This ongoing series of podcasts focuses on the impact of the pandemic to the economy and the efficacy of various policy interventions. It features economists, policy makers and industry experts, analyzing real-time information, trends and policy ideas as we weather this pandemic. 

Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Podcast Series - COVID-19, Summit Blog

In this podcast, Dr. Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association, discusses servicer liquidity issues related to the COVID-19 induced recession.

Topics: data analytics, Mortgage Finance, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19

This ongoing series of podcasts focuses on the impact of the pandemic to the economy and the efficacy of various policy interventions. It features economists, policy makers and industry experts, analyzing real-time information, trends and policy ideas as we weather this pandemic. 

Topics: Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Podcast Series - COVID-19, bridge loans

Together, We Shall Overcome

Topics: racial and social injustice

Summit’s Partner, Anthony Curcio, recently sat down for the second of three conversations with Alok Mathur, President of Global Project Finance Advisory Council, a global project finance advisory firm that has closed $125.4 billion in infrastructure-related finance transactions. 

Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), infrastructure, professional development, finance practitioners

This ongoing series of podcasts focuses on the impact of the pandemic to the economy and the efficacy of various policy interventions. It features economists, policy makers, and industry experts analyzing real-time information, trends, and policy ideas as we weather this pandemic. 

Topics: Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Podcast Series - COVID-19, commercial real estate market, evolutionary vs. revolutionary changes

Want a peek into our team's current data analysis work? Summit recently developed a new tool to help our mission-based clients visualize the areas heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. By graphically displaying the data, Summit’s mission-based clients can easily digest the severity and unexpected risks presented to their operations by COVID-19.

Topics: data visualization, mission-oriented finance, data, COVID-19

I had a great conversation with Michael Bright, CEO at the Structured Finance Association, an advocacy group focused on strengthening the structured finance and securitization market.

Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), Structured Finance, Securitization Market

This ongoing series of podcasts focuses on the impact of the pandemic to the economy and the efficacy of various policy interventions. It features economists, policy makers, and industry experts analyzing real-time information, trends, and policy ideas as we weather this pandemic. 

Topics: Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Podcast Series - COVID-19, Virtual Home Appraisals

Summit's Dr. Albert Lee, Balint Peto, and I examined several economic scenarios based on Covid-19's impact on the economy, with special focus to its impact on the mortgage markets.

 

Many of Summit's clients are directly involved in lending and grant programs, and the disruption to the economy will be directly relevant to their existing and future portfolios. This opinion paper discusses different paths the recovery may take, explores detailed impacts on certain funding markets, and analyzes which outcome seems most likely.

Topics: Mortgage Finance, white paper, COVID-19