REQUIRED READING: Vapor Intrusion Essentials In The Era Of E 2600
hough ASTM International introduced its first national vapor intrusion standard, 'E 2600: Standard Practice for Assessment of Vapor Intrusion into Structures on Property Involved...
REQUIRED READING: Using E-Mortgage Origination To Create E-Transparency
it too late to bring back confidence in mortgage lending to the current crop of fund managers in the capital markets? If so, that's...
REQUIRED READING: Moving Forward, Servicers Reassess Fee And Advance Structuring
menting on dried-up foreclosure sales and mounting delinquencies in Servicing Management's February 2007 cover story, Litton Loan Servicing President Larry B. Litton Jr. observed,...
REQUIRED READING: Reduce Liabilities With Property Tax Management
commercial real estate finance sector has undoubtedly suffered during the past year. Commercial mortgage lending by banks, life companies, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)...
REQUIRED READING: Exposing REO Properties To A New Breed Of Buyers
gh state-level foreclosure moratoria and the eviction suspension imposed by the government-sponsored enterprises have slightly lessened the inflow of real estate owned (REO) properties...
REQUIRED READING: Explore Creative Financing To Keep Tough Deals Alive
We all know that the capital markets are constrained due to increased lender scrutiny. So, how can retail real estate deals be financed...
REQUIRED READING: How Specialty Servicing Can Save Problem Loans
Subservicing is all about efficiency. Issue a competitive bid, get your processes as systematic as clockwork, have as few loans as possible...
REQUIRED READING: Is The Price Right? A Discussion Of Value
Tennessee Code Annotated Section 67-4-409 (a)(1) states that 'n the transfer of a freehold estate, the tax shall be based on the consideration...
REQUIRED READING: Finding Smart Survival Strategies During The Development Doldrums
After an increasingly difficult development market in 2008, commercial real estate developers across the U.S. have few illusions about their chances for a...
REQUIRED READING: Yes! We Are Still Open For Business!
Charles Dickens began his landmark novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' with the classic words, 'It was the best of times, it was...
REQUIRED READING: How To Expand Payment Options In An Uncertain Economy
The most critical and universal challenge facing mortgage servicers today is getting paid. The economic downturn has fueled a significant increase in mortgage...
REQUIRED READING: Asset-Based Financing: Procedures And Case Studies
Traditional financing provides much-needed funding to advance major commercial real estate development or other tangible projects and can be particularly beneficial to companies...
REQUIRED READING: The Crisis Slowly Creeps Into The Rural Loan Sector
If any silver lining can be found in the cloudy state of the housing and mortgage banking markets today, it...
REQUIRED READING: Do Mandated Conferences Improve Workout Results?
Cold calls. Cell phones and gift cards that activate when the borrower calls into the servicer call center. Financial packages delivered in hand....
REQUIRED READING: Leasehold Financing Demands Particular Protective Provisions
Construction and permanent financing of development projects on leased land can pose unique challenges for lenders. Most of these challenges can be better...
REQUIRED READING: Bringing Back Stability By Outsourcing The Post-closing Process
During a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park, I was amazed at the number of healthy, young pine trees...
REQUIRED READING: If Disaster Strikes, Will Your Partners Be Ready?
From natural catastrophes to man-made disasters, today's environment leaves little doubt to the necessity for mortgage servicers to establish an extensive disaster-recovery plan...
REQUIRED READING: New Hazards Prompt Firms To Streamline With Technology
In a commercial mortgage lending environment gripped by a steep origination slowdown and mounting concerns about distressed-loan servicing challenges, professionals along all points...
REQUIRED READING: Stabilizing The Housing Market
Housing activity remains extraordinarily weak. Sales of new and existing homes have been running at a pace that is 60% of that seen...
REQUIRED READING: Servicing Unwrapped: Reducing The Costs Of Wrap Apps
In an effort to expand the value and life cycle of their core servicing systems, servicers have long turned to add-on 'wrap applications'...