Loan Think

We're hearing as this is a holiday week, it seems fitting that my blog post focus on a recent vacation.

Like schoolyard bullies, cyberbullies scan the financial marketplace looking for weakness to exploit—and they may have found it in smartphone and tablet applications.

There has not been a great deal of buzz surrounding the CFPB complaint database thus far, but servicers could gain valuable perspective simply by understanding the process.

In the circles in which I travel, discussions related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have not been favorable.

We're hearing that the days of 30-year fixed mortgage rates below 4% may be over.

Any time there are regulatory changes there is a direct and significant impact on the technology required by originators and servicers to conduct daily business.

We're hearing Hurricane Sandy is back in the news, with New York City unveiling an ambitious plan to beef up storm defenses and HUD announcing a design competition focusing on building more resilient structures.

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct's spirit lives on with “Appraiser Independence Requirements” and amendments to the Truth in Lending Act.

Resistance will use whatever tactics necessary to take you out and keep you from fulfilling your destiny.

We're hearing the Corker-Warner GSE reform bill will really drive up the cost of plain-vanilla mortgages.