Does The MBA Have A Problem?
BLOG VIEW: If you attended the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Annual Convention last week, you will recall a high-tech peculiarity regarding the Hyatt...
Addressing The Glut Of Foreclosed Properties
WORD ON THE STREET: I would like to make three points about the housing market and how to address foreclosures. First, do not...
Sizing Up The Shadow Inventory
REQUIRED READING: The housing market is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, costs are low. In fact, interest...
Art, Science Or Both? The Blurring Lines Of BPOs
REQUIRED READING: Data reigns supreme in the modern world of broker price opinions (BPOs), and evidence of that can be found in the...
Beth Paterson Goes Forward With Reverse Mortgages
PERSON OF THE WEEK: This year has been tumultuous for the reverse mortgage sector, and the road ahead appears to have more than...
The Lack Of Leadership Is A National Crisis
BLOG VIEW: This week's Blog View is guest-authored by David Lykken, managing partner of Mortgage Banking Solutions, based in Austin, Texas. Phil Hall's...
Solving The Supply-Demand Imbalance
WORD ON THE STREET: As we sit here today in the sixth year of the worst housing crash since the Great Depression, many...
Reverse Mortgages Will Pay Off For Patient Investors And Lenders
REQUIRED READING: The reverse mortgage industry continues to have a promising future, despite some stronger-than-expected headwinds. Quite frankly, time is on its side....
Appraisal Management Options For The Dodd-Frank Era
REQUIRED READING: With tighter restrictions and new state and federal regulations, many lenders are feeling their freedom being taken away one regulation at...
LenderLive’s David Vida On The New World Of Servicing
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The ever-evolving world of loan servicing is facing big questions: How many distressed borrowers can actually be kept in...
Where’s The Tea Party When You Really Need Them?
BLOG VIEW: I am a big fan of political street theater. I don't really care what the issue is or what kind of...
New Ideas For Refinancing And Restructuring Mortgages
WORD ON THE STREET: I began my career in residential real estate in 1967 as a real estate agent specializing in Federal Housing...
Fraud Takes Aim At Servicing And Loss Mit
REQUIRED READING: If you are working in default servicing or loss mitigation and feel like you are at the center of the proverbial...
Dissecting Dodd-Frank’s Loan Servicing Mandates
REQUIRED READING: Servicers, take heart - you are not alone in trying to solve the riddle that is the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...
Woodward Asset Capital CEO: ‘Financing Must Be Made Affordable To Wider Swathe’
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Whether you're talking about self-employed owner-occupant hopefuls in the retail market or investor buyers in the distressed-asset realm, one...
Elizabeth Warren’s Ridiculous Rant
BLOG VIEW: It appears that the viral video universe has run out of misfit singers and clumsy fat boys to hold up for...
Evaluating The Nation’s REO Options
WORD ON THE STREET: An estimated 1 million or more properties will likely pass through real estate owned (REO) inventory in 2011, with...
Risk Management Continues To Evolve
REQUIRED READING: Today's mortgage banking industry looks nothing like the industry of five years ago. Heck, it doesn't even look like last year's...
Who Is A ‘Homeowner’ In HECM Transactions?
REQUIRED READING: Federal government agencies are supposed to be responsible for protecting consumers. So how did the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Molly MacDonald Declares War On Breast Cancer
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In 2005, Molly MacDonald was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, she counts herself among breast cancer's survivors - or,...