Originations: Home Price Bottom or Bubble?

(Before It's News)

Originations linkfest: lots of good housing stories past few days.

HOUSING RECOVERY
- Goldman Sachs Sees ‘Strong’ Housing Recovery Starting (Prashant Gopal, Bloomberg)

- Housing Bottom or Bubble? (Diana Olick, CNBC)

- Housing Turning The Corner: Zillow (CalculatedRisk)

MORTGAGE PRODUCTS
- End of 30yr Fixed? Quicken Launches 8-30 Year Loans (TheStreet)

- 15yr vs. 30yr Rate Spread Widens – GREAT CHART (Dan Green, MortgageReports)

HOUSING POLICY
- U.S. Banks Haunted By Mortgage Demons That Won’t Go Away (Rick Rothacker, Reuters)

- Refinancing Seen Peaking Without More Capacity (Jody Shenn, Bloomberg)

COOLNESS
- Banksy Enters Olympic Graffiti Games (Joe Berkowitz, Co.Create)

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