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<title><![CDATA[The Mortgage Market at a Glance...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weekly mortgage rates and application survey data as well as indexes for ARMs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Three Dominate Direct Originations in Early 2009, But Mortgage Market Remains Fragmented]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase Home Finance were the dominant forces in the home loan business in early 2009, but a still solid correspondent market left plenty of room for other lenders to find their niche. The big three in mortgage originations accounted for over half (52.0 percent) of total production during the first quarter of this year, but their... [Includes two charts]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MBS & ABS Issuance at a Glance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One page of issuance data.
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<title><![CDATA[Fitch Urges Asset Managers to Do Deeper Analysis in Pricing Distressed MBS Tranches]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Owners of distressed loan portfolios should conduct a more detailed analysis of valuation factors rather than depend on an index as a proxy for obtaining a price for a particular residential MBS tranche, according to analysts with Fitch Solutions. A new Fitch study on valuation of non-agency MBS tranches is the kind of drill-down analysis that asset managers should be conducting in...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subprime Volume Indicators and ABX Prices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A half page of subprime data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News Briefs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Later this year, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will issue proposed guidance on consumer... Federal banking regulators are seeking comments on an interim final rule that would provide that mortgage loans... First American Valuation and Property Solutions this week unveiled a new tool to help servicers and portfolio...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Loan Mod Takes Major Part In Market Bailout]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Congress this week approved sweeping legislation to inject up to $700 billion in liquidity into distressed mortgage and mortgage securities markets that includes a number of provisions to spur one of the hottest alternative mortgage lending programs: loan modifications. &#147;The loan modification section of the emergency bailout package is not only needed, but it is...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New FHA Refi Program Launched]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Housing and Urban Development this week launched a new FHA alternative loan product designed to give the growing number of underwater mortgage borrowers a chance to refinance to a more economic loan. Authorized by the 2008 housing act, the new HOPE for Homeowners program features an unusual equity-sharing mechanism and underwriting requirements...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TECH MANAGEMENT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Loan-Score Decisioning Systems, a provider of enterprise-class automated underwriting solutions, has hired industry veteran Jon McGuire as chief technology officer. He will be charged with... Citigroup has appointed Marty Lippert as chief information officer and corporate operations and technology chief operating officer. He will play a central role managing Citi&#146;s newly centralized...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TECHNOLOGY NEWSWIRE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advantage Systems, a provider of accounting and contract management tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, has enhanced its Accounting for Mortgage Bankers software package with... LogicEase Solutions, a provider of risk management solutions for the mortgage industry, has obtained a patent for a product dealing with compliance issues. The product will be offered through...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CRA Ratings]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent CRA ratings issued by federal agencies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worth Noting &#133;]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal thrift and banking regulators announced the availability of the 2009 list of distressed or underserved non-metropolitan middle-income areas in which revitalization or stabilization... The Federal Reserve Board last week urged banks to consider the full impact of two new accounting standards that will change the way entities account for securitizations and...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FHLB Advances Face Threat In Covered Bond Legislation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal Home Loan Bank representatives were not thrilled to learn that a member of Congress has once again introduced legislation that would put covered bonds on a more equal footing with mortgage-backed securities under rules governing failed banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued formal policy statements affirming that it would respect the rights of...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fraud Reporting Requirement Extended to FHLBanks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Home Loan Banks will face a more vigorous and uniform mortgage fraud reporting requirement under a proposed regulation issued for comment last month by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Under the proposed regulation, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the 12 FHLBanks would have to report any fraudulent financial instruments that they purchased or sold. Each of the...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology Briefs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DRI Management Systems and Unison Global Partners have formed an alliance under which loan servicers of all sizes can access a low... Closeline Settlements, a provider of an online title ordering and management system, announced it has streamlined its virtual... Closing.com has launched the beta version of its second-generation Web site, enabling consumers and real estate professionals to...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Starting a Mortgage Business with Spare Parts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are creative ways to cut costs when starting a mortgage business during a rough economy, and it&#146;s vital to make money go farther for a start-up in the struggling industry, according to Steve Adams, a vice president at Ontario-based Protus, a provider of software-as-a-service communication tools. Adams gives advice about how to learn from the popular television show from the...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quarterly Rankings: Top Non-Agency Prime/Alt A MBS Issuers & Underwriters 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Top 25 non-agency prime/Alt A MBS issuers by volume and top 10 non-agency prime/Alt A MBS underwriters by volume.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quarterly Rankings: Nontraditional Mortgages Securitized in Non-Agency MBS 2005-2Q07]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nontraditional mortgages securitized in non-agency with option ARM, IO ARM, IO FRM, and 40/30 balloon breakdown.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quarterly Rankings: Non-Agency MBS Issuance by Type 2Q08]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Non-agency MBS issuance volume by type of loan (prime, subprime, Alt A, S&D, seconds, re-MBS, and other).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quarterly Rankings: Non-Agency MBS Production by Collateral Type & Characteristics 4Q07]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Non-agency MBS Production by Collateral Type: all FRMs, all ARMs (hybrid & option ARMs), HELOC, closed-end seconds, NIMs, reverse, and MBS. Non-Agency MBS Production by Collateral Characteristics: subprime, Alt A/Stated incomce/no doc, prepay penalty, interest-only, and ballon as well as by purchase mortgage, rate/term refi, and cash-out refi.]]></description>
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