgagor wherever the context so requires or admits, to Joe Seller hereinafter called the Mortgagee, which term shall include the heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, of the said Mortgagee wherever the context so requires or admits. WITNESSETH That for good...

Components of Gain on Sale MortgageBanking

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:59:20 GMT

- Fees received from borrower at closing less direct costs to originate deferred - Any impairment charges recognized during the hold period - Present value of net cash flows expected over the expected life of the loan discounted at current market rates

Finding out more about repair addendums ReverseMortgages

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:11:38 GMT

During closing, the originator wants to ensure that anything that could hamper your loan process has been taken care of. Were you supposed to get your plumbing fixed or other repairs completed Was there an unsafe tree in your yard that needed to be felled Make sure you've settled all of this before the closing. ng If you've made arrangements to make repairs or other changes f after your loan has been signed and sealed, one of the documents you have to sign at closing is the repair addendum....

Q Q Snw Mortgage and Credit Markets

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:18:17 GMT

Sources Inside Mortgage Finance, S amp P, Milken Institute. Note Home mortgage originations for Q1-Q3 2008 are annualized. declined once again to 3.0 trillion in 2006 and still further to 2.4 trillion in 2007 as the mortgage market meltdown occurred. In the first three quarters of 2008, originations totaled only 490 billion, 445 billion, and 300 billion, respectively. During the surge in home mortgage originations, some lenders began soliciting hard for new loans and relaxing their underwriting...

Employment Qualification RealEstate

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:10:25 GMT

Nobody can truly foretell the continued stability of an applicant's qualifying income unless that income is in the form of a heavily secured trust account. As with credit qualification, mortgage lenders attempt to project future employment stability with current and past history. Conforming lenders typically require two full year's of stable employment, preferably in the same field and company. Non-conforming lenders will often accept significantly less, with some programs accepting borrowers...

Final Installment Of A Fiveinstallment Series CreditScoring

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:16:00 GMT

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Mortgage Credit Partnership Credit Scoring Committee The purpose of the Federal Reserve System's Credit Scoring Committee is to publish a variety of perspectives on the credit-scoring process and to identify areas where the use of credit scores may create disparities in the home mortgage process. The first four installments in this series addressed aspects of the use of credit scores and fair-lending concerns, including the maintenance of scoring models,...

Land Trusts RealEstate

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:03:21 GMT

A popular instrument among individual real estate investors as well as homeowners is the land trust. Note that most, though not all, states recognize land trusts. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota and Virginia all recognize land trusts. The fee simple defeasible estate can end and when it does the ownership interest in the property is transferred away from that defeasible estate owner. The fee simple defeasible estate will indicate to whom the property will then be transferred, based on...

The Collapse Begins Mortgage and Credit Markets

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:14:12 GMT

By mid-2007, it was clear that the housing market had fallen into real distress. The most obvious sign, illustrated in Figure 3.22, was a long, steep plunge in home prices, as chronicled by the two S amp P Case-Shiller home price indexes. Falling prices unleashed a cascade of consequences. Many homeowners especially those who bought near the end of the boom now found themselves under water owing more than their home's current market value . Without equity, borrowers with ARMs were unable to...

Q Q Q 1 Mortgage and Credit Markets

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:29:08 GMT

Sources Inside Mortgage Finance, Milken Institute. Note Each bar represents the cumulative share of all subprime mortgage originations securitized starting in 1994 and continuing through the third quarter of 2008. that were securitized steadily increased, from 44.7 percent to 67.8 percent in 2007, before declining to 67.5 percent in the third quarter of 2008. Although the most recent decline appears to be quite small, the percentage of subprime mortgage loans originated in the first quarter of...

Measurement issues in specifying mortgage termination models The Mortgage Market

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:01:47 GMT

One difficulty in testing option theoretic models is that the theoretical variables cannot always be measured directly. For example, the net value of the option to default or prepay which can inhibit mortgage termination, even when the option is 'in the money'. In the case of default, the value of the put option will depend upon the stochastic behaviour of particular house prices. Measuring the extent to which an option is 'in the money' its intrinsic value can also be problematic. Given that...

Approaches to the econometric modelling of mortgage termination behaviour The Mortgage Market

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:52:59 GMT

In this section we examine the approaches adopted to the econometric modelling of mortgage termination behaviour. This includes a discussion of the sampling and data issues involved in any estimation. As with most other research endeavours data is not always complete and theoretical variables are represented by proxy measures which require careful interpretation. The discussion also encompasses the broad outline of the econometric methods used to evaluate mortgage termination. Particular...

The Klars Save a Bundle MortgageBorrowers

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:39:48 GMT

Through smart shopping for their one-year, adjustable-rate mortgage, Neil and Eileen Klar located an ARM with a start rate of 4.25 percent well below the then-average initial ARM rate of 5.71 percent. During their first year, the Klars made payments on their 450,000 mortgage of around 2,200 a month. The fixed-rate mortgage they were offered at the time carried an interest rate of 8.875 percent and would have required payments of 3,580 a month which meant a first-year out-of-pocket savings of...

Introduction The Mortgage Market

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:51:35 GMT

The discussion in Chapter 1 demonstrated just how important the mortgage market is for national economic performance, along with its impact upon the economic welfare of individuals and households. Moreover, the burgeoning secondary mortgage market, where housing debt may be packaged into securities is a major international financial market. Of course these developments, and the scale of cash flows coursing through this marketplace, depend upon the nature and extent of the demand for mortgage...

