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Tag: Mortgage-backed Securities

These are debt instruments backed by a pool of mortgages. [Capital Market Taxonomy]

Social change:

Thriving without a credit card

By John Schroy, on June 25th, 2010 |

The Crash of 2008 is restructuring the availability of consumer credit as well as household spending and saving habits.

Restricted availability of consumer credit and a greater propensity of households to save before spending, may result in less use of credit cards and smaller mortgages. A return, even partial, to saving habits of the 1950s could stimulate economic recovery.

The popular Dave Ramsey radio and TV shows suggest that a societal change in this direction is at least possible. Lower levels of personal debt would boost the economy and make people happier.

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Q1 2006

Mortgage lending continues strong

By John Schroy, on June 30th, 2006 |

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Breakdown of mortgage borrowing

Mortgage lending, a major component of the US bond market, continued strong in Q1 2006.

The four largest suppliers of mortgage funds continue to be commercial banks, savings institutions, agency mortgage pools, and issuers of asset-backed securities, accounting for 86.8% of the market in Q1 2006.

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Q1 2006

Non-GSE’s rush to mortgage-backed securities

By John Schroy, on June 30th, 2006 |

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Loans made by Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities

After having the market for mortgage securitization virtually to themselves while Fannie Mae was in the regulatory doghouse, issuers of asset-backed securities again face fierce competition as government-sponsored enterprises returned with a vengeance to the market.

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