Articles from Mortgage Banking (September 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A defensive strategy.	Hewitt, Janet Reilley		354
A la mode sees boom continuing.		Brief Article	189
AFC Hotel Financing Group secures $80 million in hotel financing.		Brief Article	115
All metro areas showing home-price gains.			832
American Home Mortgage on fast-growing co. list.		Brief Article	135
American Home Mortgage to acquire Apex Mortgage Capital.			502
AmNet funds record $1.4 billion in mortgages in July.			347
Angel Montalvan has been named senior account manager in the Whole sale Lending Division of Countrywide Home Loans Inc. in Calabasas, California.		Brief Article	59
Basel II: roadblock or opportunity?	Kidder, Lee A.		1198
BB&T uses Fiserv's UniFi PRO to manage 45 percent growth.		Brief Article	261
Berkshire arranges $44.29 million in funding.		Brief Article	213
Bill Coppedge has been named account executive for WaMu Capital Corporation in Seattle.		Brief Article	43
Calendar of events.			371
Cenlar renews contract for Fidelity's MSP.		Brief Article	97
CMBS delinquency rate increases.		Brief Article	321
Condo mania: construction starts and sales of condominiums are surging, from affordable studio units to million-dollar-plus high-rise penthouses, although the market varies in different parts of the country. We explore conditions in several cities where the market for condos has become something to crow about.	Warson, Albert		3094
Countrywide and Star Real Estate enter joint venture.		Brief Article	199
Countrywide servicing portfolio hits new milestone at $577 billion.			604
Demand drop could reach 726 million square feet.		Brief Article	168
Diversified Title and Escrow Services Company.		Brief Article	58
DocuTech and ABT form partnership.		Brief Article	230
Dwight Overton.		Brief Article	25
E*TRADE Mortgage announces Q2 results.		Brief Article	110
eLynx Ltd.		Brief Article	36
Fort Knox National Company.		Brief Article	33
Gary Neumeier has been promoted to senior managing director and Annie Kodak has been promoted to senior director for CB Richard Ellis lnvestors LLC in Los Angeles.		Brief Article	46
Gershman lnvestment Corporation.		Brief Article	47
GMAC Mortgage offers new financing products.			411
Goal-oriented: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac every year are required to meet affordable housing goals set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As we approach a new deadline for setting the 2004 goals, HUD may be considering putting more teeth into the goals.	Willis-Boyland, Anita		4277
HMDA changes for 2004 and the best ways to deal with them.	Ryan, Leonard		1027
Homeloancenter.com partners with Alaska Airlines.		Brief Article	183
Hurd-Harter Mortgage Support Inc.			43
InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending.		Brief Article	73
J.C. Watts' new focus.	Royse, Matthew		817
Jeff McGuiness has been appointed director of national sales.		Brief Article	43
LION releases Q2 results.		Brief Article	235
LMRES arranges $33.1 million in first mortgages.		Brief Article	167
Marilyn Foody has been named senior vice president of national sales for American Document Services Inc. in Tustin, California.		Brief Article	48
Market performance gauge.		Brief Article	178
MBA endorses creation of single eNote registry.			400
MBA submits comment letter to FASB.			486
Mortgage applications indexes mortgage bankers association of America.			2228
Mortgagebot reaches 300-client milestone.		Brief Article	133
Motion to stay granted in AFSA v. City of Toledo, Ohio.		Brief Article	152
Needham.		Brief Article	36
Outdated labor laws: a 65-year-old law enacted to protect low-wage workers from being exploited is a focus of concern in today's mortgage business.	Bergsman, Steve		3334
PCI and FNIS form strategic relationship.		Brief Article	130
Phillip McCall has been promoted to president of Independent Mortgage Company in Anaheim, California.		Brief Article	46
PPR launches new data service.		Brief Article	129
Preserving a good system: the main federal law on how consumers' credit information must be handled and protected is the focus of action on Capitol Hill. Expiring federal pre-emptions must be renewed or lenders will face a patchwork of state laws that would create a costly compliance burden.	McWilliams, Charlyne H.		2347
Prudential Asset Resources.		Brief Article	63
Radian reports record quarterly earnings.		Brief Article	437
RBC and NHMBBA collaborate to increase Hispanic homeownership.		Brief Article	126
RBS Greenwich Capital funds loans of $510 million.		Brief Article	93
Refi falloff puts focus on purchase market.	Schneider, Howard		843
Robert Caruso has been named 2003-2004 chairman of the First American Default Technologies Steering Committee in Orange, California.		Brief Article	36
Rodolfo Saenz has been named executive vice president of business development, emerging markets, for Countrywide Financial Corporation in Calabasas, California.		Brief Article	45
Ryan Chapman and Kent Carpenter have been appointed real estate analysts with Johnson Capital in Irvine, California.		Brief Article	51
S&P release Q2 trends for RMBS.			369
Sharing nonpublic personal information with vendors.	Healy, Tom		867
Tax deductibility of private MI seems so logical, and yet ...	Culver, Curt		1304
The changing shape of the credit reporting industry: new technology, industry consolidation and challenges presented by pending reform of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) are all reshaping the business of credit reporting.	Grant, Steve		2569
The compliance battle: lenders, ivnestors, secondary market players and rating agencies are all donning extra protectin to deal with unprecedented levels of liability from a host of new laws. Whether it's state predatory lending laws, the USA Patriot Act or pending RESPA changes, compliance divisions are getting beefed up all over the industry to deal with the threats.	Morse, Neil J.		2967
The drive for more transparency: issuers that provide a wealth of data on collateral underpinning their securities are being rewarded with better pricing. There is growing appetite for such transparency in the asset-backed and mortgage-backed security markets.	Myers, Ned		1915
The joy of customer satisfaction: J.D. Power is well-known for measuring car brands that win the highest grades from their owners. Now the firm has ventured into mortgage brands. USAA Federal Savings Bank won top honors for overall customer satisfaction in the 2003 home mortgage provider study. Others winning smiles from their customers: BB&T, SunTrust Mortgage, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and First Horizon.	England, Robert Stowe		5158
The ticker.			358
Thomas M. Bradham Jr. has been appointed vice president and chief information officer for LOGS Financial Services Inc. in Northbrook, Illinois.		Brief Article	42
Top 30 lenders--residential ARMs.		Illustration	491
Top 30 lenders--residential FRMs.		Illustration	505
Top women producers: distinctly different backgrounds distinguish Diana MacFarlane and Alice Cordova. Yet these two successful women share a drive to succeed that has taken them to the top of the origination business.	Sherlock, Patricia M.		2315
Training temps.	Hubbard, Andrew		659
TransUnion offers Basis100 AVM.		Brief Article	128
Triad closes $192 million in deals in first half.		Brief Article	241
U.S. retail property market stable but under pressure.			525
Washtenaw Mortgage selects Entyre's eMortgage-X4.		Brief Article	108
West residential lenders--top 30.			1076