Table Total Equity Buildup Appreciation Years 1 MortgageBorrowers

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:38:50 GMT

Purchase price 171,000 220,000 Appreciated value 5 p.a. 219,393 282,260 Mortgage balance 5 years 114,498 187,201 Total equity 104,895 95,059 8 percent annual appreciation rate before the 30-year mortgage actually gave you a larger equity after five years. Common advice says buy the most expensive property you can afford and you will build wealth faster through leverage and appreciation. But this advice can err. For many borrowers in many cities, the 15-year term, even on a lower-priced property...

Local governments assist with down payments MortgageBorrowers

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:12:50 GMT

In Oakland, California, several years back, Lynne Jerome and her husband Brian Conan had for years wanted to become homeowners. But they could never put together enough for a down payment.1 We tried, says Lynne, but it was always out of our reach. With Lynne studying for a graduate degree and Brian's work as a truck driver, their family income didn't go far in the expensive California housing market. We always paid a lot of money for rent each month, says Lynne, probably comparable to a...

An IllFated Acquisition MortgageMeltdown

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:32:06 GMT

Given that we covered our remaining short position in Wells Fargo at around 10 during the first week of March 2009 and are now long the stock you might wonder why we 're writing about it here. There are two answers first, because when we decided to write this book in early January 2009, it was one of our favorite short ideas because the stock was around 30 it 's truly stunning how quickly the stock fell in only two months. Second, because it's an interesting case study of how a company can be a...

CDO Structure Balance Sheet MortgageGuide

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:23:50 GMT

A CDO's balance sheet typically has three parts Assets A portfolio of leveraged loans, structured product securities, interest rate swaps or caps, or other financial assets. Liabilities Term debt tranches typically in the form of floating rate notes that vary in seniority, rating, coupon, and average life. Also can include the fixed fee of an interest rate swap. Equity A junior tranche, which is typically in the form of preference shares or subordinated notes. Balance sheet for a hypothetical...

A Better Solution MortgageMeltdown

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:25:31 GMT

So what 's a better solution We 're not arguing that Bank of America or Citi, WaMu, Fannie, Freddie, AIG, or Bear should have been allowed to go bankrupt nobody wants to repeat the chaos that ensued when Lehman Brothers went under. Rather, if a company blows up and can 't find a buyer , the following four things should happen 1. The government seizes it and puts it into temporary receivership as Fannie, Freddie, IndyMac, and AIG effectively were, to one degree or another . 2. Equity is...

What Caused the Bubble MortgageMeltdown

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:30:48 GMT

It seems almost inconceivable that two-and-a-half years of reckless lending, the biggest part of it in the U.S. mortgage market, could create such an enormous bubble that its bursting would bring the world financial system to its knees and plunge nearly every economy in the world into a severe recession or worse . How did this happen The answer is that a confluence of factors created a perfect storm what Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger calls Lollapalooza effects resulting in the greatest...

Cut the cost of PMI by learning where rates break MortgageBorrowers

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:33:31 GMT

Private mortgage insurance can add other costs to your monthly payment when you finance with little or nothing down. Mortgage insurers, however, do not charge all borrowers the same amount of premium. Instead, they use risk-adjusted pricing. In a manner similar to the way lenders risk-adjust interest rates, conditions, and terms, mortgage insurers vary their premiums according to risk factors such as Borrowers' financial profile such as net worth, cash reserves, job stability, and so on For...

Potential New ARM Product Hedging Interest Rate

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:11:42 GMT

Duration is used to measure the interest risk of a fixed income security. The higher the duration is, the more interest risk that security bears. From the investor's perspective, she will benefit if interest rates fall, and suffer if interest rates climb, if the security is non-callable no prepayment option . From the mortgage borrower's point of view, he will exercise his prepayment option if interest rates drop, and thus reduce the benefit for the investor. He will be able to lock in the low...

United States disequilibrium mortgage credit rationing research The Mortgage Market

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:56:55 GMT

The research reported here concerns studies the span both pre- and post-financial deregulation in the US. That is, they can be used to detect the impact of financial deregulation or assess the extent of credit rationing during regulated periods. Before 1983 there were restrictions on the rates charged on savings deposits. This meant that during periods when the maximum deposit rates were binding, lenders were short of funds with mortgages rationed, a process known as disintermediation. It has...

Mortgage Contract Characteristics Continued MortgageGuide

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:14:07 GMT

Mortgage rates are the cost to a mortgagor for borrowing money. This rate is referred to as the interest on the mortgage. Rates are quoted annually, but paid in installments determined in the contract frequency of payment , usually monthly. Rates can be fixed for the life of the loan, they can float based on an index and a spread, or they can be fixed for a set period and then begin to float. Floating rate mortgages typically have life caps as well as periodic caps. The main characteristics...

Developer vs Contractor RealEstate

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:09:06 GMT

An important clarification must be made between two seemingly similar situations that require two differing loan programs. A construction loan is required when the borrower's funds are needed for the actual building of the property. Large-scale developers usually do NOT require the buyer to obtain construction financing. Instead, most developers will require that the borrower be approved for a purchase mortgage loan. The actual construction of the property is funded with the developer's own...

The simultaneous determination of mortgage demand and choice of mortgage instrument US The Mortgage Market

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:14:11 GMT

The research reported under this heading relates back to the demand for mortgage debt discussed in Chapter 2 and the possibility, raised in Chapter 7, that mortgage costs were endogenous to mortgage housing demand equations. In Chapter 2 we noted the possibility that the choice of mortgage instrument and the size of the mortgage debt might be simultaneously determined. Theoretical work has suggested the possible importance of this simultaneous determination Brueckner amp Follain 1988 Brueckner...

