Does The White House Hate Richard Cordray?
BLOG VIEW: Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) added eight new officers to fill its senior leadership rank. This personnel news...
Who Cares About Housing? Let’s Talk About Sex!
BLOG VIEW: The next presidential election is less than a year away, and logic would dictate that the Democratic incumbent and the nine...
GOP Candidates Debate Housing’s Broad Strokes
BLOG VIEW: Trash Fannie and Freddie, level the playing field for smaller financial institutions, eliminate the regulatory albatross that is Dodd-Frank and hey,...
Wasted Millions On Freddie Mac’s Haldeman
BLOG VIEW: Charles E. Haldeman Jr. recently announced that he will step down next year as CEO of Freddie Mac. Haldeman was the...
Message To Occupy Wall Street: Go Home
BLOG VIEW: The Occupy Wall Street movement has been running in New York City for nearly six weeks, and the ruckus created by...
AGs Promise Relief, Accountability
BLOG VIEW: The mortgage markets received some clarity on at least one hot-button issue this week, when the Federal Housing Finance Agency formally...
How Would Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Impact Mortgage Banking?
BLOG VIEW: The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll has placed former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain as the leader in the race...
Does The MBA Have A Problem?
BLOG VIEW: If you attended the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Annual Convention last week, you will recall a high-tech peculiarity regarding the Hyatt...
The Lack Of Leadership Is A National Crisis
BLOG VIEW: This week's Blog View is guest-authored by David Lykken, managing partner of Mortgage Banking Solutions, based in Austin, Texas. Phil Hall's...
Where’s The Tea Party When You Really Need Them?
BLOG VIEW: I am a big fan of political street theater. I don't really care what the issue is or what kind of...
Elizabeth Warren’s Ridiculous Rant
BLOG VIEW: It appears that the viral video universe has run out of misfit singers and clumsy fat boys to hold up for...
Which Is Scarier: Mortgage Banking Or Horror Movies?
BLOG VIEW: For the past eight years, I've pursued a second career as an actor in horror movies. These productions are low-budget efforts...
Revamping Refis: Marginal Or Meaningful?
BLOG VIEW: As the Obama administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) examine ways to remove refinancing hurdles for underwater borrowers, the...
Now About The FHFA…
BLOG VIEW: The recent news that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is suing 17 financial institutions in regard to their securitization procedures...
Our Foolish Fed
BLOG VIEW: The Federal Reserve's questionable policies were the subject of a pair of recent news items. One story presented the central bank...
Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman!
BLOG VIEW: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is facing its greatest financial problem ever, and part of its drastic cost-cutting efforts includes the...
The World According To Timothy Geithner
BLOG VIEW: The decision by Standard & Poor's (S&P) to downgrade the credit rating of the U.S. and various federal entities should not...
Taking Another Swing At REO Rentals
BLOG VIEW: The next month will likely be a busy one for professionals in real estate owned (REO) circles as they gather their...
What Else Is On The Menu?
BLOG VIEW: The other night, I was clicking around the television channels and came upon a program I never watched before: 'Master Chef,'...
What A Waste Of Money!
BLOG VIEW: There is an old saying that 'an enemy of my enemy is my friend.' There is also another old saying that...