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Bank Technology News
September 2006
John Adams |
Mortgage: Making Every Transaction Count As the market cools off, technology is helping mortgage players improve lead generation, closing time and telecommunications to gain new customers and boost performance.   |
Bank Technology News
February 2005
John Adams |
Mortgage: Lenders Smooth The Bumpy Volume Road Originators like DiTech and Boeing's credit union are using automation to alter how they market real estate finance options to customers, as well as better manage their workforce deployment |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006 |
Phantom Profits Countrywide Financial has been among the most aggressive underwriters of option ARMs. |
Bank Technology News
November 2007
John Adams |
Mortgage: How to get "More" accurate with Loans The mortgage tumult has made lenders renew their focus on firmly understanding the true creditworthiness of their leads. |
Bank Technology News
December 2003
John Adams |
Closing Faster RBC Mortgage is betting the best way to boost mortgage volume in a cooling market is by making friends with brokers. So it's offering them access to its Internet technology. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis. |
Bank Technology News
January 2007
John Adams |
Paperless Mortgages: The Broker Pens Her Own Program Hawaiian mortgage broker Donna Iwane was frustrated by cumbersome processing, so she developed a Web application that creates loan proposals in less than a minute. |
Financial Advisor
December 2003
Gail Liberman |
Tricks To Nail Down Low Mortgage Rates Know your lender -- and don't forget old-fashioned horse-trading. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
Mortgage Industry's Digital Divide Not all segments of the commercial mortgage industry are embracing technology at the same rate. A study last year found that many firms still rely on time-consuming faxes, certified mail and reams of FedEx-delivered paper to process, close and monitor their loans. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Cuddles up to Countrywide After one of the most volatile weeks Countrywide's stock has ever had, Bank of America agrees to purchase it for around $4 billion, or around 90% less than its 52-week high. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
40 Years Is a Bad Way to Spell Relief Countrywide and other mortgage companies begin promoting 40-year mortgages. Investors, don't jump into this option without much due diligence. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Countrywide's Cheap Financial services firm Countrywide looks undervalued. |
Bank Technology News
October 2010
Sausner et al. |
Balancing Act Here's a look at three areas of mortgage lending -- origination risk, default management, and impending regulations -- and some of the answers on the table today. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rumors Send Countrywide to the Chopping Block After shedding about 80% of its value in 2007, Countrywide Financial falls another 25% when rumors of imminent bankruptcy spread. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time. |
U.S. Banker
May 2009
Alan Kline |
Will Dismal 2008 Give Way to a Banner 2009? Will historically low mortgage interest rates draw buyers back into the home market? |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Countrywide Falls Off the Cliff What a difference a year can make. The embattled mortgage lender has announced a fourth-quarter loss of $422 million, compared with a gain of $622 million for the same period last year. |
Bank Technology News
May 2005
John Adams |
Mortgage: Republic Hits Vegas With Less Paper Republic Mortgage is using imaging for customer delivery and secondary market sales in the fast growing Vegas market, shaving paper and storage costs. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Countrywide Still Growing Mortgage business teetering? No way. Naturally, there's no guarantee that Countrywide will keep inching higher. Investors, the climate can change in a hurry. Take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Chris Mallon |
In Your Best Interest Rising home prices make interest-only mortgages a popular tool for homebuyers. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Clouds Gather Over Countrywide The problems continue and that doesn't look good, in Bank of America's eyes. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The End of Idiot Borrowing The Senate voted 63-36 to outlaw "liar loans," or mortgages made to borrowers who invent their income. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2012
Gantz et al. |
CMBS Concerns Are securitized loans worth the trouble? |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Extreme Bank Makeover, Continued Bank of America asks itself, "Does this mortgage lending business make my assets look too big?" |
U.S. Banker
December 2001 |
Letters to the Editor Countrywide Not Desperate... Telling It Like It Is... |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Countrywide's Future Is Anyone's Guess With its future riding on a pending merger, legal woes add yet more strain to the mortgage lender. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers. |
Bank Technology News
April 2006
John Adams |
Online Mortgage Delivery: Fannie And Freddie Await An E-boom GSE execs say innovation at all stages of the lending process and pressure from the waning refi boom spell imminent growth in the Web-enabled mortgage secondary market. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Gail Liberman |
Hope For Retirees? Reverse mortgages are still being criticized for their complexity and high fees, but demand is rising and some advisors see advantages. |
U.S. Banker
March 2002
Paul Muolo |
Shelves Empty, Buyers Few Consolidation in the mortgage business has slowed. With the refinancing business booming, few servicers are up for sale, and potential buyers are showing little enthusiasm... |
U.S. Banker
October 2008
John Adams |
DoJ's Open Season on Subprime The Department of Justice is suing Countrywide over allegations of abuse in bankruptcy and foreclosure processes |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Mortgage Inflation: How Bad Is Bad? When adjustable-rate loans adjust upward, prepare for a big financial shock. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rate Cut Means Refi Madness Mortgages are almost at record low rates. Does this mean we will return to the days of easy money? |
U.S. Banker
April 2005
Lee Conrad |
The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow. |
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Tracey Longo |
Walking Clients Through The Mortgage Maze New options add value to financial advisor relationships while saving clients fees. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002
Paul Muolo |
Angelo Mozilo: Deposit Builder Countrywide's CEO expects its tiny bank in Virginia to amass $20 billion in deposits within three years... |
AskMen.com
September 2, 2002
Ian Speigel |
Basics Of A Home Mortgage For some people, taking out a mortgage is a nauseating and terrifying proposition. It's not difficult to understand why. After all, you're basically laying your financial bits and pieces on the table and asking to be judged. But it doesn't have to be so bad. |
U.S. Banker
April 2002
Paul Muolo |
2001 Great, But Not Perfect Residential loan volumes hit amazing records in 2001, but the picture wasn't so cheery on the servicing side... |
OCC Bulletin
September 1, 2006 |
Automated Clearing House Activities Guidance for National banks -- which may be exposed to a variety of risks when originating, receiving or processing ACH transactions, or outsourcing these activities to a third party. |
BusinessWeek
December 11, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Thomas P. Vartanian |
Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Mary Dalrymple |
Another Tax Break for Homeowners One more reason to buy a home. Lawmakers have extended a tax deduction for private mortgage insurance. You can now take advantage of this little perk through the end of the decade. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Bad Behavior at Countrywide Is it any wonder that Countrywide needed to hit up Bank of America for emergency funding last week? Does anyone out there really think that Mozilo believes in the long-term health of this company? |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Anne Tergesen |
Home Loans with Bells and Whistles Some new twists on mortgages offer more flexibility -- for a price. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Gail Liberman |
Advisors Reap Commissions From Mortgage Boom A few options provide opportunities for advisors to originate mortgages. |