Prepayment specific studies The Mortgage Market

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:50:16 GMT

A number of empirical studies have focused upon prepayment behaviour alone Green amp LaCour Little 1999 Abrahams 1997 Quigley amp Van Order 1990 Bennet et al. 1998, 2000, 2001 . This does not mean that default is ignored entirely. For example, Green amp LaCour Little and Abrahams, assume that default patterns are modelled in the base hazard of a Cox Proportional Hazards model. Other studies offer some control by including a measure of equity, or the loan-to-value ratio, at origination Quigley...

The USDA offers a prime choice for low to moderateincome homebuyers MortgageBorrowers

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:17:42 GMT

I'd like to write to the president about expanding this program, says Tom Dixon of Catawba County, North Carolina. In referring to the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Administration mortgage, Tom enthuses that, It's a great program . . . this loan can get people into their own houses. This loan makes a tremendous difference to their lives. Under this program, anyone who has a steady job and good credit can afford a house. That's the wonderful thing about this loan....

Refuse to yield to oversized yieldspread premiums YSPs MortgageBorrowers

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:59:59 GMT

Most mortgage originators want to sell you a loan to earn a commission. No loans, no paycheck. Plus, loan reps earn their highest commissions when they sell you higher-cost loan products. If your loan rep says, The best I can do is a rate of 6.25 percent and 2 points, don't accept that claim as the gospel truth. Just like a car salesperson or any other type of salesperson , the loan rep may be testing you. If you agree, great. If you balk, the rep can say, Oh, wait a minute, I've just thought...

Mortgage demand under uncertainty and mortgage contract heterogeneity The Mortgage Market

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:43:19 GMT

A number of models approach the choice of mortgage instrument using similar arguments to those encountered in the theoretical analysis of mortgage demand in Chapter 2. In particular, the modelling of mortgage demand under uncertainty where borrowers are risk averse. The household utility function presented in that chapter expression 2.5 included wealth and its variance. Portfolio theory stresses the covariance of asset returns. If a household is focused upon portfolio wealth and its variance -...

Disclosures For Form S Registered Mbs Offerings Mortgage Backed Securities

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:12:32 GMT

Investment-grade MBS offerings registered on Form S-3 present their principal disclosures in the base prospectus and prospectus supplement in lieu of incorporating such information by reference. The new Form S-3 instruction for ABS, as described in Regulation AB,6 specifies additional information that must be reported in the registration. All current disclosure items will continue to be required as applicable. Issuers must determine which information is applicable and material 4. Summary of...

The Handbook Of Mortgagebacked Securities 1 Mortgage Backed Securities

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:22:10 GMT

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List of Illustrations Mortgage and Credit Markets

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:48:27 GMT

Figure 2.1 Three of Five Housing Units Are Owner Figure 2.2 Mortgage Debt Enables Homeownership and Leads to Wealth Accumulation Quarterly, 1952-Q2 2008 11 Figure 2.3 In 2008, Mortgage Debt Accounts for More than 50 Percent of the Value of Housing Stock Quarterly, 1952-Q2 2008 12 Figure 2.4 Value of Housing Units How Much Has Been Borrowed, Who Are the Borrowers, and Who Funds Them Q2 2008 13 Figure 2.5 Sources of Funding for Residential and Commercial Mortgages Q2 2008 14 Figure 2.6 Types of...

Empirical studies of amortisation behaviour The Mortgage Market

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:58:10 GMT

Empirical studies have been concerned with the choice of maturity of a mortgage and thus implicitly consider the rate of amortisation. This research has covered mortgage choices in the US Dhillon et al. 1990 , Canada Breslaw et al. 1996 and the UK Leece 1997 . For example, Dhillon et al. 1990 evaluated the choice between a 15- and a 30-year fixed rate mortgage and estimated a simple probit to represent this choice. The empirical results stress the importance of affordability and tax subsidies....

FICO Distributions Mortgage Backed Securities

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:08:58 GMT

I show this in Exhibit 5-3, which details FICO distributions for the three main parts of the nonagency market. The data are for deals originated in 2004. While there is some drift from year to year, the distributions for 2004 provide a good idea of how the loan characteristics are distributed in the different sectors. As shown in this exhibit, the jumbo sector has a distribution with the highest FICO scores. Not only are most of its scores greater than 675, but the lower cutoff point is roughly...

The Series A Certificates Mortgage Backed Securities

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:10:20 GMT

Initial Rating of Certificates'31 Moody's Fitch Source Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-A, Prospectus filed pursuant to rule 424, available at the Securities and Exchange Commission Web site http www.sec.gov, central index key CIK number 0001315171. The temporary reduction in the class 1-A-1 interest rate allows the creation of the class 1-IO certificate, which is described as an interest-only class.8 The interest rate of the 1-IO...

Definition of the YieldtoCall SecuritizationMarkets

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:47:00 GMT

When a bond is callable, i.e., redeemable prior to maturity at the issuer's option, the cash flow implicit in the yield-to-maturity figure is subject to possible early alteration. Most corporate bonds issued today are callable, but with a certain period of call protection before the call option can be exercised. At the expiration of this period the bond may be called at a specified call price which usually involves some premium over par. This call price may decline in steps towards par in...

Distribution Of Characteristics Mortgage Backed Securities

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:20:59 GMT

In the preceding analysis I discussed how different loan and borrower characteristics defined the nonagency sectors. For the most part, I focused on minimum acceptable levels and sector averages. However, it is actually the distribution of these various factors that is most important. I say this because most of these variables have an impact on credit performance and speed in nonlinear ways. For example, defaults may increase x going from a FICO score of 700 to 650 but increase 3x moving an...

