Linkage: Mortgage MBS pioneer Ranieri turns attention to blockchain

Here’s your Saturday Linkage. Keeping up on latest in online lender moves from Marcus, SoFi, Green Sky. Important updates on housing and rate markets. Good news: rates down. But will it hold? And also what’s the father of mortgage securitization up to these days? Working on blockchain, naturally.
- Lowest rates in 2 months face big test next week(housingnewsletters.com)
- How student loans stop people from buying a house(cnbc.com)
- Home market so brutal, some making offers sight unseen(usatoday.com)
- Mortgage securitization pioneer Ranieri turns attention to blockchain(housingwire.com)
- Goldman's Marcus lending division ditches suits in the office, adds Kombucha(bloomberg.com)
- Why it's no surprise online lender Green Sky would weigh an IPO(forbes.com)
- New SoFi CEO Noto can fix your student debt but can he sell you a mortgage(bloomberg.com)
- SoFi rolling out checking accounts next month(bloomberg.com)
- Oddly fascinating FT interview with Anthony Scaramucci(ft.com)
