Neugebauer: GOP-Controlled House Will Tweak Dodd-Frank
A top priority for the House Financial Services Committee after the GOP takes control next month will be to revise aspects of the...
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...
Edward Pinto: For He’s A Jolly Good AEI Fellow
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Edward Pinto is no stranger to the federal housing finance environment: He is a former executive vice president, chief...
Adios, Sheila Bair
BLOG VIEW: I hate to rush time, but I am eager for 2011 to come along - if only to enjoy the possibility...
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...
Donald DeBastiani Outlines Multi-State Mortgage Committee Priorities
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As the Pennsylvania Department of Banking's director of nondepository examinations, Donald DeBastiani oversees the examination of mortgage companies in the...
Bachus Vs. Royce: The Joys Of Political Smackdown
BLOG VIEW: Political junkies in need of a new fix can take pleasure in the fight that is emerging between Rep. Spencer Bachus,...
Reviving Housing And Shrinking Subsidies
WORD ON THE STREET: We have all suffered through the worst collapse in housing prices since the 1930s, and the situation we face...
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...
Squeezing Barney Frank Into Elizabeth Warren’s Chair?
BLOG VIEW: Come January, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is getting a demotion. With the Republican Party taking control of the House of Representatives,...
The Need For Qualitative Easing
WORD ON THE STREET: The reason that the recent efforts at quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve have not had the expected results,...
The Dawn Of A New Day In Servicing
BLOG VIEW: Amid the broader discussions of housing-finance reform and expectations of how the Dodd-Frank Act will shake out, plenty of folks at...
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,...
2011: Inertia Or Invigoration…Or Both?
BLOG VIEW: Now that the toxic dust of this year's election has settled, we can consider what to expect from the federal government...
Julia Gordon Makes The Case For Judicial Rewrites
WORD ON THE STREET: Our country's well-established system for handling problems related to consumer debt is bankruptcy court. The availability of this remedy...
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...