Perspectives from Buffett and Klarman MortgageMeltdown

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:30:40 GMT

For further perspectives on this treacherous environment, let's turn to two of the greatest investors of all time Berkshire Hathaway 's Warren Buffett and Seth Klarman of the Baupost Group. On October 16, 2008, Buffett published an Op-Ed in the New York Times in which he highlighted the perils facing investors The financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In...

Multiple Borrowers Multiple Scores MortgageBorrowers

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:48:24 GMT

Even when you and your spouse co-borrower show more than adequate income to buy and finance a property, both borrowers often need credit scores or explanations that surpass lender standards. Without meeting this requirement, the lower-score borrower might have to withdraw as a co-borrower. The lender will then limit the loan amount to the qualifying capacity of the higher-score borrower. You can work around this problem. Buy a two- or four-unit property, or a home with an accessory apartment,...

Credit Enhancements For Nonagency Mbs Products Mortgage Backed Securities

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:33:57 GMT

Frederick Frank Adjunct Professor of Finance School of Management Yale University The investor in nonagency mortgage-backed securities products is exposed to credit risk. Because there is no explicit or implicit government guarantee, all nonagency securities are credit enhanced in order to obtain a specific credit rating for each tranche in a deal. Credit enhancement mechanisms can take various forms, both from external parties and within the structure of the deal. External credit enhancement...

General background The Mortgage Market

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:45:38 GMT

For those countries with large and extensive mortgage markets, such as the United States US and the United Kingdom UK , mortgage finance can be the single most important source of personal borrowing, dominating the balance sheets of many households. Thus the size, extent and the contractual features of mortgage finance are bound to have important implications for the national economic performance of many countries, along with individual and social welfare. Given the benefits of owner...

Info 1 CreditCrisis

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:44:11 GMT

As a management trainee for Beneficial Finance in the 1960s, Cugno knew what risk was all about. He lived it. When Cugno started out his career in the subprime mortgage business, he was what some people called a repo man. In street terms not Wall Street terms, that is , a repo man was someone who took back items from deadbeat borrowers. He was someone who repossessed items by any means necessary usually legal .3 Back then the word - ubprime didn 't exist, and the last thing in the world a...

Notification Mortgage Backed Securities

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:40:16 GMT

To qualify for delivery on the settlement date, the seller must provide the buyer with pool information by 3 p.m. EST two days prior to settlement this is known as the 48-hour rule . The seller also must indicate the face value of securities to be Sample Pool Information for 1 Million Trade Sample Pool Information for 1 Million Trade Principal Accrued Interest Total Due delivered. This information is transmitted electronically via the Electronic Pool Notification EPN system. International...

Arguments against Short Selling MortgageMeltdown

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:43:21 GMT

Shorting looked easy in 2008, but in reality it's a brutally tough business. In many ways, it appears to involve nothing more than applying the same analyses one uses when determining whether to buy a stock On the long side, investors generally seek companies with good management, strong growth, high margins and returns on capital, little or no debt, clean balance sheets, and sustainable competitive advantages all at a low price. Conversely, short sellers look for weak or dishonest management...

Cash deposits toward purchase RealEstate

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:42:35 GMT

With purchases, buyers are normally required to make a large deposit to secure the purchase contract. This deposit is usually called the earnest money deposit, and is held by the seller's agent. This deposit is credited toward the applicant's liquid asset requirements. Loan processors will normally require the following items to confirm that the funds used for the earnest money deposit are acceptable 1. A Verification of Earnest Money Deposit VEMD completed by the agent or Realtor currently...

The Volatility of Bond Prices SecuritizationMarkets

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:34:41 GMT

It is sometimes erroneously supposed that the volatility of high-grade bond prices in response to a given change in yield is entirely a function of maturity. This is only partly true. There are two other factors which affect volatility importantly the coupon rate and the general level of yields. All things else being equal, with the same percentage change in yield, the volatility of the price of a bond increases 1 As maturity lengthens, the longer the maturity, the greater the price volatility...

Impact on the Broader Economy MortgageMeltdown

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:55:13 GMT

The train wreck in the U.S. housing market has triggered a credit crunch that has caused a severe economic decline worldwide. This, in turn, is exacerbating the problems in the housing market, creating a vicious circle. For example, if a business has difficulty borrowing Figure 3.15 Case Study California Home and Condo Resales Source MDA Dataquick. Note includes new construction. Figure 3.15 Case Study California Home and Condo Resales Source MDA Dataquick. Note includes new construction....

Save Taxes and Improve Cash Flow Do a Cost Segregation Study Never Pay Off Your Mortgage

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:56:16 GMT

TO SHELTER LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM TAX LIABILITY, ENGAGE IN A COST SEGREGATION STUDY. Tax-deferral strategies are a great way to minimize taxes, and cost segregation and section 1031 Exchanges are two of the most valuable tax-deferral strategies available to commercial real estate owners today. We've dealt with 1031 Exchange programs in the previous two chapters. Now we turn to cost segregation analysis. New investors are improving cash flow and finding immediate tax savings from their...

Expanded Pool Disclosure Mortgage Backed Securities

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:24:23 GMT

Well into the 1980s, analysis of prepayment risk and value focused on the pass-through characteristics that related to refinancing incentive or affordability restraints on turnover , seasoning, and burnout WAC, WAM, estimated age, and factor or percent of principal balance still outstanding. However, as the market continued to grow and mature, MBS broker-dealers and investors began to focus on regional differences in prepayment behavior. For example, California loans, dominated by those...

