BLOG VIEW: What Did The Rating Agencies Know?
In some idealistic, simplified world, the three major credit rating agencies - Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's and Fitch - would operate in...
BLOG VIEW: Putting Blame Where It’s Not Due
I am planning to buy a new car at the end of this month. I believe I am long overdue for a change...
BLOG VIEW: In Search Of Good News (The Post-TARP Edition)
Sometimes satirical news gets the point across better than traditional news. Back in July, a segment on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart...
BLOG VIEW: A Land Mine Or A Gold Mine?
(Today's Blog View column is guest authored by Frank Pallotta, CEO of Steel Curtain Capital Group LLC in Mahwah, N.J. Phil Hall's regular...
BLOG VIEW: Talking The Talk While Walking The Walk
Last week, I had a conversation with Karen Savickas Mathias, administrative and marketing manager for Southwest Research Center Federal Credit Union in San...
BLOG VIEW: The No-Bailout Bailout
The Senate-approved $700 billion asset-purchase plan - or should it be called The Bailout by now? - may be on its way to...
BLOG VIEW: Get ‘Em While They’re Young
I would like to use this week's column to commend several institutions within the credit union industry that are reaching out to students...
BLOG VIEW: How Do You Modify Your Loans?
While there is no shortage of mortgage-related talk nowadays - especially in light of the Treasury Department's announcement of the bad-asset purchase program...
BLOG VIEW: The Passed Buck
Last Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, was interviewed on NBC's 'The Today Show.' He was asked how he would respond...
BLOG VIEW: Don’t Forget About Multifamily
In recent months, commercial mortgage brokers, lenders and borrowers have routinely and happily pointed to multifamily as the sector in which a transaction...
BLOG VIEW: Now, About Those GSE Severance Packages…
Few people would openly advocate that Daniel H. Mudd and Richard F. Syron, the departing heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, define...
BLOG VIEW: No Shortage Of Opinion On Fannie And Freddie
Although the presidential and vice-presidential candidates have failed to offer substantive comments so far (as discussed in Monday's MortgageOrb Blog View), industry analysts...
Federal Regulators Take Control Of GSEs
Under a new plan announced by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and James Lockhart, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Fannie Mae...
BLOG VIEW: Time For A New Glass
The collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into federal conservatorship was never a question of 'if' - it was always a matter...
BLOG VIEW: Comparing The Data
Anyone who regularly visits mortgage news Web sites like this one or reads trade publications is likely very familiar with two of...
BLOG VIEW: Blame The Terrorists
While the mortgage lending community and the borrowing community work on divvying up fault and responsibility for the mortgage crisis, various government-affiliated individuals...
BLOG VIEW: Plugging The Talk On Plugging Fannie And Freddie
Coming up in the next edition of Secondary Marketing Executive is an overview of the launch of a U.S. covered bond market. That...
BLOG VIEW: Where Are The Servicers?
I had the pleasure of attending my first California Mortgage Bankers Association Western States Loan Servicing Conference last week, and I'd like to...
BLOG VIEW: A Positive Example From California
MortgageOrb recently reported on California's new $200 million Community Stabilization Home Loan Program, which is designed to assist first-time homebuyers who are seeking...
BLOG VIEW: Countrywide And Tape-Of-The-Month Clubs
Add another pin to the map - Countrywide has been sued yet again. Earlier this week, West Virginia Attorney Darrell McGraw covered all...