Fed: It's Time the Market Stands on its Own

It seems the fixed income securities arena as it relates to real estate needs to be through rehab by the end of the first quarter as the Fed is no longer going to be a crutch......I do not see how we will be ready but understand that it cannot last forever....The true test of the CMBS and RBS markets - especially the secondary market will occur once the Fed pulls out....Now is the time to adopt the Boy Scout credo and "Be prepared "

Fed: It's Time the Market Stands on its Own

April 1 will be the first day that the Federal Reserve will end its debt purchase program and allow the struggling U.S. mortgage market to operate unassisted. As a result, the Fed believes mortgage rates will rise about three-quarters of a percent to about 6 percent, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said Saturday.Fear of a worldwide perception that the U.S. government is simply printing money to use to purchase mortgage-related securities is a big reason the Fed has pulled back, analysts say. If that fear caused a sell-off of U.S. government bonds, it would push borrowing costs substantially higher and derail the economic recovery."We are still in uncharted waters," Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said in an unrelated speech Saturday. "We will need to be flexible and adjust as we gain experience."Source: Reuters News, Pedro Nicolaci da Costa (01/08/2010)