Info 1 Mortgage and Credit Markets

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:27:40 GMT

Sources Federal Reserve, Milken Institute. Figure 2.3 In 2008, Mortgage Debt Accounts for More than 50 Percent of the Value of Housing Stock Quarterly, 1952-Q2 2008 Figure 2.3 In 2008, Mortgage Debt Accounts for More than 50 Percent of the Value of Housing Stock Quarterly, 1952-Q2 2008 Figure 2.4 illustrates the relationship between the housing and mortgage markets. It shows the total value of all housing units broken down by the types of mortgages supporting them prime or subprime and by the...

Overview of the Housing and Mortgage Markets Mortgage and Credit Markets

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:58:40 GMT

It has been a long-standing public policy to promote homeownership for all socioeconomic and racial groups across the nation. To facilitate the purchase of homes, a variety of financial instruments and institutions have come into existence over the years. The myriad types of housing units and mortgage products available in the marketplace have opened the door to homeownership for millions of families, offering them the chance to steadily build wealth over a lifetime. Owning a home can bestow a...

LoantoValue LTV Ratio Mortgage Backed Securities

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:03:38 GMT

For many years, LTV ratio was the principal factor used by rating-agency models in determining expected losses. Today, rating-agency models are much more complex, using FICO scores and other variables to forecast credit performance. However, LTV ratio is a primary variable in credit performance and, to a lesser extent, prepayments. A high LTV ratio typically indicates that a buyer is stretching to make monthly mortgage payments. Hence a high LTV ratio often is associated with a high DTI ratio,...

Analyzing Appraisal Reports RealEstate

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:21:10 GMT

Mortgage lenders have begun exploring methods for decreasing or eliminating the need for full appraisal reports. Automated systems are being developed to provide acceptable estimates of appraisal values, with a simple analysis of online records and no appraisal inspection and report. However, such programs are still in their infancy. Full appraisal reports are still the norm for mortgage loans. This article will review the following elements of the residential property appraisal Purpose of...

Modelling mortgage demand under credit rationing The Mortgage Market

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:41:47 GMT

Most pooled cross-section research has used a simple discrete choice model such as a probit or logit specification to model the mortgage housing choices of constrained and non-constrained households. Also, most of the research has been concerned with the impact of mortgage underwriting criterion on the probability of home ownership. A comparatively neglected consideration is the nature of the interdependence of the discrete and continuous choices. That is the decision to take out mortgage debt...

No Doc Loans RealEstate

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:47:00 GMT

For borrowers who have money or equity but have problems documenting their income or source of their assets, the No Documentation or No Doc program is the ideal alternative. The No Doc loan is actually another variation of the no income verification NIV program, with a twist. The No Doc combines the NIV option with a no asset verification NAV option. This article provides an overview of the No Doc program, as well as a discussion of the practical applications and costs of the No Doc.

The Macaulay Duration SecuritizationMarkets

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:39:59 GMT

One of the concepts just discussed is that a bond's maturity date or more generally, the date of any cash flow's last payment is a poor gauge of the flow's life. As one might suspect, the problem of finding a good measure of a flow's life is closely related to the problem of determining its PV volatility. One natural way is to simply compute an average life by just determining the time to each payment, weighted by the size of the payment. However, a little experimentation quickly reveals a...

Down payment constraints and mortgage demand The Mortgage Market

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:51:38 GMT

Housing demand has been typically analysed by treating housing as an asset Poterba 1984 . In this approach the demand for housing is based upon the user cost of owner occupation. User cost reflects the theoretical models discussed above it is the marginal rate of substitution between housing and non-housing consumption. This measure gives the amount of non-housing consumption forgone for a one-unit increase in the consumption of housing services. The trade off reflects mortgage costs, forgone...

Buying Subject to Assuming Without Consent MortgageBorrowers

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:22:11 GMT

Again notice that the wording of Paragraph No. 18 does not stop the owners from selling a mortgaged property to anyone they choose to. Nor in such sales does it require the sellers or the buyers to pay off the loan. The due on sale clause merely gives the lender the right or option to call the loan due. Sometimes when buyers and sellers believe that a lender won't allow an assumption, they complete the sale and never inform the lender that the owner has sold the property. The buyer then makes...

You Can Assume a Nonassumable Mortgage MortgageBorrowers

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:28:08 GMT

Nothing prevents a buyer and seller from asking a lender to give its written consent. Why would the lender agree to accept your request Here are several reasons The sellers owe four months back payments. You agree to bring the mortgage payments current. The interest rate on the mortgage equals or exceeds the current market rate. Lenders hate portfolio runoff of their market or above-market rate loans. You, the sellers, or both parties give the lender substantial business such as loans, CDs,...

Living Testamentary Trust RealEstate

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:23:35 GMT

A living trust, also called an inter vivos trust, is one that is created by the property owner, while he or she is still alive. In contrast, the testamentary trust is created after the property owner's death, usually through a will. A trust arrangement normally involves three parties, although not necessarily three separate persons 1. Trustor. The trustor is the person or entity that transfers any property into a trust arrangement. With real estate, this is usually the current owner. Note that...

HUD may hold the keys to your home or investment property MortgageBorrowers

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:25:34 GMT

Each year, FHA insures hundreds of thousands of new mortgage loans. The total number of these outstanding FHA mortgages runs into the millions. When FHA borrowers fail to repay their lenders as scheduled absent a successful workout , the owner of the mortgage will force the property into a foreclosure sale. Then speaking generally the lender turns in a claim to HUD FHA's parent . HUD pays the lender the amount due under its mortgage insurance coverage and acquires the foreclosed property. HUD...

