Loan Think

Systems for new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules must be in a production-ready state several months before their “go-live” date early next year.

The explosion in the number of REOs became a great way for investors and consumers to purchase properties for a steal.

It would appear that a real estate salesperson selling a home to a buyer that refers the buyer to a particular loan originator or creditor (lender) or a loan originator that works for the lender and expects compensation becomes a loan originator.

We’re hearing that sometimes one hand at a lender does know what the other hand is doing.

We're hearing a personal sigh of relief that I survived unharmed at the MBA servicing show last week despite my personal attack in this paper on the hometown Dallas Cowboys.

It is becoming increasingly evident that mortgage servicing organizations—from servicers to default servicing law firms and their vendors—will not be viable if they don't evolve.

Like bartenders and psychologists, distressed debt servicers spend the day listening to people’s problems.

We're hearing that some of the relative call protection found in Ginnie Mae securitizations may not last.

Bliss Sawyer created a marketing piece to use when she speaks at the local Board of Realtors.

Post-closing document management has taken on new importance in the mortgage industry, particularly in light of record foreclosure volume, the robo-signing scandal and subsequent regulations and scrutiny.