February 8, 2024
Why Does a Bank Sell Your Mortgage?
I was quoted in Marketplace’s story, Why Does a Bank Sell Your Mortgage? You can listen to it here. The transcript opens, Right after Marc Hill bought his first home, a townhouse north of Chicago, in the summer of 2019, … Continue reading
February 8, 2024 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
September 26, 2022
How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment
I published How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment along with Joseph Bizub and Justin Peralta in Law360. It opens, Until relatively recently, real estate with a small footprint — one-to-four-family … Continue reading
September 26, 2022 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
February 20, 2020
Money, Government and Mortgages
I just finished reading Money and Government by Robert Skidelsky (2018). It is a bit tough in parts for non-economists, but it is a great read for those trying to understand the appropriate relationship between economic theory and government policy. … Continue reading
February 20, 2020 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
October 16, 2019
Teaching Real Estate Securitization
Some readers may be interested in a free upcoming program on how to teach real estate securitization. The program is co-sponsored by the AALS Real Estate Transactions Section and the New York City Bar Association’s Structured Finance Committee. You can attend by … Continue reading
October 16, 2019 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
December 8, 2017
Single-Family Rental Securitizations Here To Stay?
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has released Single-Borrower SFR: Comprehensive Surveillance Report. It has lots of interesting tidbits about this new real estate finance sector (it has only been four years since its first securitization): Six single-family rental operators own nearly 180,000 … Continue reading
December 8, 2017 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
May 12, 2016
The Single-Family Rental Revolution Continues
The Kroll Bond Rating Agency has released its Single-Borrower SFR: Comprehensive Surveillance Report: Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) recently completed a comprehensive surveillance review of its rated universe of 23 single-borrower, single-family rental (SFR) securitizations. In connection with these transactions, 132 … Continue reading
May 12, 2016 in securitization | Permalink | No Comments
