Refining Insurance Processes May Pay Dividends
REQUIRED READING: With foreclosures remaining a pressing concern for all financial institutions, mortgage servicers are aggressively seeking new and proactive ways to curb...
Get Your Marketing Mojo Revved Up For Action
REQUIRED READING: Although advertising is an important component of a firm's marketing mix, it does not define it. This misconception is rooted in...
The Good, The Bad And The Fuzzy: Where AVMs Succeed And Fail
REQUIRED READING: The state of the housing market and the wavering state of the economy, along with tighter new regulations, have left banks...
The Return Of Mortgage Fraud: Preparing For The Next Wave
REQUIRED READING: Creative financing, relaxed underwriting guidelines, layered-risk loan programs and an emphasis on speedy decisioning during the real estate boom created an...
As-Is Condition? As If! Servicers Up Rehab Investments
REQUIRED READING: Servicers and investors appear more willing than ever to invest in rehab and repair activities prior to listing a real estate...
The Sun Tzu School Of Mortgage Origination
REQUIRED READING: At first glance, you may wonder what Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War,' a 2,300-year-old book on Chinese warfare, has to...
Checklist For The New Dodd-Frank Act Bureaucracies
REQUIRED READING: The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act represents the largest overhaul of the financial services industry...
Servicers Still Reeling From Missing Assignments
REQUIRED READING: Discrepancies between information contained in county records and information in servicers' files or imaging systems; flimsy placeholders that vaguely indicate a...
Credit Unions Expand Home Lending Efforts
REQUIRED READING: In his capacity as president of the American Credit Union Mortgage Association (ACUMA), Bob Dorsa is eager to see credit unions...
Are You Up To Speed On The New Regulations?
REQUIRED READING: Did you know that earlier this year, a mortgage banker made a $1.25 million settlement with the Conference of State Bank...
Signs Of Life In The CRE Sector?
REQUIRED READING: To say that today's commercial real estate markets are soft is a massive understatement, as many industry observers can attest. However,...
Assessing Distressed Retail Properties With Broker Opinions Of Value
REQUIRED READING: There is no doubt that good information is needed for mortgage lenders and servicers that are dealing with an overload of...
Guarding CSRs Against Info Overload
REQUIRED READING: With the multitude of challenges facing the mortgage servicing industry - from rising default and foreclosure rates, increased real estate owned...
Servicer Involvement Varies In Hardest-Hit Fund
REQUIRED READING: The latest round of loss mitigation programs - coming from 17 states using a combined $2 billion in federal funds -...
Straighten Up And Fly Right
REQUIRED READING: Imagine you're on an airplane, about to fly from the U.S. to Europe. Now imagine the pilot announcing that your aircraft...
Information Assembly – A Crucial CRE Workout Step
REQUIRED READING: On Oct. 30, 2009, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) issued a Financial Institution Letter titled 'Policy Statement on Prudent Commercial...
Following A Paper Trail To High-Quality Hedging
REQUIRED READING: Hedging allows mortgage bankers to balance their interest-rate risk for the duration of the origination-through-purchase timeline, and to offset loan fallout....
The Foreclosure-Gate Freeze
REQUIRED READING: The foreclosure-gate freeze will act as the trigger for a wave of legal challenges. Foreclosure-gate freezes will mandate third-party audits consistent...
MERS Prevails In The Show-Me State
REQUIRED READING: With foreclosure rates maintaining record highs, borrowers and bankruptcy trustees in the past two years have started seeking new and inventive...
Taking A Different Look At Homeowner Education
REQUIRED READING: As a nation, we value homeownership because of the many benefits it brings, for both families and communities. Perhaps foremost is...