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Articles in April, 2006 issue of Mortgage Banking

• 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
• 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
• 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 lawmakers—both 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 affected—and will affect—industry 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
• Mortgage offshoring to India goes mainstream
  by Craig Focardi
• MISMO continues to lead in eMortgage development efforts
  by Gabe Minton
• From another world—new competitors and the need to adapt
  by Jeff Lebowitz
• The new system is live—how 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
• 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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