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U.S. Short Sale Plan's Limitations By Kate Berry (March 17, 2010)
Quantifying Better Underwriting Could Add to MBS Momentum By Bonnie Sinnock (March 16, 2010)
No Exit? Delayed GSE Plan Limits New Options By Donna Borak (March 15, 2010)
Wells Wants FHA Minimum Even Higher By Paul Muolo (March 12, 2010)
Twice Shy, CEOs Pledge Loan Caution By Paul Davis (March 11, 2010)
A New Concept Aims to Help Resolve Problem Loans By Bonnie Sinnock (March 10, 2010)
Making Sure Wrong Home Isn't Seized By Sara Lepro (March 9, 2010)
Wells Looks to Local Input to Underwrite Flood of Mods By Jennifer Harmon (March 8, 2010)
PrinceRidge Aims to Ignite the Jumbo MBS Market By Paul Muolo (March 5, 2010)
Bonds Key For NYC Housing Authority Subsidies By Ted Phillips (March 4, 2010)
Foreclosures Get Trickier In Florida By Sara Lepro (March 3, 2010)
Will Bond Insurers Ever Cover MBS Again? By Bonnie Sinnock (March 2, 2010)
FDIC Asset Plan Danger to Mortgage Markets, Bankers Say By Joe Adler (March 1, 2010)
Due Diligence Firms Boom, But Questions About W-2s By Paul Muolo (February 26, 2010)
Temporary Federal Programs' End Poses a Risk By Bonnie Sinnock (February 25, 2010)
Boom Times for GSE, Bank Buybacks By Paul Muolo (February 24, 2010)
Fate of Home Loan Banks May Lie with Fannie and Freddie By Steven Sloan (February 23, 2010)
Bankrupt REIT to Try Unusual Stock Offering By Aleksandrs Rozens (February 22, 2010)
IndyMac Incorporates HAMP DTI Ratios and Sees Results By Brian Collins (February 19, 2010)
Fannie and Freddie Foes No Longer By Kate Berry (February 18, 2010)
Second Liens — a Thorn in the Side of Loan Modifications By Brian Collins (February 17, 2010)
Mortgage Insurer Asks Court to Bless Denials By Sara Lepro (February 16, 2010)
Oversight Panel: Don't Pull the TALF Yet By Brian Collins (February 12, 2010)
Private Equity Thinks Small, While ResCap Is Too Large By Paul Muolo (February 11, 2010)
MBA to Book $30 Million Loss on Building By Lew Sichelman (February 10, 2010)
Stopping Underwater Borrowers from Mailing in the Keys By Bonnie Sinnock (February 9, 2010)
CRE Losses Could Pass $150 Billion Next Year By Matthew Monks (February 8, 2010)
Mystery Over FHA Capital By Paul Muolo (February 5, 2010)
Loan Prices Rise As Demand Strengthens for Assets By Matthew Monks (February 4, 2010)
Price Survey Ends Year on Upswing By Lew Sichelman (February 3, 2010)
Private Money Lenders Keep Donors a Secret By Paul Muolo (February 2, 2010)
Mods Are Long-Term Threat to Credit Gains By Matthew Monks (February 1, 2010)
Home Equity Won't Be Coming Back for a Very Long Time By Lew Sichelman (January 29, 2010)
RESPA Rule Delays Many Mortgages, Torpedoes Others By Kate Berry (January 28, 2010)
Rates Could Still Slide, and Recovery May Be Farther Away By Bonnie Sinnock (January 27, 2010)
Double Dip for Lenders That Do Both Residential and Commercial Mortgages By Mark Fogarty (January 26, 2010)
FASB Rule Complicates GSEs' Future By Steven Sloan (January 25, 2010)
TMS Has Big Plans — Can It Pull Them Off? By Paul Muolo (January 22, 2010)
Lenders Call Changes at FHA Prudent But Painful for Them By Kate Berry and Cheyenne Hopkins (January 21, 2010)
Google's Lead-Generation 'Test' Comes Out of the Lab By Sara Lepro (January 20, 2010)
Why Servicers May Bite Bullet This Year By Kate Berry (January 19, 2010)
From Boom to Bust to ... What? By Paul Muolo (January 15, 2010)
For Wells, Relief Over Pick-a-Pay By Jeff Horwitz (January 14, 2010)
Credit Unions Debate Servicing Their Mortgage Portfolios By Kevin Jepson (January 13, 2010)
