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Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the new One World Trade Center is poised to open soon, bringing back memories of a horrific day and hope for a future in which things carry on.
By Mark FogartySeptember 11 -
Foreign-born nationals with U.S. citizenship have a lot of positive attributes that make them attractive mortgage applicants. What's even better is that millions are still renters.
By Mark FogartySeptember 3 -
Three families from a small American Indian reservation in New Mexico overcame a good many obstacles to take advantage of a USDA program that rewards sweat equity with financing to build new homes.
By Mark FogartyAugust 28 -
A mortgage industry laden with government enticements has no choice but to honor a duty to serve its benefactor's affordable housing goals, claim the contributing authors of a new book.
By Mark FogartyAugust 21 -
Mortgage Bankers Association chairman David Stevens picked the perfect locale for his latest message about the diversity challenges lenders are going to be facing over the next 10 years.
By Mark FogartyAugust 21 -
Though there is still a year for mortgage lenders to get in compliance with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's document changes, the perils of missing that deadline are considerable.
By Mark FogartyAugust 13 -
Selling loans into the secondary market was a good strategy for housing finance agencies when rates were falling, but now they are said to be heading back to traditional bond financings to boost their balance sheets.
By Mark FogartyAugust 8 -
Another roundup of comments on our Editor at Large blog, from the best and brightest to the funniest.
By Mark FogartyAugust 5 -
The CFPB and other regulators are showing an increasing appetite for big data. The HMDA database may be the biggest in the mortgage business and a preview of the upcoming dataset may give lenders a chance to stay one step ahead of the feds.
By Mark FogartyJuly 28 -
Mentoring the newbies in the mortgage business may help them avoid boom-and-bust errors later in their careers. And it can be a personally satisfying thing to do as well.
By Mark FogartyJuly 22