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By Rob Chrisman

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Jul. 31, 2008: Covered bonds, Pres. Bush signed the bill – now what?

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Jul. 31, 2008: Covered bonds, Pres. Bush signed the bill – now what? Rob Chrisman “People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.” […]

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Jul 30

Wed

Jul. 30, 2008: mortgages with a note on fallout, and a letter from the MBAA attached regarding the Housing Bill

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Jul 29

Tue

Jul. 29, 2008: Warehouse bank update, news out of Merrill, and a Housing Bill morning-after hangover?

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Jul 28

Mon

Jul. 28, 2008: GMAC dispenses with HELOC’s, a reminder on Muslim lending practices

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Jul 25

Fri

Jul. 25, 2008: Housing bill verbiage, Provident cuts brokers with low pull through, WaMu losing deposits, and can the 83-yr old founder of Downey really quit?

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Jul 24

Thu

Jul. 24, 2008: rates drop, lots of news, housing bill update, minimum wage increase today: mortgage workers rejoice!

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Jul 23

Wed

Jul. 23, 2008: mortgage dribble: rates continue higher, WaMu earnings, more Nehemiah news and several companies make adjustments

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Jul 22

Tue

Jul. 22, 2008: Do I owe less interest in February? Goodbye DAP’s? SunTrust’s earnings, Wachovia exits wholesale lending, and reports disastrous earnings

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Jul 21

Mon

Jul. 21, 2008: all quiet in the mortgage news front, but Bank of America earnings help stocks (not bonds)

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Jul 18

Fri

Jul. 18, 2008: Citi & Merrill release earnings, and what if there was no secondary market?

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Jul 17

Thu

Jul. 17, 2008: Rates continue to worsen on signs of strength in the economy, and introducing our new 90% NINA product!

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Jul 16

Wed

Jul. 16, 2008: Wells’ earnings better than expected, rates shoot up, a Reg Z primer, and a reminder of who Fannie & Freddie are

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Jul 15

Tue

Jul. 15, 2008: How do you get $1 million worth of bank stocks? Start with $2 million

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Jul 14

Mon

Jul. 14, 2008: mortgage mutterings: Darn, there’s a lot going on…

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Jul 11

Fri

Jul. 11, 2008: mortgage legislation stalls, doomsday scenarios fill the press about Indy, Fannie, Freddie. TGIF?

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Jul 10

Thu

Jul. 10, 2008: houses impacting the rental market, Fortune Magazine’s article on GSE’s, rates continue lower

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Jul. 31, 2008: Covered bonds, Pres. Bush signed the bill – now what?

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