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Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count 

Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count By Jilt Jonnes...

Flat fees for originators weighed by Fed 

A proposed revamping of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) mortgage disclosure rules has brokers concerned about how they'll be compensated in the...

Survive now, thrive tomorrow 

Small brokers are finding ways to survive in today's market, says Don Caveney, president of U.S. Mortgage Corporation, Milwaukee. Lenders who don't...

An Edible History of Humanity 

An Edible History of Humanity By Tom Standage (Watker & Company, 2009) 269 pp.; $26.00 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FROM 1879 TO 1883 Chile,...

FHA to the forefront 

Low-down-payment requirements encouraged originators in the past to rely on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans in first-time buyer...

Green shoots struggle to grow 

Growth is just around the corner, says David Berson, chief economist at The PMI Group Inc., Walnut Creek, California. He forecast in his May...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, riot police clash in Jerusalem 

JERUSALEM -- Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with riot police in central Jerusalem on Saturday night in the latest protest against the...

Appraisal management companies on the rise 

Appraisal management companies on the rise.(Broker Business)(Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.)(Federal National Mortgage Association)(Home...

Jesus Trail takes hikers through history 

By Howard Schneider

The Washington Post

We ducked under barbed wire, waded through spiky milk thistle and slid down a...

New regulations on the horizon 

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009 on May 7. Yet, even if similar legislation is...