Mortgage Industry Trends

Over the past six months, much was made of the "emergency" need to rescue the nation's largest banks, lest the country enter a downward economic spiral that would have catastrophic consequences for

It’s funny how quickly paradigms can change. On the origination front, lenders have become more innovative and resourceful in terms of how they implement and manage technology.

Just finished up my latest column for HousingWire. It's called Beyond Binary and in it editor Paul Jackson gives me free rein to make a fool of myself, if I choose to do so.

I've been meaning to dust off this blog and put together some thoughts about Tarp or not to tarp, and Rick's timely article has prom

Some of you may know that I now write a monthly column for the new HousingWire publication.

Finally, the folks over at Treasury have figured out how to fix what is ailing the credit markets- set up a special purpose vehicle to buy good, but hard to sell assets.

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), continued the political farce in Washington regarding the financial industry troubles by doing what politicians do best in a cris

There seems to be a lot of selective memories out on the campaign trail today.

It would have made for better drama if Fannie & Freddie had told Paulson to shove it.

I don't think any GSE watcher would have ever thought what happened could have happened.

You are about to wire closing funds to the table, into the hands of a lawyer or settlement company employee you have never met before, but no worries because you have a Closing Protection Letter right