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

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

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

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 Blogging: What's In It for Me?

Most mortgage professionals are skeptical about Mortgage Blogging.  To most, it looks like a waste of time.  If you’re in this camp, don’t feel bad. I was too for 2 1/2 years.
In the video below, Mark Madsen and I set out to explain the benefits of Mortgage Blogging.  This event is the first of many [...]

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Work With Your Real Estate Agents To Fight HVCC

Even though we’ve still got work to do, I want to give props to all of the loan officers who have created some noise online about HVCC.
Since our real estate agents are impacted by the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) as well, I’d like to share an example of how loan officers can work [...]

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The Big Picture, Barry Ritholtz Calls NAMB, NAR Efforts Against HVCC Corrupt

Okay folks it is time to get in the fight again…
Time to make you voices and arguments heard. Barry Ritholtz, of the Big Picture, thinks that the NAMB and NAR efforts to fight against the consumer and industry impacts of ill-conceived HVCC legislation, “corrupt.”
Here is a brief excerpt from his post:
I called that a thinly [...]

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An Unofficial NAMB Regulatory Update on HVCC – Oh, And A Call To Action For All Of Us NAMB Bashers.

Many of us have been openly critical of NAMB over the past few years, and I’ve certainly been one of them.  I’m about to tell you something that you likely are unaware of:
NAMB is out there busting their rear ends to keep you in business.
Did you know that NAMB President Marc Savitt conducted a one-on-one [...]

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