By now, you know I’m a fan of social media. I believe it has enormous potential, and is enormously underused in the title and mortgage industry. In fact, I think there are a lot of communications and marketing tools out there that we’re not taking advantage of. But you know what? In some cases, that’s for the best. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘mortgage industry’
Can’t we all just get along?
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Year two of the mortgage meltdown, and the proverbial landscape has definitely changed. Countrywide is just a memory. Freddie and Fannie spend more time salvaging loans than buying them now. The Fed has become (or revealed itself as) the very hand of God, as we await the results of the end of its MBS program. Mortgage lenders and title agencies alike are grappling with yet another mangled, HUD-created mess. The appraisers are at the throats of the AMCs like never before. The underwriters are sharpening their litigation skills. And the abstractors are just waiting for the phone to ring. (more…)
It ain’t the system that’s broken…
Friday, November 13th, 2009The sky is falling. The economy is failing. Capitalism is grinding to a halt in the U.S. The redcoats are coming, and they’re bringing The Fed, the CFPA, Big Insurance, Nancy Pelosi and a few tax collectors with them. (more…)
The end of the storm…or the eye?
Friday, April 17th, 2009I’ve been hearing something unusual lately around my office (Ok, it’s not my office. It’s my desk in the den. And it’s buried in a gruesome combination of toddler’s toys, my wife’s disheveled stacks of paper, and a collage of sticky notes scarred with illegible writing).
That sound is the phone ringing. (more…)
It’s not the size of your business…
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Ok. I’ve been told I need catchier headlines. Hope this works.
Sorry I’m a little late this week. I spent some time in Las Vegas for a title industry conference. While I was there, I was struck by how many new, small businesses are springing up in the mortgage and title industry. (more…)