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Housing Finance Outlook | Q2 2025
There is an old rule on Wall Street that industry sectors like airlines and auto manufacturers are trades rather than investments...
R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 1611 min read
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Residential Mortgage Finance 2025
The majority of the actual cash profit generated from residential lending is found in the mortgage servicing rights (MSRs).
R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 2012 min read
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Fiat Currencies, GSEs & Presidents
Could President elect Donald Trump be facing a maxi market correction before inauguration day?
R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 13, 20246 min read
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Interest Rates, Mortgage Lenders & MSRs
While there are a great number of people inside the Fed who ponder the appropriate level of reserves in the system, they don't really know
R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 15, 20246 min read
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RMF Bankruptcy Signals Systemic Risk in GNMA Market
Bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding may be first step in a systemic crisis affecting the government loan market
R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 2, 20226 min read
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Record Losses for Mortgage Banks Presage Tough Year Ahead
Is 2023 the year of the Return of the Distressed Loan Trade?
R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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Loan Delinquency, EBOs & Ginnie Mae MSRs
It seems obvious that the reported book value metrics coming from many commercial banks, REITs and mortgage banks are a tad inflated...
R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 15, 20226 min read
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A Tale of Two Mortgage SPACs: UWMC and FOA
Why did FOA write down $1.4 billion in intangible equity, yet UWM took no similar write down?
R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 9, 20224 min read
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Update: Mr. Cooper & New Residential Investment
The big surge in income and net worth caused by the FOMC last year is rapidly ending. Winter has returned to mortgage land...
R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 9, 20215 min read
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