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...
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,...
Newt Gingrich: Repeal The Dodd-Frank Act
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As part of his campaign to seek the Republican Party's presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich has made the repeal of...
Cleveland Fed’s Stephan Whitaker Analyzes Foreclosure-Related Vacancies
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In a recently published paper titled 'Foreclosure-Related Vacancy Rates,' Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland research economist Stephan Whitaker concluded...
Chris Sorensen: How To Calm The Agitated Housing Market
PERSON OF THE WEEK: To borrow a line from Thomas Paine, 'These are the times that try men's souls.' A fragile economy and...
Roy B. Satz: Making Modifications Understandable
PERSON OF THE WEEK: When one thinks of do-it-yourself activities, loan modifications may not be an obvious choice. Yet Roy B. Satz believes...
David Lo Dishes On Consumer (Dis)Satisfaction
J.D. Power and Associates recently published its 2011 study of consumer satisfaction with primary mortgage servicers. The results, perhaps unsurprisingly, weren't great. To...
Jake Clopton Details The State Of Commercial Real Estate
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The commercial real estate (CRE) industry has experienced more than its fair share of ups and downs - but...
D. Sidney Potter Flips Out
PERSON OF THE WEEK: What would possess a successful commercial real estate broker to rush aggressively into house flipping? In his autobiography, 'The...
Allonhill CEO Addresses Servicing Woes And Securities Reform
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Whether you are talking about transparency in servicing or the future of the secondary market, due diligence and risk...
Martin O’Neill Advocates An Entrepreneurial Workforce
PERSON OF THE WEEK: At a time when the economy is stalling, the very last thing that business owners and their managerial teams...
Jay Miles Brings Mortgage Banking To YouTube
PERSON OF THE WEEK: For many people, YouTube is the ultimate leisurely time-waster, where one can find amusing videos of cranky babies, misfit...
The Strain Of Regulatory Overdrive
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The mortgage industry is beset by well-intentioned - and potentially calamitous - regulations, and the servicing sector has been...
Attorney Adam Feinberg Breaks Down The False Claims Act
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The False Claims Act has quickly become a top legal concern for mortgage companies that do business with the...
Tony Bruschi Considers The State Of Mortgage Insurance
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As the mortgage banking industry continues to reinvent itself, the state of mortgage insurance (MI) remains in a state...
Nell Minow Examines Too-Sweet C-Suite Compensation
PERSON OF THE WEEK: It is somewhat difficult not to notice that the top executives of the nation's major corporations are not feeling...
Dale McPherson Offers Property Preservation Observations
What will happen when the shadow inventory's release valve is turned? Volume, of course - lots and lots of volume. To get an...
Filmmaker Carolyn Coal Presents A Unique Affordable-Housing Story
PERSON OF THE WEEK: If often seems that affordable housing has always been something of a challenge for real estate finance professionals, government...
Jim Butler Checks Out The Condo-Hotel Niche
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In concept, condo-hotels represent the best of both worlds (in this case, the worlds of residential and commercial real...
Cheryl Lang On Vacant Properties’ ‘Broken-Window Syndrome’
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Few folks have as good a handle on the impact of foreclosures on communities as field servicers and asset...