A Reply to John Gapper of the Financial Times -- "Wanted: SWF for a meeting in Washington"

John Gapper is the "FT’s (Financial Times) chief business commentator" and his "blog is about business, finance, media, technology and related matters." He posed a key question facing FSI and mor

Tech Firms Making News

We can't actually call it a spring thaw yet, but some technology firms in the mortgage lending space are starting to show signs of life again.

The Opportunity to Reinvent

Reinvention is a wonderful word.  For those of us fighting for survival in a depressed housing and lending environment, this may not be the first word uttered when asked about the future of th

What Goes Around Comes Around: How Government-Induced Relaxed Lending Criteria Helped to Create the Mortgage Market Collapse

    To hear Congress and our presidential candidates tell the story, the recent collapse of the mortgage industry, which has fueled the largest number of property foreclosures since

AUS Vendor Questions You Should Ask

Merely an Eligibility & Pricing Engine...or a True Automated Underwriting Solution?

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Throw the Models Away – A New Consumer has Arrived

New paradigm – keep the car, boat, and HDTV, but default on the “upside down” mortgage.  It appears from all indicators, that even prime mortgage borrowers could be adopting a new and pe

Spring Mortgage Conference Season

The spring Conference season is underway. Source Media held it's Mortgage Technology show in Florida earlier this week.

Reverse Your Thinking - A First Go!

When the thought first entered our minds to open our own reverse mortgage consulting business we told ourselves we were crazy, but you know how an idea plants itself in your head and no matter how

US Mortgage Industry Will Succumb to Radical Restructurings -- But Some Can Survive

In what appears to resemble a Greek Tragedy, the mortgage industry’s slide has been full of twists, turns, and pain inflicted by “accepted” though misguided practices and supported by a cast

Fixing the economy - A US Sovereign Wealth Fund

Another day, and another financial institution falls casualty to the mortgage industry collapse.

Merrill Lynch lost how much money?

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