US Economic Calendar for the Week of May 26, 2014 For anyone who’s concerned with the future direction of mortgage rates while at the same time trying to determine what the actual condition of the US economy is, the data scheduled to be released in the upcoming week will most certainly provide some anecdotal evidence and strong clues. This data […]
US Economic Calendar for the Week of February 24, 2014 For real estate investors, potential home buyers worried about mortgage rates or current home owners looking to either refinance or sell, the economic data to be released in the upcoming week will most certainly have some degree of impact. The data could have a direct […]
In the low interest environment that evolved from the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program, investors who were searching for higher yielding investments found them in mortgage real estate investment trusts or Mortgage REITs. These funds that invest in mortgages secured by real estate will typically use leverage (or borrowed funds) to increase the amount of […]
(This article also appears at Global Economic Intersection here) And if they do will this present greater opportunities for the mortgage banks specializing in loan origination as some of their traditional competition suddenly fades away? The $100 billion question then is whether the proverbial mortgage origination sky is falling and if so whether it is […]
