A report from the Wall Street Journal. "A mortgage-lending company sponsored by private-equity giant TPG is delaying dividend payments and said it is in danger of running out of money if market turmoil continues, a fresh sign that nonbank lenders…
Two reports from the Wall Street Journal. "Several investment funds focused on mortgage investments are examining assets sales, and at least one is struggling to meet margin calls from lenders. Over the weekend, hedge funds, insurance companies and private-equity firms…
A report from Bloomberg. "A crisis in credit markets deepened over the weekend and into Monday as a cluster of funds that own mortgage bonds sought to sell billions in assets to meet investor redemptions, sparking pleas for government intervention.…
A weekend topic starting with a report by Auction.com Vice President of Market Economics Daren Blomquist. "Growing competition from a new breed of foreclosure auction buyer is evident in proprietary foreclosure sales rate data from Auction.com. More than 37% of…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "In mid-November, bond investors got an unwelcome surprise from one of the main ratings firms in a hot corner of the bond market: About 25% of the bonds that it had rated were…
A report from the Mortgage Reports. "A new study indicates that first-time home buyers are having more mortgage delinquency problems than they have since 2010. Black Knight’s most recent Mortgage Monitor report had some alarming findings: Nearly 1% of mortgage…
A report from the Daily Mail on Australia. "Australia's biggest property markets are still in free fall - with prices in one major city falling by more than 10 per cent in one year. Median house prices fell in every…
A weekend topic starting with CNBC. "With the U.S housing bubble far in the rearview mirror, home prices in most places have passed their pre-recession peak. In other spots, though, it's a different story. 'Some markets that experienced a huge…
A weekend topic starting with CNBC. "'The housing sector's a disaster,' said CNBC's Jim Cramer. 'We're building about half the houses we did when the country had half the people, and we still can't sell them. KB Home does a…