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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[Lenders Call for More Flexible H4H Guidelines As HUD Stumps for Foreclosure Alternatives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lenders this week called for some flexibility in the government&#146;s $300 billion borrower-rescue scheme HOPE for Homeowners, particularly in the sharing of future equity gains on refinanced properties that could make voluntary writedowns more palatable.
The suggestion came up at a national housing summit sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development during discussions of...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Non-Agency MBS Activity in 3Q08]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A chart listing the non-agency acitivity in the 3Q08.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SIFMA Helps Develop Industry Protocol to Aid Firms In Closing Outstanding TBA MBS Deals With Lehman]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Firms looking to terminate some outstanding MBS trades with Lehman Brothers, now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, have some guidance they can follow, thanks to an industry protocol developed by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, some of its buy-side members, and Lehman&#146;s court-appointed Securities Investor Protection Corp. trustee. SIFMA&#146;s work...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subprime Volume Indicators, Mortgage Rates, Stock Prices, Performance and ABX Prices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One page of Subprime data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[B&C News Briefs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The launch of the ABX.HE 05-2 index was postponed due to &#147;market conditions.&#148; The tradable synthetic index of... The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently set aside $3.92 billion to help states respond to high foreclosure... The Securities and Exchange Commission last week charged five Los Angeles-area mortgage brokers with securities fraud tied. to...]]></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[Washington Mutual and Wachovia became the latest casualties in the financial... On Sept. 16, Barclays Capital agreed to acquire Lehman Brothers&#146; business and assets for $250 million and... The American Enterprise Institute will be presenting its third national forum on... The Consumer Bankers Association is having its annual Fair Lending... The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is hosting...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[News In Brief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase Assumes WaMu&#146;s FHLBank of San Francisco Advances... Feds Should Use Fannie, Freddie Staff Expertise to Implement TARP, Maloni Argues... FHFA Issues Final Rule On GSE, FHLB Assessments... GSE Stock Prices Rebounding After Conservatorship Begins... IRS Provides New Guidance on Certain Bonds Backed by FHLBanks...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive Heads Roll as GSEs Move in New Direction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The bloodbath in the executive suites of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac picked up pace last week, with the new CEOs continuing to force out a number of top executives to make way for fresh blood and new directions as the firms adapt to their new status under federal conservatorship, and look increasingly like true government agencies.
In the latest move along these lines, Freddie announced the...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FDIC Seeks Higher Assessments on Riskier Lenders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lenders with higher real estate and securitization exposures got more bad news this week as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced a restoration plan that proposes to charge riskier banks and thrifts higher rates for deposit insurance. The agency&#146;s board of directors voted to adopt the plan, while assuring the public it has sufficient money to protect insured...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fitch Gives Insight into RMBS Risk Analysis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Analysts from Fitch Solutions gave investors an inside look at their new advisory service, which uses the same loan-level mortgage analytics that the company uses to rate mortgage-backed securities.
The advisory service gives an evaluation of a portfolio of residential loan assets based on loan level inputs provided by the client. It will assist management teams in meeting regulatory...]]></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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