BLOG VIEW: States’ Anti-Foreclosure Efforts: Too Much, Too Little?
As the merits and limitations of the Bush/Paulson homeowner relief plan are debated, state-level policymakers from coast to coast have unveiled their own...
BLOG VIEW: And The Winners Are…
Before 2007 drifts into the history books, let's take a page from our friends in college football and motion pictures by using the...
BLOG VIEW: Where Have All The Subprime Servicers Gone?
In the February 2007 edition of Servicing Management, the cover story asked a profound question: 'Is the industry at risk of being tattered...
BLOG VIEW: A Primer For Direct Mail Marketing Success
This past weekend, I received a direct mail marketing solicitation from a financial institution that I've never dealt with in the past. The...
BLOG VIEW: The Fed Steps In… Twice
With two recent decisions issued that each triggered a dramatic market response, the U.S. Federal Reserve has made its presence known - and...
BLOG VIEW: Score One For Bush On The Subprime Deal?
Last week's White House-engineered announcement on the five-year freeze on interest rates for subprime borrowers facing foreclosures may not have been the ideal...
BLOG VIEW: Treasury’s Paulson Fires, Clinton Fires Back
During the Office of Thrift Supervision's National Housing Forum on Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson took the nation's foreclosure problem head-on, outlining...
BLOG VIEW: Room At The Top For A Chief Risk Officer
The other week, JPMorgan Chase announced it was adding Barry Zubrow to its C-suite as the company's new CRO. That acronym stands for...
BLOG VIEW: What Is Andrew Cuomo Up To?
Is New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo using the subprime mortgage crisis to boost his chances at becoming the U.S. attorney general in...
BLOG VIEW: The Right Man For Ginnie Mae?
What does one make of the Bush administration's nomination of Joseph J. Murin to be the new head of Ginnie Mae? ...
BLOG VIEW: Bear Stearns’ Pacific Overtures
If you are currently in Beijing, you may hear a strange whirring sound coming from the vicinity of Tiananmen Square. Don't worry -...
BLOG VIEW: Bad Idea On The Gulf Coast
When it comes to a housing policy, it often seems the Bush administration flip-flops like a Slinky. Either administration officials insist that all...
BLOG VIEW: NetBank (1996 – 2007)
Another one bit the dust: NetBank, the pioneering online-exclusive financial institution, is officially dead. After weaving and wobbling for some time, the FDIC...
BLOG VIEW: Mortgage Czar Update…Jackson Speaks
The claws are coming out. Yesterday, Democratic lawmakers (see BLOG VIEW) urged the Bush administration to address the real estate market, mortgage financing...
BLOG VIEW: The Federal Mortgage Czar
The nation's most powerful Democrats huddled in Washington today to urge the Bush administration to tackle the housing market crisis and lasso runaway...
BLOG VIEW: Go, Credit Unions!
Three cheers and a tiger for the credit unions! This slice of the financial services world is proving its critics wrong with impressive...