Mortgage Industry Trends in Origination

Continuing Deterioration almost near the end ?

The continuing deterioration is not surprising.

Accredited Home Lenders Vs. Lawyers

When the dust settles, I'm wondering if any mortgage bank will be a stand alone publicly traded company.

Avantor Capital - Gone- the hidden statistic of departed lenders

I recently sent out a mass email to some of the folks I dealt with when I was working with ICAP on their secondary whole loan desk.

Buybacks, REO and declining value

The financial papers are replete with discussions on the performance of mortgage back securities and hedge funds suffering from the value deterioration in those investments.

Bear Stearns bailing out one of two funds

The Wall Street Journal has had terrific reporting on the events surrounding two hedge funds over at Bear Stearns run by Ralph Cioffi.

Wall Street started this mess, and it might finish the mess

What I would like to know is what do they teach all these Wall Street bankers at school?

Buyback Strategies: When Your Investor Comes Knocking

Andrew liput

A lenders worst nightmare is the thought of opening the mail one day

A closer look at a 'Predatory Lender'

Just read a great article about Quick Loan Funding and the

MBA warns congress against legislation that might tighten credit

John Robbins, the chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, recently delivered a speech at the National Press

Bernanke says:"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

If this were a myspace page, I'd want that tune playing on the site.