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How the coronavirus is impacting California’s housing market

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 9, 2020 | Economics, Feature Articles, Finance, Recessions | 0

The coronavirus is making waves across the global economy in 2020.

Land sales contracts are duping homebuyers

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 27, 2016 | Finance, Real Estate | 1

Investment firms are using dubious seller financing to profit from low-income buyers.

Today’s interest rates show low confidence in the economy; Monthly Statistical Update (March 2016)

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 4, 2016 | Charts, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update | 0

Wall Street sees worsening mortgages; Inflation stalls; Yield spread suggests low chance of recession

Today’s low mortgage rates are Wall Street profits in disguise

by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 22, 2016 | Interest Rates | 0

What does today’s high spread between the 10-year Treasury note and mortgage interest rates say about Wall Street investors?

Fannie-Freddie elimination still a pipe dream for reformers

by Amy Thomas | Aug 31, 2015 | Finance, Real Estate | 0

Cries for reform of the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fade in the wake of the housing recovery.

Barney Frank says, “Hands off my baby!”

by Jeffery Marino | Nov 1, 2013 | Real Estate | 2

Former Rep. Barney Frank is calling foul on federal regulators for gutting new mortgage securities rules enshrined in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).

What’s Wall Street got to do with it?

by Jeffery Marino | Sep 1, 2013 | Real Estate | 3

Is Wall Street really the heartbeat of our real estate market? Or is it a throbbing cancer eating away at the American Dream?

Bad mortgages, big business

by Jeffery Marino | Mar 5, 2013 | Finance, Real Estate | 0

It looks like Wall Street is at it again.

The votes are in: bank CEOs ought to be criminally prosecuted

by Jeffery Marino | Feb 17, 2013 | Finance, Laws and Regulations, Reader Polls, Real Estate | 1

Readers weigh in on topics affecting the California real estate industry.

Book Review: Bailout

by Giang Hoang-Burdette | Nov 29, 2012 | Real Estate | 4

Bailout is a scathing remonstrance of the mishandling of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).

Investors beat out first-time homebuyers for low-tier homes

by Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 5, 2012 | Investment, Real Estate | 1

California’s inventory of low-tier homes has shrunk by more than 40% across the state in 2012,...

Reverse eminent domain met with redlining threat

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 27, 2012 | Finance, Real Estate | 0

Will reverse eminent domain save or damn underwater homeowners?

Mortgage Resolution Partners (MRP) has expanded its reverse eminent domain proposal to include homeowners delinquent or in default on their loans. However, representatives of Wall Street, the mortgage industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and financial trade associations continue to…