Posts Tagged ‘Mortgages’

Mortgage securities

October 27, 2008 in Mortgages
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Whhhooooooof . . . OK so all this mortgage securitization business goes way over my head . . . but I’ve just had a great PR pinged into my inbox which answeres some very interesting questions. You can see the original article here.
Let’s start with the basics; What is mortgage securitization?
Very simply, it’s when mortgages [...]

Credit crunch – SO WHAT?!

October 24, 2008 in Musings
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I have to admit, all this talk of credit crunch, falling markets and housing crashes does my head in. Sure – it’s one of the biggest financial catastrophies ever, and I hope to God we’ll never see anything like this again, but I can’t help thinking SO WHAT?
Then I remind myself that:

Jobs are on the [...]

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