Loan Think

Here are some thoughts on the great game of golf and how it relates to the mortgage business.

Accomplishing your goals is a simple process but one that requires a lot of dedication.

Hard money lenders fear New York watchdog Benjamin Lawsky's investigation into their industry could make the public mistakenly think their business primarily involves making loans designed to fail to homeowners who occupy properties.

According to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and many other others, the moribund market for private-label residential mortgage-backed securities needs reviving.

Take a look at what is truly holding back being able to increase your production and how to create a fix for it.

Every successful lender is familiar with those periods when an operations staff that had previously been working feverishly on a big pipeline of loans is suddenly faced with much less work.

Careful underwriting can take away much of the risk of this supposedly risky type of mortgage lending and contribute to profitable new business.

It might be time for the industry to consider a "less is more" view when it comes to offering consumers mortgage product options.

Heightened regulatory oversight of servicing rights transfers means servicers must clamp down on processes while investors take stock of their own procedures.

Arthur Chu became the third largest money winner on Jeopardy! by bucking the usual strategy for the game, and it is a lesson for originators and their referral partners.