The Human Face of the Housing Bubble MortgageMeltdown

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:56:07 GMT

So far, we've told the story of the mortgage meltdown with statistics, charts, and graphs, which makes it easy to forget that nearly every mortgage involves real people and families and their homes. Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages, and a meaningful percentage will lose their homes, which is often an economic and emotional catastrophe. Yes, some people were greedy and reckless or engaged in outright fraud and should lose their houses, but many others are vulnerable...

Pledged Retirement Accounts MortgageBorrowers

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:17:08 GMT

In terms of popularity, Elmer Frank adds, Retirement accounts have become one of the most frequent sources of pledged collateral for our firsttime buyers. We don't even require that the account belong to the buyers. We'll accept funds from any close family member. On no-down-payment mortgages, we usually like to see 30 percent, but for good customers, we've gone as low as 20 percent. In other words, Elmer continues, we'll give buyers a no-down-payment, 100 percent loan, if, say, those buyers or...

Overview of Berkshire s Businesses Utilities and Other MortgageMeltdown

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:38:03 GMT

Berkshire 's second most important business is utilities, which includes a wide variety of operations, which Buffett described as follows in his 2008 annual letter to shareholders The largest of these are 1 Yorkshire Electricity and Northern Electric, whose 3.8 million end users make it the U.K.'s third largest distributor of electricity 2 MidAmerican Energy, which serves 723,000 electric customers, primarily in Iowa 3 Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power, serving about 1.7 million electric...

Adjustable mortgage loan AML MortgageForms

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:13:12 GMT

In 1981 the Federal Home Loan Bank Board issued regulations incorporating both variable and renegotiable rate mortgages into adjustable mortgage loan regulations. An adjustable mortgage loan AML permits adjustment of the interest rate, which may be implemented through changes in the payment amount, the outstanding principal loan balance, the loan term, or any combination of these variables. FHLBB Res. No. 8-12069 1981. As with VRMs and RRMS, interest rates must be decreased as the index...

What Should the US Government Do to Save the Financial System MortgageMeltdown

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:48:26 GMT

There 's universal agreement that putting the U.S. financial system on a sound footing is necessary to restore economic growth and improve employment, but there 's little agreement on exactly how to do this. We've long been believers that the only solution is for the U.S. government to assume temporary receivership of the many zombie banks in the system a view that became more mainstream in February 2009, though it remains unclear whether this course of action will be adopted. If it is we...

Modelling mortgage demand under conditions of certainty The Mortgage Market

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:42:11 GMT

Several authors have modelled mortgage demand in the context of certainty Brueckner 1994a Jones 1993, 1994 Follain amp Dunsky 1997 Dunsky amp Follain 2000 . It is assumed that future interest rates, incomes, rates of return, housing and other asset prices are all known. Certainty models help to introduce the basic building blocks and common approaches to modelling mortgage demand, also providing some useful initial simplification and important results. They have also informed most econometric...

Minimizing Closing Costs RealEstate

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:10:34 GMT

With this firm understanding that the borrower is responsible for closing costs, the question becomes how to minimize these costs. For borrowers who have the money, it is highly recommended that they pay the closing costs. The options discussed later show you how to avoid paying for closing costs out-of-pocket, but you merely end up financing them and paying interest on them. However, there are steps you can take to minimize closing costs. First of all, remember that practically everything is...

Participation Mortgage MortgageForms

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:51:26 GMT

A participation mortgage is a loan agreement that provides for a lender to receive part of the income from an investment in addition to the interest payments. Participation mortgages became popular during periods of high interest rates and are used by lenders to increase their yields. The participation feature enables them to share in the expected success of income-producing properties. It also, protects the borrower from abnormally high payments, if income projections are not realized. The...

The valuation of alternative mortgage instruments and household behaviour The Mortgage Market

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:36 GMT

The analysis so far has focused on the case of a conventional for the US fixed rate mortgage. Given the importance of the adjustable rate mortgage in the US then the question naturally arises as to the implications of more frequent interest rate adjustments for the valuation of an ARM mortgage contract. This is also true of the variable rate mortgage VRM in the UK. In addition, the fixed rate mortgage in the UK has some distinctive features Pereira et al. 2002 for example, the payment of...

Planned Unit Development PUD RealEstate

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:51 GMT

A comprehensive land development plan, used primarily in the planning and construction of residential areas, that provides for shared properties or obligations. Townhouses or subdivisions in unincorporated areas may be developed as PUDs and have homeowners associations to maintain those responsibilities within the project confines, such as snow removal, road repair and greenbelt maintenance. For more information, see the PUDs and Townhouses article in the Real Estate In-Depth section.

List of Tables Mortgage and Credit Markets

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:47:23 GMT

Table 2.1 Homes Are an Important Component of Household Wealth, Especially for Lower-Income Families 2004 15 Table 3.1 Subprime's Importance for Home Mortgage Table 3.2 Mortgage Originations by Product Table 3.3 Growth of Hybrids in Home Mortgage Table 3.4 Net Homeownership Gain or Loss Due to Subprime Mortgage Lending Center for Responsible Lending CRL Calculations vs. Calculations Based on LoanPerformance LP Data 59 Table 3.5 Subprime Exposure of Selected Monoline Insurers Selected Years, US...

Us Mortgage Mortgage and Credit Markets

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:37:46 GMT

The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets A Comprehensive Analysis of the Market Meltdown Tong Li Wenling Lu Triphon Phumiwasana Glenn Yago Copyright 2009 by The Milken Institute. AH rights reserved. Published by John Wiley amp Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,...

