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The Collingwood Group in the News
February 16, 2012
Fannie Counsel Is Internal CEO Candidate
February 7, 2012
In Obama's Refinancing Plan, Homeowners to Pay a Premium
January 2012 Issue
New Risk Management Division for Collingwood
February 1, 2012
Reaction Mixed on Obama Housing Fix
January 27, 2012
FHA Changes May Hurt Lenders
January 2012 Issue
A Long Goodbye
December 2011 Issue
The Year of the Bank Heist
January 25, 2012
Obama Proposes New Lending Oversight Refi Modifications
January 25, 2012
FOMC to Maintain Low Interest Rates Until 2014
January 23, 2012
Economists See Ways To Aid Housing Market
January 23, 2012
States, Feds Discuss Big Bank Settlement Goals
January 11, 2012
FHFA Considers Paycut for New Fannie, Freddie CEOs
January 11, 2012
Fannie Mae CEO Williams Resigns
January 9, 2012
Collingwood Group Nabs Risk Advisors
December 17, 2011
Investors Scrutinizing JPMorgan’s Mortgages
October 25, 2011
Mortgage Plan Touted by Obama Could Help 900,000 Borrowers
October 11, 2011
Suspected Mortgage Fraud Jumps as Suits Force Banks to Sift Through Flawed Loans
October 4, 2011
Review of Foreclosure Mistakes is Set
October 3, 2011
American Banker
Cheat Sheet: How Death of Settlement Talks May Help Banks
“To the extent that the CFPB gets in there first and cuts a deal, which has always been a looming threat to the AGs, that would probably lend more closure and relief to the servicers in the end than some kind of ongoing sideways negotiations with the AGs,” said Tim Rood, a partner and managing director at The Collingwood Group.
September 27, 2011
Freddie Faulted on Mortgage Reviews
September 16, 2011
Banks Lose Big Over Bad MBS, Numerous Suitss
September 8, 2011
Obama May Seek More Help for Strapped Homeowners
September 8, 2011
GNMA Quandary: Product, But Not Enough Issuers
September 5, 2011
FHFA Sues 17 Companies Over MBS Losses
September 5, 2011
Could the FHFA's Possible Lawsuit Against US Banks Affect The Multi-Housing Industry
September 2, 2011
US Is Set To Sue A Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages
August 18, 2011
Payback May Backfire as U.S. Presses BofA on Bad Mortgages
July 27, 2011
Fannie, Freddie Regulator Sues UBS Over Losses On Mortgage Securities
June 27, 2011
Minneapolis Fed Chief Targets Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
July 26, 2011
American Banker
For GSEs, Budget Deal More Critical than Debt Ceiling
“In the short term, one can imagine that the FHA potentially might be able to backfill some of the demand that previously was satisfied by the GSEs,” says Brian O’Reilly, president and managing director of the Washington consulting firm Collingwood Group and a former director at Fannie Mae. “But even in that case if the government only has a limited number of dollars I have no idea what Treasury’s plans are going to be.”
June 1, 2011
Home-Buyer Tax Credits: Worth the Cost?
May 18, 2011
US SEC Seeks To Reveal Credit Rating Methods
May 18, 2011
SEC Meets to Discuss Oversight of Credit Ratings Agency
May 11, 2011
Bill to Put Pressure on Mortgage Settlement Talks
May 9, 2011
Stocks Headed for Early Gains
May 9, 2011
Legal Briefs: Patton Boggs teams up with Collingwood Group
May 5, 2011
Stocks Headed for Weak Open
April 29, 2011
Stocks on Track for Best Gains in 5 Week
April 13, 2011
Banks Hit by Regulators Over Foreclosures
April 7, 2011
Home prices double-dip in West but flatten nationally: Clear Capital
March 25, 2011
American Banker
Banks Win Flexibility From Regulators on Risk-Retention Rule
Tim Rood, a partner and managing director of The Collingwood Group, said the vertical approach does not accomplish the goal of risk retention.
“When you start getting into the vertical, you look like financial engineering, which is leveraging our risk which got us into this mess in the first place,” he said. “I don’t remember this working out so well with investors and private label mortgage-backed securities.”
He praises the horizontal form of securitization.
“The one most closely aligned with the intended purpose of risk retention appears to be the horizontal option,” Rood says. “If you think about it in the purest sense, the 5% was supposed to be a handicap and be the most pure of the options. It’s easy to calculate. It’s pure and simple in the sense that it’s very consistent with traditional risk management…you are setting aside what is for your potential rainy day fund.”
March 30, 2011
Republicans lay out mortgage reform plan
March 23, 2011
US New Home Sales Drop to Record Low
March 11, 2011
Football Costs Los Angeles `Not a Nickel' in Anschutz Plan, Beutner Says
March 10, 2011
Bills ending foreclosure programs 'dead on arrival' in Senate
March 2, 2011
Fannie, Freddie Might Be Profitable in 2011, Rosner Says
February 23, 2011
Advisory Firm Beefing up Hedge, PE Staff
February 23, 2011
ISS: Improved Investor Engagement In Sight
February 12, 2011
Glendale's bond rating drops; Phoenix Coyotes bond sale set
February 12, 2011
Coveting N.H.L. Club, Quebec Builds From the Ground Up
February 11, 2011
White House wants less government in mortgage system
February 11, 2011
Quebec plans to build ‘Arena of Dreams’
February 11, 2011
Former Fannie exec: GSE reform doesn't have to take years
February 4, 2011
Analysis: Mortgage Rule Could Exacerbate Housing Slump
January 25, 2011
President should be positive as market recovers
January 18, 2011
Citigroup 46% Gain Masks Flawed Loans Sold to Freddie
January 7, 2011
‘Fannie, Freddie’? Tough Sell. ‘Bailout’? Now You’re Talking.
December 20, 2010
Stocks Set To Open Slightly Higher.
December 17, 2010
2011 Key to Fannie and Freddie Fate.
December 3, 2010
Unemployment Rate Hits 9.8% Knocking Stocks Lower.
November 23, 2010
Existing Home Sales Fall 2.2% in October.
November 18, 2010
Judges Cracking Down on Sloppy Foreclosure Work.
November 16, 2010
Builder confidence edges up in November.
November 10, 2010
Mortgage Lenders Set Back in Courts.
October 27, 2010
Stocks fall amid questions about Fed plan.
October 15, 2010
Q&A: Measuring the Foreclosure Issue
October 7, 2010
Fed's $2 Trillion May Buy Little Improvement in Jobs
October 4, 2010
For Mary Lou Christy, an accidental placement led to a mortgage finance career
October 4, 2010
Behind the Career – Mary Lou Christy talks about her success
October 1, 2010
Is Rhetoric Hurting the Economic Recovery?
September 17, 2010
Stocks waver after drop in consumer sentiment
September 7, 2010
Stocks fall on fresh European bank concerns
