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Articles in July, 2004 issue of Mortgage Banking

• Building confidence
  by Janet Reilley Hewitt
• Harvard Joint Center releases report on State of the Nation's Housing
• Residential mortgage delinquencies fall in QI
• U.S. supply of foreclosed properties reaches highest level of 2004
• American Equity acquires Integrity Mortgage
• MBA testifies in support of raising FHA loan limits
• Mortgage Select and Terra.com launch online mortgage channel
• BofA and RE/MAX form alliance
• John Robbins Jr. nominated as MBA vice chair-elect
• FTC wins temporary restraining order against Colorado brokers
• Countrywide's Mozilo honored as 2004 Housing Person of the Year
• The ticker
• What's normal about a $2 trillion market?
  by John M. Robbins
• Calendar of events
• Comeback city: New York City has fully awakened from its Sept. 11, 2001, nightmare, with more than 11.5 million square feet of office space under construction or planned—and that's just in Manhattan. Rental and condo buildings are popping up everywhe
  by Albert Warson
• GE Real Estate's realm: exceedingly smart management, a mega-balance sheet and great global strategy combine to make GE Real Estate a force to be reckoned with around the world
  by Marshall Taylor
• Rental reality: despite a persistent homebuyers' market, multifamily continues to serve its niche. The trend by young and old renters of moving to urban downtowns is fueling condo conversions and renovation of older buildings
  by Kim Hitselberger Fernandez
• Storm watch: various commercial property types will fare much differently given different economic scenarios. Here's the outlook from the real estate research corporation on how to prepare for the changing market conditions ahead
  by Kenneth P. Riggs, Jr.
• The industrial recovery: there's no question that industrial real estate is enjoying a strong rebound. Three especially hot markets are Northern New Jersey, Chicago and the greater Los Angeles industrial market
  by John Bell
• Motor city real estate: the hotel market in central Detroit boasts a mere 55.8 percent occupancy rate, yet retail appears to be a bright spot. Overall, Detroit's commercial property markets are still somewhat soft in a market over-shadowed by the auto ind
  by Hortense Leon
• International opportunities in nonperforming loans: in the global NPL battle, banks are making progress in resolving bad loans, but it's too early to proclaim victory
  by Jack Rodman
• Collateral damage: a lack of insurance coverage and growing litigation put lenders at risk when serious mold problems are discovered in buildings. But construction lenders could be part of the solution
  by Charles L. Perry, Jr.
• Examining balloon risk: this new analysis offers deeper insight into the variables that contribute to the probability of default under different financing scenarios
  by Sally Gordon
• Top 200 lenders: first-quarter 2004
• Western Region of the Mortgage Bankers Association's State and Local Advisory Council
• John Garth has been appointed chief operating officer and senior vice president of New York-based American Mortgage Acceptance Co
• David G. Hellhake has been named executive vice president for Mortgage-Hub in Conshohoken, Pennsylvania
• Richard F. Syron has been elected chairman of the board of directors for the McLean, Virginia-based Freddie Mac Foundation
• Esther Santos has been named senior vice president—national operations manager for BankUnited Financial Corporation in Coral Gables, Florida
• Irwin Bank & Trust Co
• Rosemary Lusk has been promoted to director of operations of traditional products and Diane Swanson has been promoted to director of operations of the non-traditional service center for San Diego-based eAppraiseIT LLC
• Banc of America Securities LLC
• Richard Riese has been named senior compliance counsel for the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C
• Jennifer Kitchen has been promoted to vice president of field research for CoStar Group Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland
• MRG Document Technologies
• John Farrell and Thomas Lee have been named appraisers in the New York office of Northbrook, Illinois-based Grubb & Ellis Consulting Services Co
• John E. Haslinger has been named branch counsel and manager for the Buffalo, New York, office of Richmond, Virginia-based Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co
• RBC Mortgage Co
• Larry Oberhaus has been named major accounts manager in the Long Beach, California, office of Portland, Oregon-based SwiftView Inc
• American Equity Mortgage
• M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bank
• Prudential Asset Resources
• Kenny Kohfeld has been named business development manager for the Arizona region
• Heather Smith has been named customer account executive for the Mesa, Arizona, region
• Brent Park has been named business development manager for the Southern California region
• Robert Ludwick Jr. has been named business development manager for the New Jersey and Philadelphia regions
• Rowland joins ETRADE
  by Matthew Royse
• Refis are dead—long live purchases!
  by Howard Schneider
• AFC Realty Capital finances $110 million for NYC hotel renovation
• L.J. Melody arranges $46 million in development financing
• S & P raises GEMSA's servicer ranking
• CWCapital becomes mezzanine financing lender
• U.S. Conference of Mayors urges TRIA 'make-available' extension
• For the benefit of consumers
  by Scott Cooley
• InterFirst adds OneFee to MOAI
• Countrywide selects Sysdome technology
• Ocwen establishes facility in Belfast
• AVM task force seeks consensus on standards
• Dynatek launches wholesale software solution
• DSI integrates National Do Not Call Registry
• Docutech launches advocacy Web site
• Wachovia launches presence on BrokerOneSource
• Complianceease offers antipredatory lending compliance system.
• Fox Signing Services launches new platform version
• Where the smart money goes
  by Neil J. Morse
• Determining the scope of training
• Market Performance Gauge
• Nationwide residential lenders—top 30
• Mortgage applications indexes Mortgage Bankers Association