CRE Vet Sees CMBS Picking Up Later This Year By Aleksandrs Rozens (January 12, 2010)
MI Prospects Get Better By Paul Muolo (January 11, 2010)
Taming the Wild West of FHA Lending By Kate Berry (January 8, 2010)
Interest Rate Risk Fears Resurface By Joe Adler (January 7, 2010)
High Premium MBS Buyouts Could Accelerate This Year By Bonnie Sinnock (January 6, 2010)
Hard to Find a Home for GMAC Home Lending Unit By Kate Berry (January 5, 2010)
Maybe There's a Future for Mortgage Brokers After All, as Crisis Weeds Out the Weak Sisters By Paul Muolo (January 4, 2010)
Can FDIC Break the Nonperforming Loan Market's Ice? By Paul Muolo (December 31, 2009)
That Sinking Feeling: CRE Flood Set to Start in '10 By Matthew Monks (December 30, 2009)
How Reform Minus GSEs Will Add Up By Steven Sloan (December 29, 2009)
Foreclosed Condos: You've Got to Know When to Hold 'Em By Lew Sichelman (December 28, 2009)
The Three Biggest Issues Facing Mortgage Bankers in 2010: Margins, GSEs, NPLs By Paul Muolo (December 24, 2009)
HUD's 'Get Tough' Policy On Lenders Gets Notice By Brian Collins (December 23, 2009)
Liberty Bonds on Deadline to Redevelop World Trade Center By Ted Phillips (December 22, 2009)
FDIC in the Driver's Seat on Key MBS and Servicing Issues By Brian Collins (December 21, 2009)
Insurers' Claim Rejections Multiplying Lenders' Pain By Kate Berry (December 18, 2009)
Capital Base at Flagstar Is Flagging By Robert Barba (December 17, 2009)
Maybe 2010 Won't Be So Ugly After All By Paul Muolo (December 16, 2009)
CFPA Survived the House, But in the Senate... By Brian Collins (December 15, 2009)
HUD Secretary Looks Forward from Where It All Began By Amilda Dymi (December 14, 2009)
Some Lenders Gain When Another Falls By Paul Muolo (December 11, 2009)
Thrift M&A Could Suffer As Frank Slams 'Loophole' By Joe Adler (December 10, 2009)
Cole Taylor Mortgage Bid Hinges on ABN Amro Veterans By Kate Berry (December 9, 2009)
Saving Seniors' Homes from Financial Exploitation By Lew Sichelman (December 8, 2009)
Covered Bonds: Ready for Their U.S. Closeup By Joshua Hamerman (December 7, 2009)
Questions About Lend America Coming Fast By Paul Muolo (December 4, 2009)
Mortgages to Native Americans Have Cratered, With No Hope of a Rebound Anytime Soon By Mark Fogarty (December 3, 2009)
Mandating Skin in the Game Is 'Reinventing the Wheel' By Kate Berry (December 2, 2009)
Inside the FHA Audit: the Disaster of Seller Financing By Brian Collins (December 1, 2009)
Will Fannie and Freddie Tap the NPL Auction Market? By Paul Muolo (November 30, 2009)
Modification Redefaults and Risk Are Up at Citigroup By Kate Berry (November 25, 2009)
Rhode Island Agency Returns to Housing Bond Market By Ted Phillips (November 24, 2009)
Bond Program Fees Too High, HFAs Warn By Peter Schroeder (November 23, 2009)
Drawing Up a Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Blueprint Will Be Complex By Paul Muolo (November 20, 2009)
A Once Hot Niche, Reverse Mortgages Face the Music By Glenn McCullom (November 19, 2009)
Hardly a Stampede to Walk Away from House and Mortgage By Lew Sichelman (November 18, 2009)
CMBS Loom Over Leveraged Finance By Richard Kellerhals (November 17, 2009)
Dodd Wants to Boost Confidence with 10% Risk Share on MBS By Brian Collins (November 16, 2009)
Penny Mac Shifting From a Vulture Fund toward Being a Mortgage Conduit By Paul Muolo (November 13, 2009)
Wells Servicing Chief: Servicers 'Hiring Like Crazy' By Jennifer Harmon (November 12, 2009)
Will Seattle Order Ripple Through FHLB System? By Steven Sloan (November 11, 2009)
Harsh Light on Commercial Real Estate in Fed Survey By Steven Sloan (November 10, 2009)
