{"id":299644,"date":"2010-02-09T19:44:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T00:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/2010\/02\/09\/mortgage-and-housing-related-covered-bonds-gses-in-limbo-mods-are-a-success-geithner-lumber-prices-mba-hq\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T00:44:42","slug":"mortgage-and-housing-related-covered-bonds-gses-in-limbo-mods-are-a-success-%e2%80%93-geithner-lumber-prices-mba-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/299644","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage and Housing Related: Covered Bonds, GSEs in Limbo, Mods Are A Success \u2013 Geithner, Lumber Prices, MBA HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billcoppedge.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"bill-coppedge-dec09-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bill-coppedge-dec09-1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/billcoppedgedec09112.jpg\" width=\"83\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"original content selection by MortgageNewsClips.com\" border=\"0\" alt=\"original content selection by MortgageNewsClips.com\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/originalcontentselectionbyMortgageNewsClips.com12.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/marketwatch1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"marketwatch1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"marketwatch1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/marketwatch1_thumb.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Covered bonds may finally find a footing &#8211;<\/strong> By Prabha Natarajan &#8211; Covered bonds could be the ticket to the return of U.S. residential mortgage securitizations for U.S. investors. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/covered-bonds-may-finally-find-a-footing-2010-02-05?dist=afterbell\">MarketWatch<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/washingtonpost3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"washington-post\" border=\"0\" alt=\"washington-post\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/washingtonpost_thumb3.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mortgage giants GSEs in limbo: In housing, a dangerous policy vacuum grows.<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>THERE IS NO END in sight to the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.<\/strong> President Obama&#8217;s fiscal 2011 budget proposal said as much in a few phrases that promised nothing more definitive than continued &quot;monitoring&quot; of the two mortgage giants, which have been operating since mid-2008 in the legal and organizational limbo known as government &quot;conservatorship.&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/06\/AR2010020602536.html\">Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/foxnews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"fox-news\" border=\"0\" alt=\"fox-news\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/foxnews_thumb.jpg\" width=\"127\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Geithner Claims Mortgage Modifications a Success Despite House Probe<\/strong> &#8211; Millions more Americans are facing financial security as a result of stabilizing home prices, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Sunday, <strong>even though only about 66,000 people have benefited from permanent mortgage loan modifications<\/strong> aimed to prevent foreclosure,a figure that has resulted in a House panel investigation. -&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2010\/02\/07\/geithner-claims-mortgage-modifications-success-despite-house-probe\/\">FOXNews.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pragcap.com\/lumber-futures-surge-before-housings-last-gasp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"pclumber\" border=\"0\" alt=\"pclumber\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pclumber.png\" width=\"358\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pragmaticcapitalist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"pragmatic-capitalist\" border=\"0\" alt=\"pragmatic-capitalist\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pragmaticcapitalist_thumb.png\" width=\"137\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>LUMBER FUTURES SURGE<\/strong> BEFORE HOUSING\u2019S LAST GASP &#8211; Lumber futures have surged nearly 60% since the beginning of October despite mixed signals in recent housing data &#8230; Lumber distributors have been forced to restock supplies as builders anticipate another strong Spring housing season <strong>largely due to the home buyers tax credit which ends April 30th.<\/strong> &#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pragcap.com\/lumber-futures-surge-before-housings-last-gasp\">The Pragmatic Capitalist<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wsjrealestate1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"wsj-real-estate\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wsj-real-estate\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wsjrealestate_thumb1.png\" width=\"323\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mortgage Bankers Association Sells Headquarters at Big Loss<\/strong> &#8211; 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HAGERTY &#8211; &#8230; On Friday, CoStar Group Inc., a provider of commercial real estate data, announced that it had agreed to buy the MBA&#8217;s 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., <strong>for $41.3 million. The price is far below the $79 million<\/strong> the trade group says it paid for the glass-walled building in 2007, &#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704829704575049111428912890.html?mod=WSJ_HomeAndGarden_sections_RealEstate\">Wall street Journal Real Estate<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=N-ok9Fqqiog:UijBR6eEuL0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe\/~4\/N-ok9Fqqiog\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; Commentary: Covered bonds may finally find a footing &#8211; By Prabha Natarajan &#8211; Covered bonds could be the ticket to the return of U.S. residential mortgage securitizations for U.S. investors. &#8211; MarketWatch &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Mortgage giants GSEs in limbo: In housing, a dangerous policy vacuum grows. &#8211; THERE IS NO END in sight to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}