John Dolan's contact Info provided at the end of the podcast. Back in July, Redfin paid $610,000 for a two-bedroom single family home in Las Vegas and a few weeks later put it back on the market for $674,900. However, Las Vegas quickly went into a home price correction and the property currently remains unsold with a list price of $499,900, 18% bel…

The housing slump is the economy’s biggest casualty so far from a series of Federal Reserve rate hikes designed to tame inflation. Lobbyists are scrambling to get help from Washington as housing the market demand tanks in response to rising interest rates and falling home prices. What do investors think? Futures contracts on the Case Shiller Home P…

Recently a nonprofit came under fire via an article published by a local NPR office in the California bay area, KQED. Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation (SCDHC), a 501(c)(3) with operates its asset management business out of Encinitas CA to use the tools granted by SB 1079 to promote its mission of homeownership. This podcast w…

As the nation struggles to get back to some type normalcy, the reality is that we will see further shutdowns as we head into the winter months. It’s impossible to forecast the full economic and financial impact of the pandemic, but we do know that many people are unlikely to return to normal work and economic consumption patterns anytime soon. It’s…

In the past few months millions of people have lost their jobs and we have seen the most rapid spike in unemployment in history. This is not your typical unemployment event and the way the government reports the unemployment rate may not have caught up with the new economy. Welcome to Capital Markets Today. I am producing a series of podcasts that …

Welcome to Capital Markets Today. I will be producing a series of podcasts that help explain to potential investors why distressed debt, specifically, distressed real estate or (REO) and mortgage loans (NPL) may be a good investment to include in your investment portfolio. There are many issues brewing that could trigger increased REO and NPL oppor…

The latest long-term mortgage default projections from many analyst is now hovering around 7%. This number will be bifurcated by loan product with FHA loans seeing the bulk of the defaults. However, this number is pure projection and the long term number will depend on Expiration of the supplemental unemployment benefits due to occur at the end of …

In April, the unemployment rate increased from 4.4% to 14.7%, the largest one month increase in history. It is likely that the unemployment rate hits 20% in May and some forecast a 25% unemployment matching that of the Great Depression rate. However, the more concerning percentage is the estimate by many economists that 40% of the jobs lost will be…

The COVID-19 crisis, like the subprime mortgage crisis a decade ago, has sparked major public interventions to stabilize the financial markets. But the Fed isn’t stepping in to bail out the real estate sector — and the big losers are set to be ordinary households. This is the intro to an article title “Another Real Estate Crash Is Coming” written b…

For distressed debt buyers, it could be the calm before the storm. Some deals are floating about with investors pricing them as a sort of reconnaissance exercise to determine the bid/ask levels. The first wave to hit was leveraged lenders, but most expect a sharp increase in deal flow by the 3rd or 4th quarter once participants on both the buy and …

In just a matter of days, origination of alternative loans, known as “non-QM lending,” came to an abrupt halt. Non-QM investors worry about risk in an economy shaken by COVID-19 and have stopped buying new loans. Non-QM lenders now have loans sitting in their pipeline with no buyers. This creates a problem for lenders as most are not set up to own …

More than 10 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks of March due to Covid-19 and some analysts predict the unemployment rate could climb to 25%. Florida was hit hard in the 2008 crash and many in the state fear the Covid-19 shut down could result in more foreclosures and bankruptcies seen in past recessions. Joining …

As we head into the spring home selling season, economist are predicting a dismal performance. There are estimates that home sales could fall by 35% annually compared with previous years. Analysts are watching closing to see if the strong monetary policy implemented in conjunction with pent up demand will create a positive rebound over the summer. …

The bond purchasing program initiated by the fed along with the impact of COVID-19 has created extreme volatility in the 10-year treasury which influences long-term mortgage rates. Just this month, the 10-year ranged from 45 basis points to 1.2%. As a result of the erratic bond movement, there has been a wave of margin calls by broker-dealers who s…

Servicers are required to advance principal and interest on securitized mortgage loans to investors even if the borrower stops making payments. Earlier this week, to the dismay of many in the servicing industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced it has no plans to create a federally backed liquidity facility to assist struggling servicer…

Welcome to Capital Markets Today. This month, we are producing a series of podcasts featuring industry experts to discuss the impact of the covid-19 crisis on mortgage origination and distressed mortgage and real estate related assets. Today, we are going to explore the difference between todays COVID-19 based economic collapse versus the 2008 fina…

