The classic example of a non-recourse loan is a simple mortgage (if you sign a personal guarantee in addition to the mortgage, that changes the nature of the loan).

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in simple mortgage securitisation and insuring: the only odd one out is AIG and that was an insurance company, not a bank at all.

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But these reasons all lead to the same simple fact that the mortgage market was underpricing risk.

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Simple: when a homebuyer signs a mortgage, the key document is the note.

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The simple, entrepreneurial fix is a new mortgage product that would combine debt with equity, something like a convertible bond.

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As mortgage transactions go, my re-fi was about as simple as things get.

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In the real estate market, a housing and mortgage app might be combined with a calendar app and a simple UC presence click-to-connect feature.

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The new consumer bureau is based on a pretty simple idea: people ought to be able to read their credit card and mortgage contracts and know the deal.

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