Loan Think

This enforcement action serves as an important lesson to lenders who enter into marketing agreements with builders, title companies and Realtors.

Each mortgage originator must decide what that term means for him or her.

We're hearing that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is sending mixed signals to lenders.

A couple of warnings, specific to California, but could apply in other states as well.

We're hearing about New York attorneys negotiating the terms of the mortgage contingency in residential real estate contracts.

A LinkedIn discussion talks about the need for originators to brand themselves.

Our industry is a complex system and there are a lot of pipes carrying a lot of information.

From smartphones and tablets to social networking, technology infiltrated the way we live so immensely it is hard to imagine not having them constantly at our fingertips.

It would almost seem reasonable for large banks to first extend the Home Affordable Refinance Program to those most at-risk, but many still need help.

We're hearing despite all the progress the mortgage industry has made in going paperless, it's perhaps more than a little ironic that the most important event in the mortgage process is still largely a paper-driven affair.