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Articles in April, 2006 issue of Mortgage Banking
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Proliferation
by Janet Reilley Hewitt - Court stays controversial Maryland county lending law
- Mortgage fraud bill introduced in the Senate
- Average U.S. home worth nearly 13 percent more in 2005
- Fannie Mae releases Rudman report
- Oxley requests GAO title insurance investigation
- Countrywide wholesale division hits record $100 billion volume
- Central Pacific Mortgage acquires Ivanhoe
- HUD announces third FHA hurricane foreclosure moratorium
- Katrina repair in New Orleans to top $10 billion
- Forecasters see steady economic growth following Q1 rebound
- The ticker
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The emergence of alt-A
by Brenda B. White -
A new year, a new market
by John M. Robbins -
Interview: Doug Duncan, chief economist, Mortgage Bankers Association
by Charles Wisniowski - Calendar of events
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The Ameriquest settlement: the settlement between Ameriquest and the 49 state attorneys general provides a window into the AGs' thinking on mortgage lending litigation
by Bernard LeSage -
The data-security issue: almost two dozen states have enacted data-security laws. Another 13 introduced legistative proposals this year. High-profile cases of consumers' personal data being leaked have prompted many lawmakersboth federal and state
by Charlotte Booncharoen -
Regulation AB: it has been two years in the implementation, and now, finally, Regulation AB is in effect. That makes this a good time to summarize what Regulation AB does, and how it has affectedand will affectindustry practices
by Ellen R. Marshall -
Loan quality vs. compensation: should lenders consider offering originators financial incentives for producing fully compliant loans? Could this be a workable approach for fostering compliance with the patchwork of predatory lending laws?
by Michael A. Benoit -
Frictionless compliance: compliance risks can be better managed by making use of automated tools before a loan is closed
by Todd Cooper -
Boom or bubble? Many in the media have written about a "housing bubble." But most housing economists quarrel with the use of that term. What's really going on with house prices?
by Neil J. Morse -
What lies ahead for Bernanke's Fed?
by Robert Stowe England -
Is the apartment market back? Ironically, current conditions in the housing market are undoing a bit of the damage done to the apartment market in recent years by renters fleeing to become homeowners. Now, with house prices drastically up and interest rat
by John Bell - Technobabble
- The fraud file
- The wallet
- MISMO®'s Governance Committee for the 2006-2007 term
- Todd Luhtanen has been promoted to president of Dynatek Inc. in Livonia, Michigan
- Jaime W. Ellertson has been appointed chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Gomez Inc
- Jordan Glazier has been named chief operating officer and Paul Ramirez has been named senior vice president of marketing and strategic planning for Client Shop Inc
- DeAnna McCann has been named senior vice president and chief marketing officer for eAppraiseIT in Poway, California
- Lee Ann Sutton has been named vice president of regional sales based in the Orlando, Florida, office
- Michael Matheson has been awarded MISMO's Staff Appreciation Award in recognition of his dedicated and prominent service to MISMO
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Mortgage offshoring to India goes mainstream
by Craig Focardi -
MISMO continues to lead in eMortgage development efforts
by Gabe Minton -
From another worldnew competitors and the need to adapt
by Jeff Lebowitz -
The new system is livehow come it's not better?
by John Cherry -
Downturn will hit the tech sector
by Scott Cooley -
IT hiring: the 'right fit'
by Phil Huff -
Why should I care about rules engines? Rules-engine technology has come into vogue in the mortgage industry. We consider four basic applications: automated underwriting, product and pricing eligibility, workflow/business-process management and general-pur
by Tim VanTassel -
The incredible growth of Navy Federal Credit Union: with 109 branches and 2.5 million members spread far and wide, Navy Federal Credit Union needs solid technology to keep its operation humming 24x7
by Rick Grant -
The growing threat of fraud against lenders
by Kurt Pfotenhauer - Credit-score agencies collaborate on new credit score
- Countrywide subsidiary selects Experian-Scorex's ScoreRight
- Aegis selects Borland Together
- MISMO, PRIA formalize alliance
- Alaska USA FCU selects Metavante's online LOS
- Interthinx integrates with Commerce Velocity for fraud detection
- PRIA: balance consumer privacy with business access to land records
- Orion launches on-site scanning service
- Secured Funding closes complete electronic home-equity mortgage
- MISMO releases first commercial/multifamily data standard
- CC Pace launches risk-assessment toolkit
- Condos remain 'lifestyle choice' for small, solid minority
- Hotel construction pipeline poised for record growth
- Growth forecast clear for next three years
- ARCap taps EnableUs LOS for commercial lending
- ResMAE launches commercial lending in California
- Harbor Capital arranges $117.5 million in loans
- Builder optimism up for rental apartments, declines for condos
- Prudential Mortgage has appetite for more than $10 billion in 2006
- Freddie Mac sets new multifamily transaction record in 2005
- Apartment market remains strong, but record sales may cool
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Waking up the markets
by Howard Schneider -
Builder business: a great opportunity to 'make it easy'
by Jim Deitch - James R. Egan has been named senior vice president-controller and principal accounting officer for Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia
- Elaine Batlis has been appointed president of Impac Warehouse Lending Group Inc. in Newport Beach, California
- Arlene Hyde has been named home loans wholesale channel director for Washington Mutual Inc. in Seattle
- Silver State Mortgage
- Paul A. Waters has been appointed senior managing director with Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Group Inc
- Brad Dimming has been named vice president and senior relationship manager for Edison, New Jersey-based Chase Home Finance's national joint venture sales team
- Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
- Pablo Wong has been appointed senior vice president, market development, based in San Francisco, for Jacksonville, Florida-based Fidelity National Title Group Inc
- William Garland has been named senior manager for Remend Inc. in San Mateo, California
- John Walker has been named national sales manager for Rapid Reporting Verification Co. in Fort Worth, Texas
- InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending
- Indymac Bank
- Tim Landwehr has been named senior vice president of the Home Construction Lending Division in Norcross, Georgia
- Jeff Banyas has been named vice president, sales and marketing director for correspondent services in the Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and the Washington, D.C., area
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