The theoretical basis of mortgage demand The Mortgage Market

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:36:03 GMT

Existing theoretical models of mortgage demand suggest a complex set of relationships, not least arising from the joint consumption investment aspects of housing see Ioannides 1989 Brueckner 1997 . In fact, many of the mathematical models developed in this area do not have closed form solutions e.g. Alm amp Follain 1987 . However, the formal models do offer important insights into the basis of mortgage demand, links with the demand for housing services, and other related decisions. Certainly...

Refinancing Mortgage Backed Securities

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:51:38 GMT

To varying degrees, all the sources of prepayments in pools are interest-rate-sensitive, but the most variable source of prepayments is refinancing. Just how interest-rate-sensitive refinancing can be is illustrated in Exhibit 3-11, which tracks the weekly level of refinancing seasonally adjusted according to the Mortgage Mortgage Application Refinance Index and 30-Year Mortgage Rate 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Mortgage Application Refinance Index and 30-Year...

Tba Trading Turning Poolspecific Securities Into Generic Securities Mortgage Backed Securities

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:42 GMT

Every agency pass-through pool is unique, distinguished by features such as size, prepayment characteristics, and geographic concentration or dispersion. However, most agency pass-through securities trade on a generic or to-be-announced TBA basis. In a TBA trade, the seller and buyer agree to the type of security i.e., agency, program , coupon, face value, price, and settlement date at the time of the trade, but they do not specify the actual pools to be traded. Two days before settlement, the...

Reproduction Cost Approach RealEstate

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:31:56 GMT

A method used in appraising property value that seeks to duplicate the improvements as exactly as originally constructed. No depreciation adjustments for age or condition. The elements of the reproduction approach use one of the following methods to estimate unit costs square foot, cubic foot, unit in place, quantity survey and index. Compare with replacement cost approach. For more information, see the Analyzing Apraisal Reports article in the Loan Process section and the Hazard Insurance...

Underwater Homeowners MortgageMeltdown

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:31:09 GMT

As home prices have fallen, more and more homeowners are underwater or upside-down on their mortgages, as shown in Figure 3.13 ' Once homeowners owe more on their mortgage than the home is worth, they are much more likely to default though how much more likely is unknown. One 1995 study concluded that default is essentially instantaneous when negative equity exceeds 10 percent,6 but a more recent 2008 study of 100,000 underwater homeowners in Massachusetts in the early 1990s showed that fewer...

What Is an AssetBacked Security ABS MortgageGuide

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:58:05 GMT

Similar to an MBS, an ABS is a collection of a type of asset e.g. auto, student, credit card combined into a group and evaluated using weighted average characteristics WAC, WAM, WALA . To date, credit card, auto, home equity, equipment, stranded costs, and student loans have been used as collateral in the majority of ABS transactions. In an ABS, the bond partially derives its creditworthiness from this pool of underlying collateral. While the market is primarily comprised of triple-A...

Index MortgageMeltdown

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:44:26 GMT

ABFC Asset Backed Funding Corporation 2006-OPT2 Trust, 259-261 Acquisition accounting, 238 Adjustable-rate mortgages ARMs , 80-85, 277-278 Affordability of homes, 6-7, 88, 98-100, 104-106, 222 AIG American International Group , 37, 112, 115-116, 151 Ainslie, Lee, 145, 146 Allied Capital, 289-290 Alt-A loans mortgages, 31-32, 76-80 Altria, 130 Ambac Financial Group, 93, 95, 254-255 Ambassadors International, 131 American Express case study on, 179-197 cash trapping by, 191-192 challenges facing,...

Information asymmetry and mortgage contract heterogeneity The Mortgage Market

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:32:29 GMT

The theoretical discussion of rationing in Chapter 5, and its empirical treatment in Chapter 6, focused upon the importance of asymmetric information in the mortgage market. There is now a rich vein of largely theoretical literature arguing that mortgage contracts of different design exist as screening devices that signal important, and otherwise unobservable, characteristics of borrowers to lenders Dunn amp Spatt 1988 Brueckner 1992, Chari amp Jagannathan 1989 Brueckner 1994b, c, 2000 LeRoy...

Case Study American Express MortgageMeltdown

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:20 GMT

T2 Partners analyst Christopher D. Woolford Over the past 159 years American Express Amex has grown to be one of the most admired companies in the world and among the most recognized global brands, yet its stock price has plunged more than 80 percent from its peak less than two years ago, hitting a 14-year low below 10 on March 6, 2009, as shown in Figure 8.1. Is American Express yet another storied financial company doomed to fail amid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression Or...

Index MortgageBorrowers

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:36:50 GMT

Accessory apartments, 41-42, 262 Adjustable rate mortgage ARM , 51-54 Alternative documentation, 100 Appraised value, 198-200 Appreciation, 229 APRs annual percentage rates , 94-96, 190-191 ARM adjustments, 92 ARM affordability, 77 ARM assumables, 57 ARM baseline, 92 ARM caps, 92-93 ARM conversions, 93-94 ARM index, 88-90 ARM margin, 91-92 ARM risks, 73-74 Assumable mortgage, 54-57, 79-80, 144, 153, 177, 196-198 Automated underwriting, 4-5 Bait and switch, 85, 209 Balloon mortgage, 155-156...

The Future Value of Per Period SecuritizationMarkets

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:26:51 GMT

As shown in the preceding chapter, the Future Value of 1 received or paid today, and invested for T semiannual periods at an interest rate R per period, will be For example, as we have seen, assuming a 7 rate, 1 today would have a Future Value in 3 4 years of Now suppose that the payment of 1 were to be made six months from now. What would be its IVi-yzar Future Value This 1 would then be subject to 3 years or 6 periods of compounded reinvestment. Consequently, its Future Value 3 4 years from...

