- March 09, 2010
An Interview with Frank & Brian of Think Big Work Small (TBWS) by The Niche Report - March 09, 2010
Google AdWords for Mortgage Brokers Are You Making Basic Mistakes? by Dennis Yu - March 09, 2010
Free To Choose by Lamarr Banks - March 09, 2010
Strike Marketing Gold with Social Media... Meet, Greet, and Tweet by John Seroka - March 09, 2010
How to Use HUD Settlement Cost Booklet As a Sales Tool by Karen Deis - March 09, 2010
An Epic Struggle HEOPA, HERA, and Hercules; all epic stories by Justine Assal - March 09, 2010
Center Stage with Roohmz Mortgage Enterprise - March 09, 2010
New Year’s Resolution for Your Body and Business by Stewart Mednick - March 09, 2010
Bringing Up the Rear: California State Bar President Howard Miller the Witch Hunter by Martin Andelman - March 09, 2010
Rules & Regulations Headlines Mar 2010 - March 09, 2010
From The Editor’s Desk - Mar 2010 Issue - March 09, 2010
The Death of Affordable Rental Housing From the ashes, a housing Phoenix will rise…hopefully by Brian Montgomery - March 09, 2010
MBS War Room: GUTFLOP II by Matt Graham - January 19, 2010
Lead Generation – Fuel for Your Business by Bliss Sawyer - January 19, 2010
Center Stage with Zillow® Mortgage Marketplace - January 19, 2010
Where o’ Where Does My YSP Go? by Joshua Weinberg - January 19, 2010
Bringing Up the Rear: President Barack Obama by Martin Andelman - January 19, 2010
What Sales Crimes are You Committing? by Tom Ninness - January 19, 2010
MBS War Room: MANAGING PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY by Adam Quinones - January 19, 2010
Successful Mortgage Lead Gen on Facebook by Dennis Yu - January 19, 2010
Appraiser Sound Off: Appraising a New Era by Carol Rockman - January 19, 2010
Executive Summary by Stewart Mednick - January 19, 2010
Rules & Regulation Headlines - Feb 2010 Issue - January 19, 2010
From The Editor’s Desk - Feb 2010 Issue - December 17, 2009
HVCC, SAFE Act, Red Flags, Oh My! by George H. Marentis - December 17, 2009
T'was the Night Before Christmas 2009 by Martin Andelman - December 17, 2009
The Grand Unified Theory of Floating or Locking an Origination Pipeline by Matt Graham - December 17, 2009
Rising Requests for Loan Buy Backs by Tim Rood - December 17, 2009
Rules & Regulation Headlines - Dec/Jan Issue - December 17, 2009
Tip of the Month - Me LLP - by Stewart Mednick - December 17, 2009
BRINGING UP THE REAR Michael S. Barr Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions by Martin Andelman - December 17, 2009
“Letters of Intent” Flag’s UP! by Joseph Andahazy - December 17, 2009
Note from the Founder Dec/Jan Issue - December 17, 2009
My History in Wholesale by Lisa Schreiber - December 17, 2009
Seizing Control of Your Retirement Part III by Bernie E. Navarro - November 25, 2009
Blog Your Way to Credibility & Authority Among Your Audience and Boost Your Bottom Line by Mark Morrison - November 25, 2009
Seizing Control of Your Retirement Part II by Bernie Navarro - November 25, 2009
Corporate Finance Trends by W. Joseph Caton - November 25, 2009
Take Back Control of Your Marketing by Tom Krug - November 25, 2009
Note from the Founder Nov Issue - November 25, 2009
Addressing Continued Concerns About The FHA by Brian Montgomery - November 25, 2009
MBS Warroom: DO I LOCK OR FLOAT? by Adam Quinones - November 25, 2009
Ever think about what ‘Effort’ means? by Stewart Mednick - November 25, 2009
Rules & Regulation Headlines Nov Issue - November 25, 2009
Bringing Up the Rear: IT’S A TIE: Ex-Fannie Mae Chief Credit Officer Edward Pinto & Michael Young, Vice Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association by Martin Andelman - November 25, 2009
Speed Marketing(TM) for Loan Officers by Geoff Zimpfer - November 25, 2009
House Painting as Career Choice - Underappreciated & Overlooked? - November 18, 2009
Note from the Founder July 2009 - October 29, 2009
Rules & Regulations Headlines for October - October 29, 2009
W.I.N. Revisited by Stewart Mednick
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- March 03, 2010
Byte Software Announces StreetLinks Integration in BytePro Appraisal Category
StreetLinks is fully integrated in BytePro Software offering complete national appraisal services.
