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Archive for July, 2008

Covered bonds - the answer to our prayers?

Jul 29th, 2008 by Greg | 0

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Monday that covered bonds are an answer to financial market’s request for clarity. He said covered bonds, a $3 trillion market used widely in Europe for mortgage funding, can develop without legislation in the U.S., and four of the largest U.S. banks are already prepared to set up the market.
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FHA – ready or not, here it comes…again?

Jul 22nd, 2008 by Greg | 0

The Federal Housing Administration, created by the National Housing Act of 1934, is the largest insurer of mortgages in the world – to the tune of 34 million individual properties insured. In addition, the FHA is the only governmental agency that operates entirely from its self-generated revenues. In fact, the FHA program could conceivably be […]

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