Loan Think

When a jury cleared a midlevel executive of deception in a mortgage securities case it made it clear that the government needs to look higher up the food chain.

I’ve been to hundreds of mortgage meetings, and never once has the topic of the War of 1812 been raised. Until now.

The presidential election is heating up and according to emails I’ve received there’s evidence out there suggesting that not all mortgage bankers love GOP candidate Mitt Romney.

An ethical sales atmosphere starts at the corporate level.

Loan officer compensation rules do not distinguish between reverse mortgages and traditional mortgages, per se. Rather, they make other distinctions.

Confirmed: some banks are buying and funding nonprime mortgages -- but the effort is small.

File this under rumor: residential mortgages that are not eligible for sale to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/FHA (insurance) are being quietly originated and kept on the balance sheet of community lenders.

Restaurants are using CRM to cater to their regular customer preferences. Mortgage originators should do the same thing.

As the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual conference in Chicago gets closer, I’m remembering what a great mortgage party town the Windy City has been over the years.

Are businessmen of all different stripes, including lenders, holding back on hiring?