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Housing Assistance 2012: Another Herculean Task for the FHA

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by Brian Montgomery on February 01 2012, 4:00 PM

Beginning the 37th month of his presidency, the Obama Administration today announced a laundry list of new programs to help struggling homeowners, crack down on abusive lending practices, make mortgage documents easier to read, convert REO to rental,...
Solemn Remembrance of Those Lost Aboard Shuttle Columbia

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by Brian Montgomery on February 01 2012, 3:57 PM

Like countless persons across the world, I watched in quiet disbelief as thousands of pieces of debris streaked across the vast Texas sky the morning of February 1, 2003. Unlike what had transpired in 1986 during the launch of the shuttle Challenger,...
What Should the Government do to Address the Inventory of Foreclosed Properties?

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by Brian Montgomery on January 27 2012, 9:58 AM

Economists calculate that the decline in home prices has cost American homeowners approximately $7 trillion in home equity. Compounding this problem is the fact that the inventory of homes available for sale remains high and there is potential for a significant...
Mr. President, it's Time for a National Housing Policy

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by Brian O'Reilly on January 24 2012, 10:43 AM

Please Mr. President, enough with the one-off responses, it's time for a National Housing Policy. The only thing more predictable than the fact that the President will deliver to Congress a State of the Union Address each year is the speculation that...
Uncertainty 4.0: Will 2012 Exceed Our Low Expecations?

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by Brian Montgomery on January 05 2012, 1:06 PM

The noted science fiction writer Ursula K. LeGuin might have been referring to the present day when she opined that “the only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” With all due...
Refinance America: In Defense of American Capitalism

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by Brian O'Reilly on October 17 2011, 12:08 PM

In Saturday’s New York Times, Martin S. Feldstein, in an Op Ed entitled “ How to Stop the Drop in Home Values ”, argues that continuing declines in home prices are at the heart of America’s housing crisis and can only be stopped...
Refinance America: A New and Improved Plan

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by Brian O'Reilly on October 06 2011, 3:42 PM

Written By: Brideen Gallagher Vice President, The Collingwood Group Brian O’Reilly raised some very intriguing propositions on dealing with the ever growing issue of borrower income/wealth trapped in deflated, under-water home values. While these...
It’s Time to Refinance America and Time For Washington to Get Out of The Way

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by Brian O'Reilly on September 26 2011, 11:12 AM

Follow up: Refinance America: A New and Improved Plan In a recently published study by the Federal Reserve they confirm what millions of American homeowners know first hand and what most professionals in the housing finance industry have known for over...
Ground Zero Remembrance: 10 Years Later

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by Brian Montgomery on September 09 2011, 10:18 AM

The morning of September 14, 2001, began with a solemn remembrance at the Washington National Cathedral, followed by President George W. Bush's much anticipated visit to Ground Zero. That afternoon, as we helicoptered from McGuire Air Force Base where...
The Issues: Another Government Refinance Program?

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by Manoj Singh, Ph.D on August 30 2011, 11:06 AM

The New York Times is reporting that the government is seriously contemplating a broad-based refinancing of mortgages guaranteed by the two GSEs , Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in an effort to reduce payments by those borrowers who currently cannot refinance...
HUD Enforcement: The Serious Business of Lender Oversight

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by Brian Montgomery on June 28 2011, 8:42 AM

By Brian Montgomery, former FHA Commissioner and Vice Chairman, The Collingwood Group and Karen Garner Wing, Special Advisor to The Collingwood Group and former HUD Quality Assurance Division Manager According to recent news stories, the HUD Office of...
Strategic Default: Inconceivable Assumptions Suddenly Conceivable

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by Tim Rood on May 12 2011, 12:09 PM

Until recently it was generally believed that only a small fraction of Americans would willingly choose to skip their monthly mortgage payment, aka "strategically default", when they found themselves stuck in a negative equity situation. The logic driving...
GSE Profitability to Test Conviction of Lawmakers

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by Tim Rood on May 05 2011, 4:02 PM

Yesterday Freddie Mac announced net income of $676 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, compared to a net loss of $113 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. The company release states Freddie had a positive net worth of $1.2 billion...
ORIGINATOR COMPENSATION: STILL IN THE FIGHT

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by Brian Montgomery on April 01 2011, 3:49 PM

Most Americans are unfamiliar with the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), yet it reaches each of us through an assortment of rules that eventually lead to what some might consider red tape. Some believe the APA is heavy-handed and will tell you the...
National Housing Trust Fund: A Call for Bipartisanship

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by Brian Montgomery on February 22 2011, 11:30 AM

"We've all been there before, my friend," were the first words I heard as I got up from the witness table in the House Financial Services Committee hearing room. The person patting me on the back and whispering in my ear was someone I had admired for...

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