Tag: mortgage industry
This blog’s metrics will never be mistaken for those of Google. I wax loquacious in my little corner of the Internet to show prospects, clients, friends, family and spammers what I do and how I think. It doesn’t take a lengthy review to realize that, if my posts do inspire conversation, they aren’t being recorded here. (Unless I’ve inspired multiple Canadian pharmacies to offer really cheap prescriptions…) more
It’s amazing for me to think that my little consultancy is almost two years old. Funny thing is, I didn’t set out to be a consultant. It just worked out that way. Today, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. more
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
The 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
I’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
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