Loan Think

The release of the Consumer Financial Bureau’s federal consumer financial complaints database is little more than the regulator stroking its ego.

The top originators believe they are the owners of their occupation and they act accordingly.

We're hearing the piquant financial metaphor “the dead cat bounce” recently, describing the remarkable bounce up in home prices all across the America.

Since the final loan officer compensation rule came out, many have been trying to figure out who exactly is considered an “originator.”

Jurors in a Riverside County, Calif., courtroom convicted Hendrix Montecastro and his mother, Helen Pedrino, on hundreds of felony charges.

We're hearing about remorse mortgages. I mean reverse mortgages.

Despite the absence of precise data, it is well understood that the number of failed new home developments is significant.

The market is heating up, but some people are overpromising and underdelivering.

I love the MBA tech show. This year it is at a hotel that was refinanced by a plumbers’ trade group. Let’s keep the cracks to a minimum, please.

Ron Johnson's failure at J.C. Penney does have a lesson for mortgage marketers.