NPL Auction Market Going Nowhere Fast By Paul Muolo (November 9, 2009)
Assistance Limited for HFAs By Peter Schroeder (November 6, 2009)
Are Home Loan Banks at Risk? By Glen Fest (November 5, 2009)
East Side Commercial Real Estate on the Rocks By Kelly Holman (November 4, 2009)
New York Hospital Deals Debt Backed by FHA-Insured Mortgage By Ted Phillips (November 3, 2009)
New York Hospital Deals Debt Backed by FHA-Insured Mortgage By Ted Phillips (November 3, 2009)
Biggest Financial Firms Will Be Hurt by Capmark Bankruptcy By Paul Muolo (November 2, 2009)
HMDA Data Show Minority Share of Mortgages Plummeting By Mark Fogarty (October 30, 2009)
NYCB's Big Multifamily Portfolio 'Not Likely' to Be Hurt by Ruling By Matthew Monks (October 29, 2009)
Lots of Prison Time Possible for 41 Charged with Bad Deeds By James Comtois (October 28, 2009)
CFPA Chief Would Get Vast Powers By Stacy Kaper (October 27, 2009)
Sooner or Later the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Will Die By Paul Muolo (October 26, 2009)
No Hamp for You? Fannie Offers Hand to Investors By Harry Terris (October 23, 2009)
Lend America to Be First of Many Targets for FHA By Kate Berry (October 22, 2009)
Servicers Talk Down HAMP Hopes By Kate Berry (October 21, 2009)
FHA Boost Sought For Hospitals By Gavin Murphy (October 20, 2009)
Boom or Bust for Fourth Quarter Nonperforming Loan Sales? By Paul Muolo (October 19, 2009)
Industry Leaders Voice Concerns By Lew Sichelman (October 16, 2009)
Servicers Lobby for Interest-Only Modifications By Kate Berry (October 15, 2009)
Panel Believes Wholesale Will Continue to Exist By Brad Finkelstein (October 14, 2009)
Lenders and Regulators Reflect at Annual MBA Show: Nothing But Challenges Ahead By Lew Sichelman (October 13, 2009)
What Will Washington Throw at Lenders Next? By Anthony Garritano (October 12, 2009)
It's Tough Sledding in Jumbo Mortgages — but Not Impossible to Lend By Paul Muolo (October 9, 2009)
HFAs Still Facing Variable Rate Debt Woes By Richard Williamson (October 8, 2009)
FHA Changes May Make HVCC and AMCs Easier to Swallow By Brian Collins (October 7, 2009)
Banks Are Suing Realtors Over Foreclosed Properties By Lew Sichelman (October 6, 2009)
Could Single Agency Kill Dual System? By Cheyenne Hopkins (October 5, 2009)
Contemplating a Future for Loan Brokers By Paul Muolo (October 2, 2009)
Denationalizing the Industry By Mark Fogarty (October 1, 2009)
Mortgages' Big Two Are Too Big to Avoid By Kate Berry (September 30, 2009)
Treasury to Boost HFA Bonds to Promote Affordable Housing By Lynn Hume (September 29, 2009)
Booming Small Nonbank Wants to Become a Mid-Tier Lender By Paul Muolo (September 28, 2009)
FHA Moves to Reduce Risk in its Growing Portfolio By Brian Collins (September 25, 2009)
Despite Differences, Hill Leaders Tout Regulatory Reform By Stacy Kaper (September 24, 2009)
Price of Admission Rises in Mortgages By Kate Berry (September 23, 2009)
Federal Agencies to Augment Fraud Crackdown Efforts By James Comtois (September 22, 2009)
Warehouse Squeeze Eases—but Only for Bigger Players By Bonnie Sinnock (September 21, 2009)
Nonperforming Loan Market Suffering the Off the Record Blues By Paul Muolo (September 18, 2009)
Foreclosures Start to Decline in More Than Half of States By Mark Fogarty (September 17, 2009)
Mortgage-Interest Deduction a Headache for the Internal Revenue Service By Lew Sichelman (September 16, 2009)
Hedge Fund Wants Additional Help for Mortgage Investors By Kate Berry (September 15, 2009)
The 'Gang of Four' Mortgage Cartel Is Now Down to Just Two By Paul Muolo (September 14, 2009)
The Return of the RTC? By Aleksandrs Rozens (September 11, 2009)
