Big Loans Facing Big Problems – California Prime Jumbo Loan Defaults Rise to 11.3 Percent Putting $167 Billion in Loans in Distress. California Holds 44 Percent of Prime Jumbo Loans and 50 Percent of Option ARMs.
Most Americans will never deal with a jumbo mortgage. With the nationwide median home price of $173,000 a mortgage of $729,750 seems like an absurdity to most people. But in states where housing prices were climbing by leaps and bounds big mortgages were big business. The prime jumbo residential mortgage backed security market is currently [...]
California Housing Inventory – 3.8 Months of Inventory if we only look at Public Data. The Financial Math behind California Home Prices and Artificially Low Inventory. Distress Inventory Still Dominating Market.
For a state like California getting an accurate figure on total inventory is always a challenge just because of the size of the state. Throw in the large amount of inventory that is held off view from the public and it is hard to get an accurate figure of what is out there. As of [...]
Savings and Deposits and the Zero Percent Bank Account – Punishing the Saver for a Nation Fueled by Debt Consumption.
The current financial system is designed to punish savers. The Federal Reserve by cutting the Fed funds rate to virtually zero has made it a disincentive for people to store any of their wealth and get any acceptable return. If we look at savings account rates you will find that many banks are offering from [...]