La Jolla, CA.?? The number of California homes going into foreclosure dropped again during the fourth quarter of 2010 to its lowest level in more than three years, the result of shifting market conditions as well as evolving lender and mortgage servicer policies, a real estate information service reported.
WHAT: GRAND OPENING, RIBBON-CUTTING & DONATION TO LOCAL NON-PROFIT WHEN: Monday, January 31, 2011, 11:00AM CST WHERE: 8909 S. Yale, Tulsa WHY: Celebrate new state-of-the-art corporate headquarters emphasizing growth and public service. WHO: URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP, its employees and partner businesses ABOUT THE EVENT: Tulsa-based Urban Financial Group is moving into its new corporate headquarters [...]
NAMB requests 12-month delay in LO compensation enforcement and further clarification on changes to Regulation Z JANUARY 26, 2011?The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) has announced the release of a letter (copy of the letter can be found here) that the trade association has forwarded to the Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman of the [...]
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Is the Loan Officer Dead? 2010 Market Trends & 2011 Predictions The tables have turned. The organizational dynamic of a mortgage operation dramatically shifted with the 2010 adjustments to the GFE and the timing of the issuance & acceptance of disclosures. Most mortgage companies and technology vendors were ill prepared to support the regulatory [...]
I’ve been sharing marketing advice here for the past several months, and I’m certain all of my columns have been critically important to you. I have strong suspicions, fantasies even, that your life has changed thanks to my tips for landing more referrals from real estate agents. My advice about e-mail marketing undoubtedly blew your [...]
January 25, 2011 – – Middletown, RI – – Linear Title & Closing, Ltd., now offers a web platform for its clients to access its files, make changes to the file, and receive updated title fees, the title commitment, and the pre-Hud in a matter of seconds.
Asking the Right Questions Determines Your Success Before mortgage professionals start the process of evaluating branching companies, it is vital they perform due diligence to ensure they select a credible, stable, transparent company that will have longevity. Due to shifts in the industry, there has been an influx of new branching businesses that [...]
Some months this column is harder to write than others… this month it practically wrote itself. There’s no reason you should know the name, Martin Joel Erzinger. He’s a 52 year-old private wealth manager, who manages more than $1 billion for uber-rich clients of Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney in Denver, Colorado. Well, apparently [...]
Has it occurred to anyone that we are going to have a shortage of qualified loan officers and appraisers in a couple of years? Now, when I say a couple of years, I mean when the housing industry finally and honestly turns around and makes a recovery. By the way, isn’t it funny (in a [...]
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