All Posts Tagged With: "ARMs"
Mortgage Surprise? What Mortgage Surprise?
The most used word in the world of mortgage financing during the past few weeks has been “surprise,” as in, “oh my, cover your eyes and turn away from those poor wretched loans.” “The U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac said it would no longer buy those high-risk home mortgages that it deems to be the [...]
9Nov2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
How Paper Mortgage Losses Turned Real
The question that keeps coming up is this: If only a small portion of all mortgages are failing how come the general financial impact has been so enormous? To resolve this mystery, let’s go back to the 1970s when the mortgage-backed security — the MBS — was developed. The MBS was a financial device designed [...]
15Dec2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
The Case Against Too Many Options
The latest mortgages to catch the attention of both the media and federal regulators are “option” loans, a form of financing which is likely to end badly for lots of borrowers. More than a decade ago a few California lenders came up with a clever idea for borrowers with good credit and a solid payment [...]
19Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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