May 2005 Mortgage News
- Borrower Rescinds HOEPA Loan 1.5 yrs After Closing
- Bank Buys RE Firm to Increase Originations
- New Century Develops Women Leaders
- Legislation Would Raise Conforming Limit
- Home Prices Drive Out San Rafael Fire Chief
- 30-year rates drop for 7th time in 8 weeks
- National Association of Realtors Fighting Fires On Several Fronts
- Servicing Portfolio For Sale
- Fannie Commitments Way Off
- New Century Acquiring RBC Branches
- House OKs Fannie, Freddie regulator
- Restrained Rates Edge Apps Up
- Sales Commandments
- Federal or State Predatory Laws?
- Risk Management Guide For Home Equity Loans Issued By Bank Regulators
- Countrywide Backs Off Market Share Projections
- Program Promises Prompt Prepayment
- Mortgage Fraud Analysis: Part I
- Mortgage Broker Training
- Originators Ignoring Profitable Niche
- Sales of Existing Homes Hit All-Time High
- Wholesaler Helps Brokers Generate Leads
- Freddie Activity Heats Up
- Service Providers Dominate Recent M&As
- GMAC Sub: Avoid Brokers
- X-Lover Brutally Slays Originator
- Alt-A Brokering for Dummies
- Correspondent Lending Preferences
- Pricey areas pressured on housing
- Foreclosures.com: Mortgage Defaults Down in Chicagoland
- Housing Bubble To Bust? FDIC Certainly Hopes Not
- Wholesale Lenders Lower Max Broker Fees
- Thrift Production Declines
- Net Branch Educates Record Number of Students
- Home prices raise the ceiling
- 5/1 Rate Tumbles
- More Sales With Good Habits
- YSP Top Borrower Abuse
- Fed raises interest rates yet again
- FTC Focuses on Hispanic-Targeted Fraud
- $1 Billion Originator Tells Success Secrets
- MBS Issuance Off
- Fraud By State
- Our say: Ever-climbing home prices not good news for all
- Mortgage Lenders in Barron's 500
- Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Lenders
- Govt Cautions About Home Equity Lending
- Expansions and Mergers
- Purchase Applications Index Reaches Record High
- MTA Continues Rise
- Originator's Murder a Mystery
- How Web Sites Can Increase Business
- WaMu Ordered to Rehire Whistleblower
- Impac Production Plunges
- The Economy in the Fed’s Hands?
- Studies Question Housing Costs, Conditions, Ownership
- First-time Valley home buyers feel heat
- Plethora of Fraud Prevention Tools
- 100% LTV With Low Score
- PHH Production Continues Decline
- Consumer Borrowing Increases in March
- Record Purchase Apps, ARM Share Widens
- Maverick's Owner Betting Against NovaStar
- Fannie to Miss Filing Deadline
- US mortgage bond prepayments fell in April
- Habits of Successful Salespeople
- Builder Adding Mortgage Production Jobs
- 40 and Long
- Greenspan wants curbs on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Ameriquest to Sponsor Stones Tour
- Mortgage Employee Steals $1.5 Million From Employer
- Mortgage Mergers Multiplying
- Fed Loan Officer Survey
- Fed Will Stay Measured
- Countrywide Settles Massive OT Lawsuit
- Hockey Player Turned Broker Now in Jail
- Countrywide Fundings Off, Pipeline Strong
- CitiMortgage Servicer Rating Raised
- HUD Pushes Mortgage Lenders To Avoid Foreclosure Losses
- Mortgage Rates Decline For Fourth Consecutive Week
- Mortgage Refinance Activity Up 9.8 Percent In Latest Weekly Survey
- Builder Affiliates Irk Originators
- FBI Wants Brokers' Help with Fraud
- Mortgage Jobs Surpass 1/2 Million
- Report Suggests Remedies for Appraisal Fraud
- Stated Income at Issue in MI Lawsuit
- Apps Quiet as Treasury Announcement Boosts Rates
- GM Restructures Mortgage Units
- Fannie Bans Employee Stock Trades
- State of the Industry
- CA Lenders Face Tougher Licensing Process
- Mortgage Rates Down and Home Sales Up - Who Says Boring Is Bad?
- New Century Exec Donates Millions to Hospital
- Hard Money Wholesaler
- Georgia Stiffens Mortgage Fraud Penalties
- Think Tank Report Paints Picture of Mortgage Appraisal Fraud
- Broker's Donated Computer Compromised Customers
- Cashouts Surge
- Larger Lenders Better Equipped to Attract Top Talent
- Shareholder Group to Shake Up New Century
- Mortgage Mergers Sustain
- Fannie Mae Holds Dividend At Reduced Q1 Rate
- InterFirst Insider Aided Brokers in Fraud
- HELOC Boom on Horizon
- NovaStar Production Descends
- Home Equity Wholesaler Adds 87 Employees
- COFI Spike Uninterrupted
- Housing Starts Take a Tumble According To HUD and US Census Bureau