You can make your qualifying ratios look better MortgageBorrowers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:23:54 GMT

For many but not all loans, lenders judge your borrowing power through their use of two qualifying ratios the housing cost front ratio, and the total debt back ratio. Both the housing cost ratio and the total debt ratio give lenders a way to measure whether your income looks like it's large enough to cover your mortgage payments, monthly debts, and other living expenses see examples below . Run-of-the-mill loan reps will merely plug your financial data into their AU program. Savvy loan reps...

Never buy biweekly baloney MortgageBorrowers

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:55 GMT

After closing a mortgage, some lenders go back to their borrowers to extract even more money. Preying on their borrowers' inability to perform compound interest calculations, these lenders promise to prepare a new early payoff system that will permit their borrowers to save thousands in interest for a small fee of just 395. Under these plans you pay 50 percent of your scheduled monthly payment 26 times a year biweekly instead of the full payment 12 times a year. Mortgage Secrets calls this type...

A Acceleration clause MortgageForms

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:42:20 GMT

Lenders usually insist that the instrument contain an acceleration clause that makes the entire debt due in the event of default. This clause precludes the necessity for the lender to bring separate lawsuits against the same mortgagor for each late payment. This clause usually states that if any covenants are breached, including the obligation to pay the sums secured by the mortgage when due, then the full amount is due immediately. This declaration of full payment due is at the option of the...

avoiding them RealEstate

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:26:58 GMT

A review of real estate capital gains taxation can qet complicated because of the many regulations and allowances provided by law. But a good working knowledge of these tax regulations and benefits can often mean the difference between profit and loss for many real estate investors. The stock market has introduced most Americans to the scourge of capital gain taxes. The problem many Americans especially Republicans have with capital gain taxes is that it smacks of unfair double taxation. For...

Recapturing Depreciation RealEstate

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:15 GMT

The benefits of depreciation deductions are somewhat offset by the requirement that all deprecation claimed on the property must be recaptured and taxed when the property is sold. Nevertheless, the investor will still come out ahead. When the accrued depreciation is recaptured, it is taxed at 25 , slightly higher than standard capital gains . However, when you claim depreciation deduction, you potentially could use that to lower your taxable income. If you are in the 28 tax bracket, that's a...

Interest on Interest SecuritizationMarkets

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:03 GMT

The recent high level of bond yields and the uncertainty whether yields will be high in the years ahead emphasizes the importance of interest-on-interest, that is to say, the rate at which receipts from coupons can be reinvested in the future. An original investment compounds automatically at the purchase yield only until the funds are paid back in the form of coupons and finally of principal. However, some investors mistakenly expect that a bond purchased at a given yield will always produce...

Losses MortgageMeltdown

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:45:02 GMT

Wells Fargo, to its credit, did not become involved to any meaningful degree in toxic securitized products, as did so many of its peers, so the analysis of possible losses focuses on the loans Wells Fargo holds on its balance sheet. Table 13.6 shows the breakdown ofWells Fargo 's Table 13.6 Wells Fargo Loan Portfolio with Estimated Losses Wells Fargo Estimated Range Estimated Range 12 31 08 of Cumulative of Cumulative Bn Losses Losses Bn Commercial Real Estate Commercial Other real estate...

Loan Limit and Size Mortgage Backed Securities

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:30 GMT

Because the benefit of a refinancing is largely determined by the size of a loan, prepayment speeds are closely related to average loan size. Hence size is a very important loan characteristic. Size also plays a role in credit performance. Low-balance loans typically have higher loss severities than do large loans. All agency loans must be within the conforming size limit. The limit is determined each year by the agencies based on the prior year change in the Federal Housing Finance Board's...

Equity Sharing Escrow Agreement MortgageForms

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:03 GMT

Condition Transfer-Establishment of Escrow 1. Nonresident acknowledges that all documents relating to the transfer of a _1_ interest to Nonresident shall be held in escrow by _2_ , an independent third party, as Escrow Agent, for a period of _3_ months following the date of signing of the Equity Sharing Agreement. Transfer of said interest shall be contingent upon faithful performance by Nonresident as to all articles of the Equity Sharing Agreement. Said performance shall include, but not be...

Apartment Rules And Regulations MortgageForms

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:05 GMT

1. No birds, cats, dogs or other animals shall be maintained in or about the premises without the written consent of the owner, or his agent. 2. Ashes, garbage, sweepings, dirt, litter or refuse shall be wrapped and deposited in waste receptacles for that purpose. 3. The water shall not be left running in bathroom, kitchen or elsewhere in the demised premises, and all leaks shall be immediately reported to the caretaker. 4. Signs or placards shall not be posted in or about the demised premises...

The Siren Song of Securitization MortgageMeltdown

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:18:36 GMT

The mechanism by which Wall Street and the GSEs took mortgages and sold them to investors around the world is called securitization, which is simply a process by which a group of loans are pooled and then the pool is sliced into pieces called tranches the French word for slices . The most senior tranche gets the first cash earned by the loans in the pool and is the last to suffer losses, so it's typically rated AAA by the major rating agencies, whereas the most junior tranche usually called the...

Calculating Depreciation RealEstate

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:47:49 GMT

First of all, depreciation is mandatory. You must accept and claim depreciation deductions if your property qualifies for depreciation . You cannot elect out of it. Consequently, real estate investors cannot file 1040EZ short forms. You may wonder why someone would forego depreciation deductions there are investors with sufficient deductions elsewhere and don't need any more deductions. Moreover, depreciation tends to be considered passive activity losses so they cannot be easily deducted...