The War Against Military Borrowers
BLOG VIEW: Over the past month, MortgageOrb has reported on two major cases where active duty personnel and military veterans have been the...
Agencies Step Up Servicing Oversight
Servicers of government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) loans should expect to see Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac roll out new incentives, timelines and penalties by...
The Mystery Of The Vanishing CFO…And His Upcoming $27M Jackpot
BLOG VIEW: I am not the type of person to begrudge people for earning large salaries. With the possible exception of trashy starlets...
Learning How To Say You’re Sorry
BLOG VIEW: If the recent string of QC missteps has done nothing else, it's taught banking and servicing executives how to apologize. Take,...
Is Elizabeth Warren On A Mission From God?
BLOG VIEW: Any hesitation and skepticism that I may have carried in regard to Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...
Stamp Out HAMP?
BLOG VIEW: This year marks the centennial of the birth of Ronald Reagan, who was among the influential and controversial presidents in U.S....
Spinning The Financial Crisis Wheel
BLOG VIEW: At the moment of its inception - way back in May 2009, when President Obama signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery...
Running Between Parallel Agendas
BLOG VIEW: No one was particularly surprised when the Obama administration announced that it would not meet its Jan. 31 deadline to provide...
Delay Tactics
BLOG VIEW: 'Good things happen to those who wait' may be a suitable mantra for jam-band devotees, but one has to wonder if...
Do We Really Need A New Office Of Minority And Women Inclusion?
BLOG VIEW: Last week, the Federal Reserve announced that it had established offices to 'promote diversity and inclusion at the Federal Reserve Board...
Making A Case For ‘.bank’
BLOG VIEW: The American Bankers Association (ABA) recently created a task force that is charged with putting together recommendations for the creation of...
Are Servicing Standards And QRM Rulemaking Compatible?
BLOG VIEW: Should federal regulators take up loan servicing standards as part of the Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) rulemaking process? That's the question...
Rewriting History, Elizabeth Warren-Style
BLOG VIEW: Some people have the gift of saying the most outlandish things with the most convincing sincerity. These people are usually blessed...
Diamond Is Forever?
BLOG VIEW: Many people have criticized the Obama administration for being much too willing to compromise with its Washington opponents. However, the administration...
2011: The Year We Don’t Achieve GSE Reform?
BLOG VIEW: Next week begins 2011, also known as the year when the Obama administration is supposed to offer a solution for the...
The Wrong Person For The Job
BLOG VIEW: Back in September, I mentioned that I was taking a course to learn how to become an emergency medical technician (EMT)....
The Sum Of All Eviction Fears
BLOG VIEW: While scanning mortgage headlines the other morning, I was stopped in my tracks by one particularly eye-grabbing claim: 'Families Exchange Homes...
Holiday Gifts For The Mortgage Banking Industry
BLOG VIEW: Yes, it is that time of the year - everyone is running around with gift shopping lists in an advanced state...
Tweet Me! Friend Me! Buzz Me! Digg Me!
BLOG VIEW: If you follow Sen. Chris Dodd's Twitter feed, you might have done a double take at a Nov. 18 tweet that...
Neugebauer: GOP-Controlled House Will Tweak Dodd-Frank
A top priority for the House Financial Services Committee after the GOP takes control next month will be to revise aspects of the...