Blog Posts

Columbia Affordable Housing Panel

10/15/2020

Panel Discussion: Rethinking Affordable Housing post COVID-19 Read More

An Expert Look at the Global Housing Market with Recursion’s Richard Koss

10/12/2020

Our Chief Research Officer, Richard Koss, was invited by the Urban Innovation Working Group of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University to discuss post-COVID affordable housing. Read More

Can MBS Duration Turn Negative?

9/29/2020

MSCI

Historically high mortgage paydowns and price premium amid the current COVID-19 pandemic may lead to negative duration for mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Read More

Recursion's Chief Research Officer Richard Koss comments on secular shifts of economy due to COVID-19

8/15/2020

Investing.com

Investing.com -- U.S. Treasury yields soared in the middle of last week, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note closing Wednesday at 0.761%, its highest level since early April. Read More

Credit Suisse preps securitization financing for Ginnie Mae EBOs

8/7/2020

Debtwire

A potential surge in the number of delinquent loans repurchased from Ginnie Mae securities by servicers has bankers at Credit Suisse busy with new ways to finance the debt, especially for the non-banks, according to a source familiar and a person briefed. Read More

FHFA's Capital Rule Is a Step Backward

7/27/2020

By Jim Parrott,Bob Ryan, Mark M. Zandi

In its proposed capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency offers a framework intended to allow the government-sponsored enterprises to be released from the heightened oversight of conservatorship or a consent order in a strong enough position to remain viable even under severe economic stress. Read More