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NEW Ally and Fannie Mae Agree on Loan Repurchase Resolution; HUD Violations Listed; California Behind on Originator Licensing Applications
NEW Fannie Updates CLTV LLPAs; NMLS Originator ID Reminder; Fair Credit Risk-Based Pricing Regulations; Amtrust Name Change
NEW Private Mortgage Insurance Tax Deductions Extended; ARM Disclosures Updated; Calyx Bundles LOS Services; Wells Comments on Compensation
NEW The "Urgent Need" for National Servicing Standards; CRA Definitions Updated; Freddie Mac Delinquency Data; Basel III Not Too Bad?
NEW FHA Extends Direct Endorsement Deadline. Correspondent FHA Originators Get Deadline Waiver
NEW Lender Loosens Underwriting Regs; Early Check Eligibility Tool; Loan Production Conduit Breakdown
NEW GSEs Update Loan Delivery and Appraisal Data Requirements; MERS Phase Out; Amtrust Name Change; MBA on Compensation
NEW S&P "Incorrectly Analyzed" Almost 2,000 RMBS Issues; More Originator Comp Convo; The Value of 2nd Liens; Co-op Share Loans
NEW Middle Class America Not Ready for Retirement; CALPERS Loan Program Done; More Opinions on Loan Officer Pay; Gain on Sale Up in 3Q
NEW Wells Shuts Down NorCal Operations Site; CitiMortgage Reaching Out to Consumers; DU 8.2 Implemented; Feedback from the Trenches
NEW Layoffs Loom as GSEs Prepare for Reform; Ginnie & MISMO; FHA Short Refi Program Conference Call; Lots of Lender Updates
NEW GSE Reform is Top Political Priority; Feedback on Discriminatory Lender Overlays; DU 8.2 Rollout this Weekend; Investor Bulletins
NEW FHA Condo Project Approvals Extended; Discriminatory Lender Overlays; State Level Stimulus Needed; Qualified Loan Tests
NEW Borrower Paid vs. Lender Paid Originator Compensation; Servicing Deals; Early Payoffs; LO Licensing Requirement Deadline
NEW Mortgage Firms Looking to Hire; Updates on TPO Identification Requirements; USDA Refinance Funds Exhausted Again
NEW More Comments on Originator Compensation; BoA Ready to Repay Bailout Funding; New Jumbo Product; Investor Announcements
NEW Fannie Says No to Re-Repurchases; New Appraisal Guidance; Goldman Sachs Servicing Rumor; FHA Loan Limits
NEW New Technology Helps Prevent Failed MBS Trades; Originator Commission vs.Set Salary; FICO LLPAs; NMLS Identifier
NEW Surety Bond Requirements for Bankers; Buying Real Estate with Cold Hard Cash; Feedback on Broker Business; MI Companies Report Slowdown
NEW Mortgage Industry Employment Numbers; NCRA Challenges Underwriting Overlays; RESPA & Warehouse Lending; Wells on "Qualified Loans"
NEW The Next Buyback Problem to Face the Industry; Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule; Home Loan Interest Tax Deductibility Feedback
NEW How the Value of the Dollar Impacts Mortgage Rates; Input on Loan Pricing Transparency; New LLPAs Passed Down; 4506-T Verification Info
NEW Lender "Skin in the Game"; More on Freddie's Fee Increase; New Mortgagee Letters; Sponsored FHA Originators; Investor Bulletins
NEW Freddie Mac Hikes Fees on Higher Risk Loans; DU 8.2 Update Coming Soon; Fraud in the Mortgage Business; Free Refi Offer from Chase?
NEW Basel III Bank Capital Shortage; Recent ARM Stats; HAMP Running Out of Applicants; High Cost Loan Limits; Investor Updates
NEW JPM Offloads Chunk of Servicing; HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door; Ambac Buyback Claims; Freddie Appraisal Quality; DU Version 8.2
NEW Even More Info on Originator Compensation; Securitization Flow Chart; Tax Deductible PMI; Bank Stress Tests Back
NEW Walkthrough of Loan Paper Transfer Process; Fed Explains Credit Scores; Fannie CFO Calls It Quits; Ginnie Mae Guarantee Stats
NEW Originator Compensation Feedback; Two New Mortgagee Letters; Flagstar Selling NPLs; Several Investor Updates; More on Buying a Bank
NEW Wholesaler Perspective on Originator Compensation; Empty Housing Units; TBW Impact on Delinquency Rates; Buying a Bank
NEW Loan Buyback Case Against BoA Hits Snag; New GSE Regulator; Chase Stuck with WAMU Lawsuit; Home Prices; Investor Update
NEW Industry Feedback: Production Statistics Are Double Counted!; USDA Funding Now Available; NAMB Petition; U.S.A. Rating Downgrade?
NEW Mid-Term Elections, Financial Reform and the Mortgage Business
NEW Double Counting Loan Production Stats? Servicing Values in Question; Terminated DE Approvals; Ginnie Net Worth Info; Principal Curtailment Compliance;
NEW Attorneys Add 2nd Liens to Cover Foreclosure Litigation Costs; Strategic Default and Common Sense Underwriting; USDA Funding Back?
NEW Non-Agency Mortgage Originations; GSEs Pay Dividend to Government; Property Flipping; Investor Updates
NEW 2nd Quarter Loan Production Stats; CoreLogic Earnings; Blackrock Jumbo Product; Prepays Print as Expected; Corporate Debt Explosion
NEW Freddie Mac Reports $2.5 Billion Q3 Loss; GMAC Increases Govie FICO LLPAs; Treasury Debt Issuance Ahead; Loan Shops Hiring
NEW FinReg Reform and Basel III Compliance; Freddie Mac Cuts Ties to Florida Law Firm; Radian Posts Profit; QEII Time
NEW Minimal Regional Disparity in Mortgage Rates; Loan Buybacks Roll Downhill; CFPB Watchdog; LP Open Access Not So Open
NEW MERS & Commercial Loans; 82 FDIC "Actions"; GSEs Working with HFAs; Lender Updates
NEW Revisiting Originator Compensation Options; Mixed Bag of Bank Earnings, Updates from Mortgage Insurers; Lender Bulletins
NEW Spike in FHA to FHA Refinances; Deutsche Bank on Home Prices; Compensation Conference Call; Wells Finds Flaws in Foreclosures
NEW Ginnie Mae Net Worth & Liquidity Standards; QEII Chatter; Home Owner Loan Corp; FHA Condo Recertifications;
NEW What is Quantitative Easing? Investor Raises FHA Minimum FICO to 640; New Mortgagee Letter
NEW Bank of America Finds Mistakes in Foreclosure Files; MBS Issuance 95% Agency Paper; What is an Allonge?; Document Curing Timeline
NEW Wells Adjusts Gov't Loan Compensation Caps; Waiting on New Capital Standards; Loan Pricing War in 2011; Comments from the Trenches
NEW BoA Files Suit Against FDIC on TBW Funding Scam; Sheriff Refuses to Enforce Foreclosures; Lenders Required to Sign Procedural Warranties
NEW Freddie Mac's Rate Survey; FRBNY Suing BofA; Loan Buybacks; NMLS & Credit Reports; FHA Training; Wells Fargo Earnings
NEW BofA and GMAC Resume Foreclosures; Feedback on HVCC's "Replacement"; Faulty Note Transfers; DU Early Check Reports; HECM Saver