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The Collingwood Group has partnered with Mortgage News Daily to bring you the VOICE OF HOUSING. Contributors include former Ginnie Mae CEO Joe Murin and former FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery.

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Will Pressuring Loan Servicers Be Counterproductive?

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by Tim Rood on November 30 2009, 2:39 PM

In an effort to get servicers to be even more diligent in improving conversion rates, Treasury is now telling servicers that they will not receive “a penny” from them until and unless the temporary modification converts to a permanent modification. While...
GSE Delinquencies Spell Trouble for Housing Values

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by Brian O'Reilly on November 27 2009, 10:30 AM

Fannie Mae’s rise in delinquencies spells trouble for housing values and the economy overall. As unemployment rises and investor confidence continues to waver, we likely face an economic stall that will require further government intervention.That won...
House Amendment Poses Threat to Lending Liquidity

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by Joe Murin on November 19 2009, 1:10 PM

On Obama administration summit on strengthening credit flows to small businesses, Geithner said “We need banks to be working with us, not against recovery." At the very same time on Wednesday, an amendment from Reps. Brad Miller and Dennis Moore...
Golden Opportunity: Make the FHA an Independent Agency

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by Staff on November 17 2009, 4:40 PM

We need to make the FHA an independent agency like the FDIC, where every authorized seller/servicer pays an insurance premium to be a “member” and the commissioner is given the tools to react quickly to a housing crisis based on what’s good for the country...
Dodd's Financial Reform Draft: Initial Observations and Expected Reactions in the Mortgage Market

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by Brian Montgomery on November 11 2009, 6:46 PM

It may have been a government holiday, but Veteran’s Day this year was a working day for financial services officials in Washington. Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd released his financial reform bill late Tuesday evening. Instead of...
BEWARE: GSEs Strictly Enforcing Lender Loan Repurchase Agreements

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by Tim Rood on November 10 2009, 2:40 PM

As reported in their quarterly filings, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are seeing an increase in the number of lenders not honoring agreements to repurchase loans that breached representations about the eligibility and quality of loans they sold. While this...
Ironic Twist: Wells Fargo Cuts Borrower Payments. Bets on Housing Recovery

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by Joe Murin on November 09 2009, 1:56 PM

Wells Fargo this week announced it will let some at-risk borrowers pay interest only on their mortgage loans in order to stay current and remain in their homes. ...
Risk Retention and Transparency in the Mortgage Market

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by Staff on November 06 2009, 10:50 AM

Risk retention will establish a necessary sense of ownership and responsibility at the origination end of the home loan process. But any risk retention debate is incomplete unless policymakers give equal weight to time to the need for transparency. One...
Homebuyer Tax Credit is Net Positive, But Not the Universal Solution

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by Tim Rood on November 05 2009, 3:10 PM

No one argues the extension of the tax credit has value to the marketplace. But what other immediate steps must be taken --- either by government or industry --- to create a sustained housing recovery? ...

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