Realty Woes Infect Loans to Elderly By Matthew Monks (September 10, 2009)
Congress Back to Regulatory Reform as Clock Ticks By Stacy Kaper (September 9, 2009)
Western Brokers Get Jumbo Loan Product as Wholesale Still Struggles By Paul Muolo (September 8, 2009)
Bias Against FHA Borrowers Is Outdated but Persistent By Kate Berry (September 4, 2009)
FHLBanks Riding Out the Downturn by Holding Illiquid MBS to Maturity By Brian Collins (September 3, 2009)
'Cross-Qualifying' Helps Banks Poach REO Loans By Kate Berry (September 2, 2009)
These Are Treacherous Times for Servicing Companies By Paul Muolo (September 1, 2009)
Closing Cost Rules Are Confusing and Costly By Glen Fest (August 31, 2009)
Home Equity Suits Dog Banks Over Valuation Issues By Amilda Dymi (August 28, 2009)
Don't Blame Servicers for the Lack of Loan Mods By Anthony Garritano (August 27, 2009)
Judge's Decision Could Chill the Commercial Mortgage Securities Market By Aleksandrs Rozens (August 26, 2009)
Going Face-to-Face to Talk With Delinquent Borrowers By Lew Sichelman (August 25, 2009)
LOS Survival of the Fittest By Scott Kersnar (August 24, 2009)
How Housing Could Lead the Economy Out of Recession By Mark Fogarty (August 21, 2009)
Federal Reserve Survey: No Return to Normal in Near Term By Steven Sloan (August 20, 2009)
Underwater Mortgages Set to Hit Once-in-a-Lifetime Mark By Glenn McCullom (August 19, 2009)
Jumbo Mortgages, Long Dead in the Water, Likely to Re-Emerge By Bonnie Sinnock (August 18, 2009)
Colonial-TBW Deal Never Made Any Sense By Paul Muolo (August 17, 2009)
Relief from Falling Home Prices May Be Only Temporary, Say GSEs By Brian Collins (August 14, 2009)
REIT Franchise Is Suddenly Hot As Firms Make Bet on Real Estate By Kelly Holman (August 13, 2009)
Something Was Wrong When Greenspan Pushed for ARMs But Had a Fixed-Rate Loan Himself By Aleksandrs Rozens (August 12, 2009)
TBW Collapse: Disaster or Opportunity? By Paul Muolo (August 11, 2009)
Old School Focus on Underwriting Leads to Success for Top Producer By Brad Finkelstein (August 10, 2009)
Bad Bank for GSEs Seen as a Bad Idea By Steven Sloan (August 7, 2009)
A False Spring for the Mortgage Warehouse Niche By Brad Finkelstein (August 6, 2009)
Shame May Be Only Stick U.S. Holds Over Mortgage Servicers By Emily Flitter (August 5, 2009)
Originator Makes Switch from Homebuilders to Realtors By Brad Finkelstein (August 4, 2009)
$10 Home Is a Cheap Price, Even for Florida By Jennifer Harmon (August 3, 2009)
Building a More Modern FHA Process By Scott Kersnar (July 31, 2009)
No-Escrow Feature Is 'Taxing' for Loan Mods By Kate Berry (July 30, 2009)
Here's a Real Paradigm Change By Mark Fogarty (July 29, 2009)
A Day in the Life of a Loss Mit Specialist Can Be a 15-Hour Day By Amilda Dymi (July 28, 2009)
Why Mortgage Mods Seem So Random By Kate Berry (July 27, 2009)
Making a Move in Jumbo Mortgages By Paul Muolo (July 24, 2009)
Having Missed the Entire Bubble, Tribe Celebrates First Housing Construction Since 1996 By Mark Fogarty (July 23, 2009)
HELOC Eased Michael Jackson's Burdens By Amilda Dymi (July 22, 2009)
Buying Down Rather Than Up May Become Commonplace By Lew Sichelman (July 21, 2009)
Can MGIC Turn Straw Into Gold? By Paul Muolo (July 20, 2009)
Pension Funds Have Drawn Back from Mortgages By Bonnie Sinnock (July 17, 2009)
Delinquencies on Life Insurer Commercial, Ag Mortgages Grow By Brad Finkelstein (July 16, 2009)
Saddled With REO? Try Financing the Buyers of Your REO By Marissa Fajt (July 15, 2009)
Did Wells Steer Minorities Into Baltimore Subprime Loans? By Brian Collins (July 14, 2009)
