I had the pleasure of spending 30 minutes this morning with Steve Rosenbaum recording a preview of my “Mortgage Blogging Success” presentation for VREBC – Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp, which is November 17 @ 3:15-3:45 pst.
Listen to the preview call: SteveRosenbaum.com
VREBC – Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp Class Description:
Mortgage Blogging Success –
Mortgage Originators [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby on November 16, 2009

I found myself in a rather strange situation this weekend since I was at home for a change (usually I am flying during the weekends).  The nice thing is it allowed my a chance to really look at all of the changes ahead, both in my life and in the mortgage market.  Let’s take a [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Sorry for the late post today as I am still making my transformation so-to-speak, preventing earlier access to the internet.  As I have said recently, change is inevitable, though this time it is good for mortgage rates, at least for the foreseeable future.  I will get into why a little bit later on.
Last week certainly [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Last week, I stated that change was inevitable, and that happened as the week played out.  More change is on the way, though not just in the mortgage markets, but I will make those announcements later as my 2-year anniversary writing here at Lenderama takes place (November 26th).
Looking back at last week, we saw data [...]

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The World Has Officially Run Out Of Ideas…

by Chad Weber Humor

So far we’ve seen just about every advertising method possible used… If it exists in the material realm, it’s probably been used and/or sold as advertising space:
Radio, TV, billboards, magazine pages, banner ads, the side of your car…
Or, if you want to get a bit more extreme: People selling the back of their heads [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

One thing in life is inevitable, and that is change.  Last week saw little in the way of market moving data or events, that despite the chances the Feds had to talk up the markets.  This week, things will change as the week draws to a close.
A quick recap, and I do mean quick, shows [...]

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Live NAMB Webinar Focusing on YSP – Tuesday @ 3pm EST, Noon PST

by Mark Green Mortgage News

NAMB announced a major victory in the fight against HVCC yesterday (see the 10/23 TBWS Daily Show for details).  Earlier this week, they published an informative YSP Resource Center on the NAMB site.  I’m extremely proud of the strides NAMB is making not only on Captiol Hill, but also with mortgage professionals if the field.
During our [...]

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Why Our Economy is Having Trouble

by Wade Young Mortgage News

Our economy is having trouble because it is fundamentally flawed. We all want money, but few of us ever think where money comes from. All money is created by the Federal Reserve. Let’s pretend that the government and the Federal Reserve have just been created. We’re back at square one, so to speak. The government [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies and the Mortgage Market Update is coming up on its 2 year anniversary here at Lenderama.  To think it all started with me blogging about where mortgage rates were headed for my clients over 4 years ago, which also happened to be my very first [...]

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NAMB Joins Forces With Other Financial And Real Estate Industry Associations To Support Biggert’s Proposal For HUD’s Revised RESPA Rule

by Mark Madsen Government Action

via: NationalMortgageProfessional.com

In an Oct. 14 letter to the U.S. Committee on Financial Services, Reps. Barney Frank and Spencer Bachus, the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB), along with the American Bankers Association, Consumer Bankers Association, Consumer Mortgage Coalition, Financial Services Roundtable, Housing Policy Council, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Federal Credit Unions and the Real Estate Services Providers Council Inc., have shown their support [...]

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Confessions of an A.D.D. Loan Officer Part II

by Chris Brown aka The Implementer Humor

If you have not yet read Part I, it will make more sense if you do.  Don’t worry there is a link back here at the end of it. =0)
Confessions of an A.D.D. Loan Officer Part II
Now for the real meat-and-potatoes – potatos[?] – po-tah-tos[?] of how to, not only function as a normal human [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Once again, I am writing after just an hour or so of rest due to my all-nighter back from Brasil, which I will do again next week.  As you may have guessed, I prefer to do my flying on the weekends for obvious reasons.  And speaking of weekends, the mortgage markets get an extended one [...]

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A True First Time Home Buyer Experience – A Cashable $8017 Tax Credit Check!

by Chris Brown aka The Implementer Mortgage Events

Watch the Fox 35 Video here.

Andrea was one of the “doers”. With the deadline of the $8000 Tax Credit looming – it is vital to have a strategy. Most people are focused on the end of November deadline. Okay… but many are not building the calendarbackward in order to determine milestones that [...]

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Confessions of an A.D.D. Loan Officer Part I

by Chris Brown aka The Implementer Humor

“How Many A.D.D. kids does it take to screw in a light bulb?
 
…wanna go ride a bike?
 
If you don’t have days like this – pleassseeee skip the rest of this post series – it’s not for you.  Not only will it confuse the living daylights out of you, but you will wonder how such people [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage News

If you are as tired as I am these days, then this coming week will offer some rest as economic data is on the low side.  That being said, you can’t let your guard down just because mortgage backed securities did what was expected and seem to be in rally mode.
Last week was mostly about [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

hat an interesting week it is starting of to be for me.  It will also likely be an interesting week for mortgage backed securities as well.  For those interested, it looks like I will be on FOX Business News at 1:00pm ET to discuss this morning’s article in the Wall Street Journal.
As for mortgage bonds, [...]

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Emergency State of the Union with NAMB Prez Jim Pair – Oct 1st at 12noon EST, 9am PST

by Mark Green Government Action

I try very hard to read all the blogs, watch the TBWS Daily Show, follow NAMB’s regulatory updates, etc.  Still, I have to admit that I’m more confused by what’s coming down the pike than ever.  How bout you?
YSP is going away come January 2010 – or isn’t it?
FHA lending will become more accessible for third party originators [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Have you ever awakened and wondered what you were doing, or where you are?  As much as I travel, it happens to me once in a while and mortgage backed securities may feel the same way right now as they have been up and down a lot in the last few trading days and do [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Greetings to all.  This week’s update is coming live from the RE BarCamp in Miami.  Being that you are likely in the real estate industry in some fashion, I highly recommend getting to a few of the events such as these so you can learn more and more about social media and how it can [...]

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Mortgage Market Update

by Robert D. Ashby Mortgage Market

Today is Labor Day, a day when we celebrate and recognize all of the accomplishments of workers, as well as the labor movement.  And today, we take a break to recognize the hard work that mortgage bonds did this past week in breaking through the ceiling of resistance.
The “squeeze play” I talked about last week [...]

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