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Mortgage REIT Discounts
This research report was produced by The REIT Forum with assistance from Big Dog Investments. The topics we discuss are going to be extremely relevant to the residential mortgage REITs. The table below uses BV as of Q2 2020 (if the company has…
Boost for reverse mortgage lender
The funding, arranged by Macquarie Bank's structured lending division, was backed by offshore institutional investors. It consolidates Heartland's position as Australia's leading provider in the controversial reverse-mortgage segment with a 26 per…
Mortgage interest rates have hit record lows during the pandemic-driven recession
Every recession creates tremendous financial pain for multitudes of people, and opportunities for others. Those who remain employed and have savings can often seize on deals that may arise even as millions of fellow Americans who are not so…
Mortgage holidays: Banks to scrutinise borrowers seeking deferral extension
Mortgage holidays will soon be over for some homeowners, with tighter eligibility conditions looming at the end of September and distressed sales potentially on the horizon. But banks have promised to extend repayment deferrals for those still…
8 Tips on How to Save for a Mortgage...
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No Job, Loads of Debt: Covid Upends Middle-Class Family Finances
Until mid-March, Alysse Hopkins earned a comfortable living in Rockland County, N.Y., representing clients in foreclosure cases and personal-injury lawsuits. In a good year, the 43-year-old lawyer and her husband, Ian Boschen, 41, together brought…
Which Combination Of Factors Would Result In The Lowest Monthly Mortgage Payment? -
When it comes to property purchases, a number of people resort to getting a mortgage. There's an important question that both prospective property buyers and current property owners need to ask and know the answer to; and this is, “What…
Homes keep selling during pandemic
Sarah Bigger and her husband, Mike Slingerland, have thought about buying a home for years. When COVID-19 hit and they both found themselves working from home, they realized now was as good a time as any to get some more space. “Both of us…
Coronavirus Pandemic Threatens to Widen Racial Homeownership Gap
The housing market has led the recovery from the pandemic-induced economic downturn as Americans have rushed to buy homes amid a desire for more living space and record-low mortgage rates. But some analysts warn even as the housing boom bolsters…
Banks Pile Into Treasurys, Helping to Fund Government Borrowing Spree
Surging deposits and declining lending are driving banks to dramatically increase their holdings of U.S. Treasurys, offering significant support to the bond market at a time of massive government borrowing. Holdings at U.S. commercial banks of…
Why real estate prices continue to rise despite the pandemic
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Last May, I wrote an opinion piece titled Time to buy? What the pandemic means for Vancouver's real estate market where I explained that historically for every one per cent rise in unemployment…
Borrowing and the Pandemic
Threat of lethal autumn looms in Europe after Covid reprieve Australian premier eyes employment recovery as virus eases U.K. to fine as much as $13,000 for breaking isolation rules British mortgage lenders are beginning to batten down the hatches…
How to survive the Covid-19 retail apocalypse
Aside from tourism and commercial real estate, it's hard to imagine an industry that has been as devastated by Covid-19 as retail. In the US, malls are empty. Big brand chains from J Crew to Brooks Brothers to Lord & Taylor have filed for…
20 things we learned in the Miami Dolphins' 31-28 loss to the Buffalo Bills
Miami went up against up-and-coming nemesis Buffalo and its Dolphins-killer quarterback Josh Allen and came up just short. PHOTOS Photos: Catastrophic flooding in Pensacola and the Gulf Coast Catastrophe struck Florida's panhandle Wednesday as…
Powell Calling New Rate Road Map 'Powerful' Doesn't Make It So
It sounded a bit like a broken record. Confronted by a pandemic that has devastated the economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell declared no less than 10 times last week that the central bank has a “powerful” new monetary policy…
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