Commercial Real Estate Is Beaten Down, but REITs Are Riding High By James Comtois (July 13, 2009)
A Little Sunshine Would Be Nice in the Secretive Market for NPLs By Paul Muolo (July 10, 2009)
'Collusion' Gone with HVCC, Appraisals Are Coming in Low By Brian Collins (July 9, 2009)
Dropoff in Loan Mods Being Caused by Trial Period By Jennifer Harmon (July 8, 2009)
The Financial Bottom: Are We There Yet? Ask Those Still Getting Laid Off By Paul Muolo (July 7, 2009)
Banks Not Happy Becoming Landlords of Commercial Property By Harry Terris (July 6, 2009)
Jamie Dimon: A Great Banker with a Selective Memory By Paul Muolo (July 2, 2009)
An Old Remedy for Foreclosure Risk: the Assumption Loan By Glen Fest (July 1, 2009)
Can't Raise Money Packaging Home Equity or Nonagency Loans into Securities? Try Deposits By Aleksandrs Rozens (June 30, 2009)
Farm Mortgages Eke Out a Gain in Servicing and Land Values By Mark Fogarty (June 29, 2009)
Timing Is Everything When it Comes to New Internet Portals By Lew Sichelman (June 26, 2009)
MERS Updates Registry to Make Warehouse Lending Easier By Anthony Garritano (June 25, 2009)
Knock Knock Who's There? Your Mortgage Servicer By Kate Berry (June 24, 2009)
It's a Gray Area: Do You Need a License to Service? By Paul Muolo (June 23, 2009)
As Federal Home Loan Banks Struggle with OTTI, Affordable Housing Contributions Fall By Amilda Dymi (June 22, 2009)
The Carry Trade Finally Is Carrying On By Aleksandrs Rozens (June 19, 2009)
High Fees Make Obama Plan a Bitter Pill to Swallow By Paul Muolo (June 18, 2009)
Bond Sale Underlines WTC Uncertainty After Nearly Eight Years By Ted Phillips (June 17, 2009)
Prepayment Speeds Could Peak This Month If Rates Don't Start Back Down By Bonnie Sinnock (June 16, 2009)
Builders Start to See Light at the End of the Tunnel By Jennifer Harmon (June 15, 2009)
Home Sales Going Up, but Prices Should Continue to Drop By Brian Collins (June 12, 2009)
The SEC vs. Angelo Mozilo: the Smart Money Is on a Settlement By Paul Muolo (June 11, 2009)
MISMO Remains Relevant As Fannie Mae Quickly Buys in to Version Three By Anthony Garritano (June 10, 2009)
PHH Proxy Battle Could Seat Parseghian, Ex-CEO of Freddie Mac By Kate Berry (June 9, 2009)
Mortgages, Hollywood Style: The Long Journey from It's a Wonderful Life to Drag Me to Hell By Lew Sichelman (June 8, 2009)
Recession Putting a Crimp in Reverse Mortgages, but Not Enough to Stop Growth By Glenn McCullom (June 5, 2009)
Residential Originators, Move Over. Commercial Mortgages Are Landing in the Ditch By James Comtois (June 4, 2009)
Carving Out a Business from a Mt. Rushmore of Distressed Assets By Paul Muolo (June 3, 2009)
Reforming RESPA Is Like Kicking a Hornets' Nest. Or Maybe Like Touching the Third Rail By Brian Collins (June 2, 2009)
A Tale of Two Markets: Red Hot for First-Timers, But the HENRYs Are in Trouble By Lew Sichelman (June 1, 2009)
The Mouse That Roared: Credit Unions Have Doubled Mortgage Share By Bonnie Sinnock (May 29, 2009)
Brokers Are Down, but Don't Count Them Out Just Yet By Brad Finkelstein (May 28, 2009)
Why Does Fannie Mae Lose So Much More Money than Freddie Mac? By Paul Muolo (May 27, 2009)
Social Net Nets Mortgage Firms New Leads By Mark Fogarty (May 26, 2009)
The New Loss Mit Model: More Work, More Options By Amilda Dymi (May 22, 2009)
5% Share for E-Mortgages? Next Year. Or Maybe 2011 By Anthony Garritano (May 21, 2009)
Confused About the Rescue Plan? Think Rock-Scissors-Paper By Jennifer Harmon (May 20, 2009)
Banks Win HVCC Fight — by a Knockout (May 19, 2009)
99 Years in Prison for Mortgage Fraud. No, That's Not a Typo By James Comtois (May 18, 2009)