Alberta E. Hultman On The Changing State Of Bankruptcy
PERSON OF THE WEEK: On Dec. 12, 2011, changes to the federal bankruptcy rules took effect. To understand the impact of these rules...
The Sasquatch And The Servicers
BLOG VIEW: While flicking around the television channels, I recently came upon a program called 'Finding Bigfoot.' This series follows a group of...
Pre-Sale Repairs: A Servicer’s Dilemma
REQUIRED READING: Mortgage servicers and investors envision a scenario in which a borrower is happily living in his or her house, maintaining the...
Heavy Workloads And Uncertainty Shape The Subservicing Sector
REQUIRED READING: The English poet Lord Byron once observed, 'The busy have no time for tears.' Indeed, there are few tears being shed...
Mike Richardson: Taking The Pain Out Of Business Meetings
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Every life has some degree of unpleasantness: taxes, dental visits, political campaign promises and - last, but hardly least...
OneUnited Bank’s Unholy Foreclosure Debacle
BLOG VIEW: One of the more distressing developments of the ongoing real estate crisis is the rising number of churches being foreclosed upon...
Foreclosure Ground Zero: The Nevada Story
WORD ON THE STREET: In 2008, our organization, like many nonprofits, found itself trying to ramp up its staff to address the foreclosure...
Does Your Company Need Its Own App?
REQUIRED READING: Your company has its own Facebook page, LinkedIn page and Twitter feed. There is a good chance that it has its...
Why Are Appraisers Agitated Over HARP 2.0?
REQUIRED READING: There is a controversy taking place among some appraisers about the second version of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP 2.0),...
Jeff Taylor Examines The Reverse Mortgage Sector
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The reverse mortgage sector has been receiving a double whammy from both the continuing tumult that has rocked the...
The AARP’s New Attack On Reverse Mortgages
BLOG VIEW: Unless you or a family member belongs to the AARP, you missed the March edition of the organization's Bulletin newspaper. Within...
Why I’m Fed Up With The Federal Reserve
WORD ON THE STREET: While the Federal Reserve has recently released an unprecedented amount of information on its activities, there is still much...
How Servicers Can Strengthen Customer Relationships – Part 2
REQUIRED READING: The words 'mortgage servicing' and 'customer service' were, for too many years, rarely used together. In today's environment, however, that situation...
How Servicers Can Strengthen Customer Relationships – Part 1
REQUIRED READING: Historically, success in the mortgage servicing industry hasn't been defined by meeting or exceeding customer expectations, but by maximizing the value...
Ron Rudaitis Goes In Search Of Suburbia
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Making a documentary about real estate may not seem like a very encouraging proposition. However, three-time Emmy Award winner...
Did He Really Say That?
BLOG VIEW: Last month, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan gave a speech in Raleigh, N.C.,...
A Housing Lesson From Ohio
WORD ON THE STREET: The timing and causes of foreclosure, vacancy, and abandonment vary depending on the region of the country. In the...
The Ideal Buyer: Owner-Occupant Or Investor? – Part Two
REQUIRED READING: While many people within the industry are concerned that real estate owned (REO) property repair decisions made by servicers have stymied...
The Ideal Buyer: Owner-Occupant Or Investor? – Part One
REQUIRED READING: As the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) considers alternative strategies for selling government-owned distressed property, a debate wages on regarding the...
Andrew Peters Plumbs The Niche Markets
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Although the mortgage banking industry has more than its share of challenges, there are still plenty of opportunities to...