Articles from Mortgage Banking (June 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A house of her own: single women were the second-largest group of homebuyers in 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors. Divorce, delayed marriage and financial independence are all playing a part in this growing trend.	Milligan, Jack		2822
AEI forum hears argument for limiting Freddie and Fannie portfolios.			401
Apartment market saw boost in IQ.			344
Arizona first to adopt new uniform act to allow eMortgage filing.			364
Automation drives performance: at GE Commercial Finance Real Estate, a significant investment in technology has yielded great dividends. The company's chief information officer explains how.	Zupnick, Hank		2619
Buffalos, cowboys and new opportunities: Central Pacific Mortgage, Folsom, California, took a pioneering leap into the wholesale business in 2003. Here's some of what it learned in the process.	Courson, John; Sexton, Kevin		2297
Buying a company.	White, Brenda B.		1021
Calendar of events.		Calendar	489
Craig L. Knutson has been appointed vice president and chief information officer.		Brief Article	46
David Van Ess has been named executive vice president of national operations for the LOGS Network in Northbrook, Illinois.		Brief Article	51
Del Mar Database offers Hosted Solution Suite.		Brief Article	229
E-LOAN launches 'Radically Simple' ad campaign.			236
Economic growth softens.		Brief Article	324
Ellie Mae acquires Lasso Technologies, launches Encompass Anywhere.		Brief Article	140
Emerging national subprime lending standards.	Schneider, Howard		880
Emergis to sell eLending U.S. operations.		Brief Article	178
Eric J. Blumenthal has been named assistant vice president in the debt placement group of Walker & Dunlop in Bethesda, Maryland.		Brief Article	35
Eric Spence has been promoted to executive vice president of national production, prime lending.		Brief Article	74
Experts debate house-price bubble at NAHB conference.			563
Fannie Mae's Berson.	Wisniowski, Charles	Interview	1527
First American offers new, nontraditional credit score.			321
GAO backs stand-alone regulator for GSEs.			360
GE Commercial Finance Real Estate's North America Debt Group.		Brief Article	70
Gmaccm arranges $135 million in refinancing.		Brief Article	206
Going countercyclical: second mortgages and home-equity lending make a smart targeted niche for lenders seeking to balance the ups and downs of the mortgage business.	Lahodny, Lorne		2817
Growth and success in a climate of mistrust.	Mozilo, Angelo R.		939
Happy at HomeBanc: an employee for life? Could there be a mortgage company pushing that strategy? Atlanta-based HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation is blending wisdom from Southwest Airlines, Disney, the Marine Corps and the NFL to build a different kind of corporate culture.	McGarity, Mary	Company Profile	6181
Have seal, will travel.	Negroni, Andrea Lee		898
Herbert A. Biern has been named executive vice president, head of U.S. regulatory affairs, based in New York, for Amsterdam, Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Holding N.V.		Brief Article	66
Here to stay.	Hubbard, Andrew		596
Homeownership rate dips slightly, minority rate gains.	Wisniowski, Charles	Brief Article	299
Hud increases lender incentives, penalties for FHA loss mitigation.			543
Jose Menendez has been appointed a director of the national board of the San Diego-based National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP).		Brief Article	49
Key Mortgage Services.		Brief Article	33
LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.		Brief Article	36
Larry Schiavi has been named senior vice president and national retail production manager for the Retail Lending Division.			34
Laurie Killgore has been named vice president and branch manager for PlainsCapital McAfee Mortgage in Lubbock, Texas.		Brief Article	39
Lender E-Source and MindBox form strategic alliance.		Brief Article	172
Lower single-family mortgage servicing fees: legitimate worry or tempest in a teapot?	Harris, Brian		1529
Made in India: could a piece of every mortgage originated in America stem from the labor of workers based in India? This author says we are five years away from such an outcome.	Kropper, Steve		4373
Market performance gauge: best-performing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) by price tier over the last one-year period (through 12/31/04).			257
Mike McFarland has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Stewart Priority Resources Inc. in Houston.		Brief Article	38
Mortgage applications indexes Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).		Illustration	2071
Musings from the MBA technology conference.	Cooley, Scott		1298
New study on terrorism insurance policies.			505
Nick Butler has been named special counsel, capital markets department, in the London office of New York-based Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.			50
Nonresidential/multifamily construction jumps in March.			398
Outlook calls for gradual apartment market recovery.			331
Putting FHA back on track.	Pfotenhauer, Kurt		1151
QI apartment vacancy rate rises slightly.		Brief Article	293
Ryan Reed has been named a loan officer in the St. Peters, Missouri, office.		Brief Article	33
S.A. Ibrahim has been appointed chief executive officer of Radian Group Inc. in Philadelphia.			33
Saxon Capital selects MRG for doc-prep services.		Brief Article	173
South residential lenders--top 30.			1044
Stephen A. Wojnar, CMB, CMT, has been appointed northeast regional director of business development for Silver Hill Financial in Miami.		Brief Article	62
Sticking with your core competencies: three lenders report that outsourcing their closing and post-closing operations was a smart decision--it all comes down to sticking with what you do best.	Anschutz, Tim	Cover Story	3473
Strategic Capital Group (SCG) of GE Commercial Finance Real Estate.		Brief Article	66
Strategically correct.	Kempner, Jonathan L.		1326
Superior Mortgage purchases ASC's PowerSeller.		Brief Article	147
Susan Barnes has been appointed practice leader and head of the Structured Finance Residential Mortgage Group for Standard & Poor's in New York.		Brief Article	40
Ted Morales has been named retail branch manager and Maria Capp, Gulten Durdu, Ibrahim Goktepe and Jose Polanco have been named loan officers in the Long Island, New York, community.		Brief Article	96
The harmful economics of usury laws: usury laws, regardless of their form, hurt consumers rather than protect them. By studying the Italian mortgage market, we see how any form of price controls is harmful to a society seeking to foster homeownership.	DalleMule, Leandro		3035
The ticker.		Illustration	586
Tim Coyle has been appointed senior vice president of national sales development for Houston-based Aegis Mortgage Corporation.			37
Top 30 counties--existing-home transactions.			588
Top 30 counties--new-home transactions.			563
Untested loan products.	Morse, Neil J.		1122
Wachovia Corporation.		Brief Article	36
Warehouseone goes live with SRG's Warehouse Loan System upgrade.		Brief Article	212
West Region of GE Commercial Finance Real Estate's North America Debt Group.		Brief Article	68
Who's who in wholesale 2004: one company topped the charts for both wholesale/broker and correspondent production in 2004. If you guessed Countrywide Financial Corporation, you are right on the money.	LaMalfa, Tom	Cover Story	6768
Winning strategies.	Hewitt, Janet Reilley		353
Working families paying more for housing, transportation.			327