KIRKLAND, WA: March 2, 2010 – Byte Software, a complete mortgage software solution providing banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers loan origination software from beginning to end, partnered with StreetLinks National Appraisal Services to offer a full suite of compliant and warranted valuation products to their customers. StreetLinks is a national appraisal management company (AMC) meeting all HVCC and FHA compliance requirements and all state and federal appraiser independence regulations. The integration in BytePro software speeds the process of ordering an appraisal by connecting directly with StreetLinks and eliminating duplicate entry. Data flows from BytePro to StreetLinks with a simple “click.” - March 03, 2010
Countdown To Buy Enters Into New Pilot Program To Offer Foreclosed Properties Through Efficient and Transparent Online Marketplace
Foreclosed properties in Dallas to be listed for sale the first week of March 2010
BETHEL, CONNECTICUT – March 3, 2010 - Countdown To Buy, a next generation online real estate marketplace that offers a fair and effective way to buy and sell properties, announced today that it has entered into a new pilot program with a leading banking institution to offer a sampling of foreclosed properties in Texas.
- February 26, 2010
MDA DataQuick: Phoenix Area January Home Sales
Phoenix Metro Area January Home Sales
Reflecting a trend seen across much of the West, Phoenix region January home sales fell harder than normal from December, but they were still the highest for a January since 2007. The share of homes bought by investors and cash-only buyers rose last month, as did the percentage of homes selling below $100,000 – factors that helped push the overall median sale price lower than the prior month for the second consecutive month, a real estate information service reported.
- February 25, 2010
MDA DataQuick: Las Vegas Area January Home Sales
Las Vegas Metro Area January Home Sales
Las Vegas region January home sales fell more than usual from December but were still the highest for that month since 2007 thanks to relatively strong demand for condos and other sub-$200,000 homes. The overall median sale price declined from December, but one home-type category – resale single-family detached houses – showed continued signs of price stability, a real estate information service reported.
- February 22, 2010
Lockheed Federal Credit Union Manages Loan Risk with MDA DataQuick
- $2.9 billion credit union partners with MDA DataQuick to enhance loan portfolio analysis-
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 23, 2010 – MDA DataQuick ®, a division of MDA Lending Solutions and the nation’s largest independent provider of property data to real estate and mortgage professionals, announced today that Burbank, Calif.- based Lockheed Federal Credit Union ( LFCU ), with $2.9 billion in assets, has selected MDA DataQuick ’s Collateral Validation to help the credit union proactively identify and manage loan risk and set loan loss reserves.
- February 11, 2010
MDA DataQuick: Miami Region December Home Sales
Miami metro area home sales remained at a three-year high in December as sales of existing condos, whose prices have fallen most sharply from peak levels in 2006, continued to claim a higher-than-average share of transactions. The median price paid for all new and resale houses and condos combined didn’t budge from November and declined from a year earlier by the lowest amount – 22.5 percent – since late 2008, a real estate information service reported.
- February 09, 2010
NetMore America Engages Comergence Compliance Monitoring To Enhance Third Party Originator Approval Process
End- to end solution provides due diligence, management and ongoing compliance surveillance
Offers mortgage brokers and mortgage professionals a centralized and efficient lender approval platform
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON - (February 9, 2010), NetMore America, Inc
(“NetMore”), an expanding next generation mortgage banker, announced today it has
engaged Comergence Compliance Monitoring (Comergence), a third party originator due
diligence solution provider to the mortgage industry, to manage all reviews and continuous profile monitoring of all third party originators (TPO) working with NetMore.
- February 09, 2010
Inlanta Mortgage States Spring 2010 a Great Time to Buy a Home
Waukesha, Wis., February 9, 2010 – Inlanta Mortgage is reminding potential, qualified homebuyers of several reasons making this spring a good time for home purchases, including tax credits, low interest rates and affordable pricing.
The first-time homebuyer tax credit and the move-up tax credit expire on June 30, 2010; a signed contract must be completed by April 30, 2010 to qualify for these tax credits. “Homebuyers need to remember that these are temporary programs,” said Jean Badciong, Chief Operating Officer at Inlanta Mortgage. “With the requirement that contracts be completed by April 30, house hunters need to be in the market now to take advantage of this opportunity.”
- February 08, 2010
Cascade Financial Services Selects Advantage Systems’ Accounting for Mortgage Bankers
- Uses mortgage-specific technology to enhance efficiency; make sounder business decisions -
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2010 – Advantage Systems, a provider of accounting and contract management tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced that Mesa, Ariz.-based Cascade Financial Services selected Advantage Systems’ Accounting for Mortgage Bankers (AMB) automated accounting system to address the lender’s mortgage accounting needs.
After searching for an accounting system that catered to mortgage bankers, Cascade was introduced to Advantage Systems and participated in several demos. AMB was chosen by the company for its industry-specific software, loan-level, general ledger detail and flexibility.
- February 08, 2010
MDA DataQuick: California Million-Dollar Home Sales Drop Again
La Jolla, CA.---- The number of California homes that sold for $1 million-plus declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2009, the result of buyer reticence, a difficult mortgage market and several years of price drops that tugged the value of many homes below the million-dollar threshold, a real estate information service reported.
A total of 18,621 Golden State homes sold for a million dollars or more last year. That was down 23.8 percent from 24,436 in 2008. In 2007 it was 42,506; in 2006 it was 50,010; and in 2005 it peaked at 54,773. Last year was the lowest sales count since 2002, when 15,703 were sold, according to San Diego-based MDA DataQuick .
