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Thornburg: A Dividend Lover's Dream This REIT provides a hefty dividend at a reasonable price. |
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A New Phase for Mortgage REITs Even beyond the numbers, mortgage REITs today are better prepared to deal with adverse environments than in the past. However, given their diverse business models and risk exposures, there are still challenges that remain. |
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January 2005
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Walking Clients Through The Mortgage Maze New options add value to financial advisor relationships while saving clients fees. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2007
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Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. |
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Decoding Mortgage REITs Mortgage REITs have become a hot topic as Wall Street firms have boosted coverage of this specialized slice of the stock market amid a flurry of IPOs over the past two years or so. These companies are potentially worthy investments, even for risk-averse clients. |
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Thornburg's Mortgage Migraine As the mortgage market keeps bracing for the worst, lender Thornburg Mortgage takes another hit. |
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Beware This Mercurial Mortgage The potentially risky ARM home loan is once again gaining popularity. |
National Real Estate Investor
January 1, 2005
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Leaping Through The Lending Trough According to the normal rhythms of the real estate industry, the first years of this decade should have been a slow period for lenders. To the delight of the mortgage industry, it hasn't worked out that way. |
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One REIT That's Not Boring MFA Mortgage Investments could boost your portfolio. |
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Rising Star Buys: Annaly Capital and Chimera Why we're buying. |
FDIC FYI
April 25, 2002 |
Refinancing Waves Alter the Landscape for Mortgage Specialists The current interest rate environment affords institutions the opportunity to correct material asset/liability mismatches before the rate cycle turns and risk reduction strategies become less effective or more expensive to execute... |
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November 4, 2003
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Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside. |
The Motley Fool
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More Types of Mortgages You have more to choose from than just traditional fixed or adjustable mortgages. |
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June 1, 2006
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Betting Against the Fed What if the Fed actually gets it right this time around and interest rates dampen inflation and rates begin to fall (or at least stop going up)? That appears to be the sentiment from insiders in the mortgage REIT and energy master limited partnership sectors. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
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Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
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January 9, 2006
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So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2007
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You Can't Find a Bottom in the Dark Thornburg Mortgage's gloomy results were joined by all manner of housing and mortgage doom. Investors, you'll know it's time to start stroking those bottoms when they slap you in the face. |
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December 11, 2006
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A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages. |
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February 8, 2007
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Benign Yield Curve Environment Helps Annaly This beat-up REIT had a decent quarter. |
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This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
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August 8, 2007
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Who's Buying Now? Sometimes insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's at it this week? American Capital Strategies... Capital Trust... Hertz Global Holdings... etc. |
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Potential Shields From Rising Rates Loan funds may be a low-risk option for investors. |
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September 11, 2006
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Nightmare Mortgages They promise the American Dream: A home of your own - with ultra-low rates and payments anyone can afford. Now, the trap has sprung. |
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Commercial Mortgage REITs: Less Risk, Same Reward? A new crop of commercial mortgage REITs emerging today may be less risky investments compared to the legacy commercial mortgage REITs that operated during the most recent real estate boom, argue some industry experts. |
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Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable. |
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Best ETF for 2012: Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income Get pure exposure to the hottest dividend plays in the market. |
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What You Need to Know About Armour Residential How it makes those juicy yields. |
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Real Estate Plays for Right Now Some REITs will undoubtedly disappear in this recession; others will keep paying very high distributions. Here's what to look for. |
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Lenders Draw Up Plays to Land Big Deals Aggressive. Innovative. Creative. Those are all fitting words to describe today's lenders as they stretch underwriting terms in ways that were unheard of just two years ago. |
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Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. |
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Encore Performance? Mortgage bankers are hoping that 2006 will be a repeat performance of 2005 -- a phenomenal year for commercial and multifamily mortgage originations. But whether those expectations materialize depends largely on interest rates. |
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What You Need to Know About American Capital Agency How it makes those juicy yields. |
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Thornburg's Double Double What lies behind Thornburg Mortgage's two-day super surge? |
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August 16, 2007
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Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
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Beginning of the End for Mortgage REITs? These favorite dividend-paying stocks may have seen their best days. |
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Outside the Box Equity REITS explore structured finance opportunities as mortgage REITs welcome the competition. |
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April 4, 2007
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ARMs Are Getting a Bad Rap Don't let bad press drive you away from a pretty good mortgage deal. |
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December 14, 2006
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Mortgage Payment Blues If your mortgage rate is rising, is it time to refinance? |
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May 1, 2006
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Year of the Mega Loan Large loans and mushrooming CMBS issuance drove commercial real estate financing levels to an all-time high last year, but lenders say a slowing pace of transactions could temper loan volume as 2006 unfurls. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
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The Mortgage Biz Has Lost Its Fizz Goodbye, refi boom. Hello, sinking profits and industry consolidation. The roots of the industry's problems are no mystery. Mortgage activity has fallen off sharply since the Fed began hiking rates last spring. |
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June 14, 2004
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The Right Way To Choose A Mortgage With gasoline over $2 a gallon and inflation making headlines, the conventional wisdom says you should get a fixed-rate mortgage. That seems sensible, but it's the wrong way to choose a mortgage. |
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Are Bond Funds Still Attractive? Advisors who are kicking the tires of bond funds these days might be entering the market too late. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
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A Farewell to ARMs? Adjustable-rate mortgage rates haven't behaved the way they should -- and that's bad news both for borrowers and for policymakers trying to restore stability to the financial system. |
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August 25, 2006
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Mortgage Disaster Ahead? As interest rates go up, they can take you down. If your mortgage payments are suddenly higher, you probably have rising mortgage interest rates to blame. |
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March 2002
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Shelves Empty, Buyers Few Consolidation in the mortgage business has slowed. With the refinancing business booming, few servicers are up for sale, and potential buyers are showing little enthusiasm... |
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July 14, 2008
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Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
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January 28, 2008
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Refinancing Catch-22 Mortgage refinancing is available ... for those who need it least. |