Welcome to Capital Markets Today and the MWM Fund Note Investing podcast series.This is the 2nd in a series of 5 podcasts discussing the creation and strategy of the MWM Fund, a req A fund enabling the smaller investor to participate in the non-performing note investment niche. Joining the podcast today is TJ Osterman and Rick Allen, founders of th…

Freddie Mac just announced it began marketing a non-performing loan sale with about $400 million in Unpaid Principal Balance. The loans are being sold via five pools, four standard pool offerings and one extended timeline pool designed for smaller investors and non-profits. The definition of smaller investor is relative, for example the smaller exp…

The IMN Opportunity Zone Forum is being held in Chicago on September 19th. Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM20 when registering for a 20% discount It was recently announced that PTM Partners and Estate Investments Group secured a $55 million construction loan to build an 18-story apartment project in an Opportunity Zone. The development gr…

The IMN Opportunity Zone Forum being held in Chicago on September 19th. Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM20 when registering for a 20% discount Silverback Development recently announced it has raised $50 million in capital to seed a new Opportunity Zone Fund. The capital will be used to accelerate its expansion to markets including Louisia…

The IMN Opportunity Zone Forum forum is being held in Chicago on September 19th. Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM20 when registering for a 20% discount Normandy Real Estate Partners is the latest major real estate player to launch an opportunity zone fund. The New Jersey-based fund announced its first development deal acquiring a property…

The IMN Opportunity Zone Forum is being held in Chicago on 9/19/19, listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM20 when registering for a 20% discount To stimulate greater multifamily residential and commercial development in Opportunity Zones, Ben Carson recently announced that FHA will now insure mortgages on mixed-use development under the agency’…

Welcome to Capital Markets Today and the IMN NPL Notes & Default Servicing Forum podcast series.The forum is being held Dana Point on June 3rd & 4th.Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM30 when registering for a 30% discount A new foreclosure bill in New Jersey was just signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. The objective of the new Bill is …

Welcome to Capital Markets Today and the IMN NPL Notes & Default Servicing Forum podcast series.The forum is being held Dana Point on June 3rd & 4th.Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM30 when registering for a 30% discount Fannie Mae recently announced their latest sale of non-performing loans. Fannie’s NPL sale includes six larger pools of …

The outlook for the U.S. economy is dimming with several institutions lowering their growth forecast after April economic reports were published. JPMorgan Chase cut its forecast for second-quarter economic growth to 1% from 2.25% Oxford Economics lowered its estimate to 1.3% from 1.6% and Barclays forecast went down to 2% from 2.2% April reports sh…

The DDC Financials' Distressed European Investment Summit is being held in Stockholm Sweden on March 20th and 21st. Listeners of the podcast can use code NSCM30 when registering for a 30% discount Late last year, Angelo Gordon, a $28 billion dollar alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, announced that it has succes…

The IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum is being held on February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount According to the annual Altisource 2018 default survey published last week, servicers are expecting increased delinquencies in their FHA loan portfolios in 2019. Post-crash, FHA, w…

The IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum is being held on February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount The distressed asset space has been evolving briskly post-crash. There are new buyers and sellers, new servicers and servicing consolidation, new valuation methodologies and access…

IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum is being held on February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount One of the more notable trends in the mortgage servicing business is the continuous growth of non-bank servicers. Non-bank servicers pursue efforts to expand their servicing business t…

IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum, February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount The U.S. housing market will continue to face headwinds that likely will grow in strength according to seven leading housing economists interviewed by Think Realty’s Housing News Report for their annu…

IMN NPL/RPL Notes Forum, February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, unconventional loans are on the rise. Credit agency DBRS has predicted a comeback for these loans as lenders try to boost business which has stalle…

IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum is being held on February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount According to the latest data report from the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, First mortgage default rate rose from November to December in 2018. In addition to raising de…

Welcome to Capital Markets Today, and the IMN NPL Mortgage Notes Forum podcast. The forum is being held on February 7th and 8th in Fort Lauderdale, listeners of the podcast can use code SP20 when registering for a 20% discount According to many experts, housing could be heading for its worst year since the last housing crash as predictions of home …

According to the Real Estate Roundtable’s Q4 2018 Economic Sentiment Index released just a few days ago, Commercial Real Estate executives continue to see strong and balanced market conditions for the remainder of 2018 and moving forward into the new year. It was noted that supply and demand in major markets are essentially in balance, and access t…

NoteExpo, November 2nd and 3rd, Dallas Tx. - www.noteexpo.com Today, Fannie Mae announced the winning bidder for its fourteenth Community Impact Pool of non-performing loans. The transaction is expected to close on December 18, 2018 and includes approximately 66 loans totaling $22.9 million in unpaid principal balance; the loans are geographically …

