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...
Adios, Sheila Bair
BLOG VIEW: I hate to rush time, but I am eager for 2011 to come along - if only to enjoy the possibility...
Bachus Vs. Royce: The Joys Of Political Smackdown
BLOG VIEW: Political junkies in need of a new fix can take pleasure in the fight that is emerging between Rep. Spencer Bachus,...
Squeezing Barney Frank Into Elizabeth Warren’s Chair?
BLOG VIEW: Come January, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is getting a demotion. With the Republican Party taking control of the House of Representatives,...
The Dawn Of A New Day In Servicing
BLOG VIEW: Amid the broader discussions of housing-finance reform and expectations of how the Dodd-Frank Act will shake out, plenty of folks at...
2011: Inertia Or Invigoration…Or Both?
BLOG VIEW: Now that the toxic dust of this year's election has settled, we can consider what to expect from the federal government...
Robo-Signing And The Kindness Of Strangers
BLOG VIEW: If you were at last week's Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Annual Convention, you may have been bewildered by the opening remarks...
No Pain? No Gain!
BLOG VIEW: (Blog View columnist Phil Hall is on assignment this week at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Annual Convention & Expo. His column...
Foreclosure Problem? What Foreclosure Problem?
BLOG VIEW: With two weeks to go before Election Day, there is a considerable political and economic problem facing the nation: the foreclosure...
Attack Of The AGs, Part II
BLOG VIEW: 'Attack Of The Attorneys General,' read the headline of Servicing Management's page three editorial. That was in September 2008, shortly after...
A National Moratorium On Foreclosures?
BLOG VIEW: Two years ago this week, presidential candidate Barack Obama called for a national 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures. 'We need to...
Quality Control, Or The Lack Thereof?
BLOG VIEW: You may recall from an earlier blog that I am taking a course on how to become an emergency medical technician...
Why Is The Obama Administration Failing?
BLOG VIEW: There is a famous quote from Gen. John J. Pershing that says, 'A competent leader can get efficient service from poor...
Are You Encouraging Torture By Telephone?
BLOG VIEW: I never found much appeal in the basic concepts of masochism, and this may explain my problems in dealing with many...
Are You Ready For A New Challenge?
BLOG VIEW: Two weeks ago, I began taking a course on how to become an emergency medical technician (EMT). The course runs through...
Is Elizabeth Warren Ready For Her Close-Up?
BLOG VIEW: Does the U.S. really need a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Probably not, but the Dodd-Frank Act gave us this new bureaucracy,...
Are Foreclosures Funny?
BLOG VIEW: Hey, did you hear this joke that made its way around the Internet: 'The economy is so bad that seven out...
Why Does The White House Want To Kill The PACE Program?
BLOG VIEW: The old joke about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing seems to be in play when...
Will Wal-Mart Try To Get Into Mortgage Banking?
BLOG VIEW: There appears to be a good deal of buzz on the Internet about the possibility of Wal-Mart getting a foothold in the...
A Community Bank’s Perspective Of HMDA
(Note: Blog View columnist Phil Hall is on vacation this week. Today's guest column is by William A. Loving Jr., president and CEO...