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...
Sticking It To The New Postal Rate Increase
BLOG VIEW: Are you looking forward to an increase in the price of postage? Even though the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is only...