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New York AG Schneiderman Postpones News Conference on Mortgage Settlement
At 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 minutes before the attorney general's scheduled conference, Schneiderman's office sent an email advisory that the call had been "postponed indefinitely."
HAMP Modifications May Get a Boost This Year
Mortgage servicers continue to modify 25,000 loans a month under the HAMP, but that pace could pick up later this summer.
McConnell, Senate GOP to File Court Complaint on CFPB
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and 38 other Republicans are pledging to file a court brief supporting any legal challenge to the recess appointment of Richard Cordray.
HARP 2.0: A No-Show in January Prepays
Conventional speeds declined around 6%-8% in January versus an expected 3% average.
One Mortgage Settlement (Nearly) Down, But How Many More to Go?
After a yearlong effort to reach a multistate settlement with the top five mortgage servicers, state attorneys general and the firms involved finally appear to be close to a deal.
Articles
IMN Panelists: Overregulation Freezes U.S. Securitization Market
For the U.S. market, the lessons of European regulatory simplicity could be key to reviving other sectors of securitization outside the consumer ABS asset classes.
CMBS Builds Up Strength Under Version 3.0
The industry made changes so as to render CMBS viable again by attracting a broader investor base is the so-called "CMBS 3.0" version.
CMBS 3.0 Already?
Securitization pros have had to constantly come up with new deal structures to respond to challenges posed by the ongoing financial crisis. Nowhere is this more obvious than in CMBS.
The Hidden Threat to the Mortgage Market
An underappreciated threat to the mortgage and housing markets is the reliance of many American borrowers on low Libor rates.
Loan Deals Cater to Older CLOs
The loan market is getting creative in structuring deals to accommodate this waning investor class.
