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Being flat on your back for a couple of weeks gives you a lot of time to observe things, especially when it comes to marketing.

GMH Mortgage Services hired industry veteran Karen Bausman as its new president.

Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lost when it comes to reengineering how loan officers and brokers can make a living? The words “confused” and “disorganized” are being used to describe the agency’s recent meetings with 17 professionals representing the “small” lending part of the industry.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday will hold a second conference within two days with 17 small lender participants who are slated to give the agency commentary regarding its controversial mortgage compensation rule.

When devising a mobile strategy, firms should pay close attention to three strategies that will help their mobile development succeed.

New technology and approaches are making automated valuation models more accurate.

The stock market roared Wednesday and the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury jumped to 1.67% in afternoon trading, thanks to better economic news out of Europe.

Appraisal management is still not perfect but it continues to improve, and it has come a long way from where it was just a few years ago, according to Judy Wheatley, a senior vice president at Indecomm.

Although loan originations are booming at Caliber Funding, the lender recently gave walking papers to a regional production manager and a division manager.

Two weeks ago, when industry officials met with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to discuss the agency’s proposals to reengineer how loan officers and brokers can make a living, it was a nightmare – a nightmare in the sense that few in attendance thought the agency understood the issues at hand.