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Mortgage News You Should Read – 2009-05-01

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Update on H.R. 1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act
H.R. 1728 has left the House Financial Services Community and is headed to the floor of the House of Representatives, next week. Several in the mortgage industry are cautioning the impacts it will have on the mortgage lending:
In testimony Thursday before [...]

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Mortgage Industry, a House Built on Sand

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Did you know that the mortgage industry that you operate in is literally shifting beneath your feet? Your business plan (hopefully you have one) is literally built on sand.
There is an enormous amount of government action taking place–legislation that will directly impact your mortgage business and how you serve home [...]

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Quiet Demise of Warehouse Lending, Independent Mortgage Brokers, and Local Lending?

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Ever wonder why the government and consumers never saw the mortgage meltdown coming? Meanwhile, experienced mortgage bankers like Bill Dallas were closing up shop (Ownit Mortgage-December 7, 2006). As it was in late 2006, sometimes the nuances and intricacies of how mortgages are actually financed can escape the comprehension of consumers, media, politicians, [...]

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Community Article Request: Rate Lock Strategy in the Current Mortgage Market

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It has been awhile since I directly originated, but I know how important getting your “rate lock” strategy right. It is important to you and your customer, but so many mortgage brokers and lenders don’t have any strategy. That is like playing the slots in Vegas with your money, as well as the [...]

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Using Social Media to Update and Set Expectations with Clients

I remember in the glory days of the mortgage refinance boom client communications was a huge focus. You had to constantly communicate and educate your clients to keep them from being sniped by a competitor pitching a lower payment or exotic product. Yesterday, I caught a glimpse of something that shows me those days are [...]

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Good Morning Lenderama! Good News Ahead…

Good Morning Lenderama! Sorry it has been a bit quite here, but both Todd and I have been traveling around in the *real* world, meeting with *real* people. It is one of the important things we forget in the blogging, twittering, facebooking world. At any rate, we are moving around the last few pieces on [...]

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Knowledge Is Power: Consumers Can Use Blogs, Forums & Sites to Check Out Their Lenders

It’s great to be part of a community not loaded with headline hysterics and Fed-watching freaks — a bunch who understands the mortgage market. Robert, I particularly liked your columns about ARM fixing and mortgage idiots. Too many mortgage “professionals” out there sell first and think later. And use the media to whip the poor [...]

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