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Agency MBS market is facing a supply-side threat

Housing Wire

That tapering, for now, is being accomplished by not replacing those MBS assets — with the Fed’s run-off cap set at $35 billion per month. Bordia added that the pace of Fed MBS run-off, including prepayments slowed by a lack of refinancing, is now “only around $15 billion to $20 billion [per month].” “So, trillion and to nearly $9.3

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Top Ten: Burning Questions For 2021 (Pt2)

Toronto Realty Blog

Last month, in my “Top Ten: Real Estate Stories of 2020,” I reckoned that the #2 story of the entire year was the condo market. So when I saw a mere 45 sales under $600,000 in 2020, and finished with a whopping 8,232 in 2013, my head just about exploded. .” That’s my prediction. A rough ride.

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Top Ten Topics Of Discussion For 2023!

Toronto Realty Blog

So let’s see………………Christmas 2013. But that was in 2013. December was a tough month for old Dave-o, let me tell you. As is the custom with my start-of-the-year posts, I like to look ahead to what is or may be topical over the next twelve months. Total: $739.82.

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Don’t Turn Around!

Toronto Realty Blog

Pop quiz for those that were either childhood friends of mine, or part of the “David Fleming Trivia” game at my bachelor party in 2013… What were the two C.D.’s And if you remember, and didn’t automatically assume it was the title of today’s blog post, then good on you! I won’t let you know.

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Friday Foibles & Follies!

Toronto Realty Blog

After fourteen years of writing stories three times per week (it was actually four times from 2007 to 2013…), I always wonder if I’ll eventually run out of things to write about. Case in point: sometimes I have stories that aren’t really “worth” their own blog post. I made those calls at about 12:30pm.

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Top Ten: Discussion Points For The Fall Market!

Toronto Realty Blog

My wife and I both agreed, back in 2013, that a mere one week Honeymoon in the Bahamas would be too short, and that’s why we decided to stay for a full two weeks. This is the Dow Jones for the last 12 months: A lot of people were excited in the summer, saying, “My portfolio is up 13% in July! About seven days!

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Value For Money Audit: Real Estate Council of Ontario

Toronto Realty Blog

There are a lot of boards and associations, so it could be confusing to the consumer or the reader of this blog post. At the time of our audit, only two of the 12 directors on RECO’s Board were not registered members of the real estate industry. As a broker, I think “RECO” and I think two things: 1) Registration.