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Tag Archives: Deleveraging
Cash-In Refinancing – Deleveraging Trend Continues
A few years back cash-out refinancing was used to buy cars, boats, granite countertops, and take vacations. This new trend shows a market now turned 180 degrees from consumption and risk to frugality and risk avoidance. Continue reading
Posted in Banking and Finance, Best Of The Storm, Mortgage News
Tagged Deleveraging, Freddit Mac, Interest Rates, Refinancing
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Richard Koo On Why This Recession Is Different; Mish On What To Do About It
The Business Insider has a very interesting presentation by Richard Koo on The Real Reason Why This Recession Is Completely Different. Here are a few slides. US Housing Prices Follow Japanese Experience Interest Rate Policy Did Not Revive Housing In … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of The Storm, Fresh Perspectives
Tagged Deleveraging, Depression, Home Prices, Japan, Lost Decade
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When the Fed Stops the Music
How will the mortgage market react when the Fed stops buying mortgage securities at the end of March? There are so many things in the air, and today we explore more of them, as I continue (perhaps foolishly) to try and peer into what is a very cloudy crystal ball. Continue reading
The Age of Deleveraging
This is the season when pundits feel compelled to make annual forecasts. I will make mine, as I traditionally do, in the first letter of January. But already we have seen a wide range of forecasted outcomes. Are we going … Continue reading