Mortgage Industry Trends

In an effort to help measure investor interest in secondary market loan sales, I have put together a short survey.

Paul Muolo of National Mortgage News put it very succintly in his most
recent column:

American Home Mortgage & America Brokers Conduit is heading for the exits.

Poof! In three days (not including the week end) you've got an Alt A lender that went from being a lender that funded $58 Billion in loans last year, to a company on the verge of extinction.

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When the dust settles, I'm wondering if any mortgage bank will be a stand alone publicly traded company.

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I recently sent out a mass email to some of the folks I dealt with when I was working with ICAP on their secondary whole loan desk.

I'm noticing a tactic that may be out of control, at least where it's being applied. Have you also seen a million requests hitting your e-mail inbox to join in an upcoming webcast?

The Wall Street Journal has had terrific reporting on the events surrounding two hedge funds over at Bear Stearns run by Ralph Cioffi.