NoteExpo, November 2nd & 3rd, Dallas TX - www.noteexpo.com Headlines about 600-point drops in the Dow Jones industrial average and pessimistic pundits predicting more declines have become more frequent in October. The three main descriptions of down markets are: a "pullback," or drop of 5 percent to 9.99 percent; a "correction," a decline of 10 per…

The NoteExpo, November 2nd & 3rd, Dallas TX - www.noteexpo.com Several influential analysts predict a current bubble and near-term crash that could boost the NPL markets. The argument is that wealth that outpaces economic growth is artificial and unsustainable. The last two times the share of household wealth growth exceeded GDP was during the late…

NoteExpo, November 2nd & 3rd, Dallas TX - www.noteexpo.com There are several real estate strategies that can boost your retirement income. They include real estate investment trusts, purchasing mortgage notes, rental-property purchases and shares in crowdfunding ventures that fix and flip houses or buy commercial property. Joining the podcast to di…

NoteExpo, November 2nd-3rd, Dallas TX Sharestates, an online crowdfunding real estate investment platform, has introduced financing for non-performing loans aimed at providing private real estate investors access to leverage. By offering to finance up to 80% of the unpaid principal balance or value of the NPL, the crowdfunding company is opening up…

NoteExplo - November 2nd-3rd 2018 - Dallas TX Freddie Mac announced this week that it sold via auction 3,247 delinquent non-performing loans from its mortgage investments portfolio. The loans, totaling $569 million and settling in December, are currently serviced by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. The loans were offered in three separate pools of w…

DDC Financial Group’s European Investment Summit podcast series.The Summit is being held on September 25th in London England.Listeners can use code NSCM30 for a 30% discount when registering. Political upheaval in some Central and Eastern European counties have raised concerns in Europe about the CEE’s economic outlook. However, the real estate mar…

DDC European Investment Summit Series - Sept 25, 2018 - London England According to recent reports, 56% of loans held be Ukrainian banks are non-performing. According to new rules, loans that are 90 days delinquent (30 days for banks) or loans that are unlikely that the debt can be collected without seizing the collateral are considered non-perform…

Welcome to Capital Markets Today and the DDC Financial Group’s European Investment Summit podcast series.The Summit is being held on September 25th in London England.Listeners can use code NSCM30 for a 30% discount when registering. The methods for deal origination, sourcing and marketing have changed rapidly. Traditional methods for connecting inv…

At the MBA Secondary Marketing conference last week, it was apparent that investor appetite for non-QM loans is growing at a brisk pace. Qualified mortgage applicants are getting harder to find and the market potential for non-QM borrowers is only growing. It’s estimated by many that the huge swath of would-be non-QM borrowers are likely the future…

Fannie Mae announced its latest sale of non-performing loans, including the company's thirteenth Community Impact Pool know as (CIP). The CIP pool will consist of roughly 700 loans totaling $134 mm in UPB. States include New Jersey, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Cook County, Illinois, Miami and other Florida areas. CIP pools are designed in to inc…

Fannie Mae announced its latest sale of non-performing loans, including the company's thirteenth Community Impact Pool. The four larger pools include 10,300 loans totaling $1.7 billion in unpaid principal balance and the Community Impact Pool of 700 loans totaling $134 million in UPB. Among other elements, terms of Fannie Mae's non-performing loan …

There has been an uptick in subprime mortgage securitizations issued by private lenders. In 2014, $100 million in mortgage-backed securities were issued and in just the first half of 2017, $2.6 billion in subprime mortgage-backed securities were issued. With the increase in subprime origination, we will likely see an increase in defaults as the mar…

The DDC Financial's European Investment Summit is being held on May 8th and 9th in Athens, Greece. Listeners can use code NSCM30 for a 30% discount when registering. According to the European Central Bank’s Chief supervisor, Daniele Nouy, Greek banks need to do more to reduce their very high stock of non-performing loans. Nouy indicated that NPLs a…

It has been widely recognized that the high level of nonperforming loans in certain European countries is an obstacle to economic growth and a burden on their banking sectors. A report published by the European Commission in January 2018 indicates that a comprehensive package of measures for tackling high NPL ratios is being put in place. One such …

CAPITAL PRO CITY SUMMIT - PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - MARCH 21-22, 2018/ USE CODE NSCM30 FOR A 30% DISCOUNT According to a recent Euromoney article, Changes in legislation in some South Eastern European countries, combined with improving fundamentals, have sparked a brisk trade in bad-debt portfolios as well as facilitating internal work-outs. Joining…