Title  |
Author |
Type |
Words |
| 2006: the more things change ... |
Newman, William A. |
|
1354 |
| A loan performance powerhouse: the acquisition last year of LoanPerformance by First American transformed it from small innovator into part of a real estate data empire. The combination has created a new product launching pad that's already bearing fruit. |
Grant, Rick |
|
2557 |
| A modest slowdown ahead: mortgage lenders will see slower origination volume in 2006, with overall single-family originations slipping by 20 percent. Refinancings will fade dramatically and be off their 2005 pace by 40 percent. But home sales will continue to show strength as 30-year mortgage rates end the year at around 6.7 percent. |
Duncan, Doug; Velz, Orawin |
Cover story |
2423 |
| AVMs: what's their value to Mortgage Bankers? |
Minton, Gabe |
|
1072 |
| Bankrate acquires FastFind. |
|
|
171 |
| Behringer Harvard acquires second Washington, D.C., office property. |
|
Brief article |
288 |
| Boom town: billions of dollars of real estate development are rolling out across Nevada's Las Vegas valley. Not just more casinos, high-rise hotels and condos, but low-rise office and industrial parks, shopping malls and subdivisions sprawling into the desert. Lenders are keeping busy. |
Warson, Albert |
|
2727 |
| Calendar of events. |
|
Calendar |
418 |
| Can you really try before you buy? |
Cooley, Scott |
|
1225 |
| Commercial lending outlook bullish: A review of three regional markets shows the country's commercial real estate lending and investment markets remain vibrant. Last year closed strong in terms of loan volume, and if rates cooperate, this year should bring much of the same. |
Bell, John |
|
4027 |
| Commercial real estate investor outlook in 2006 strong. |
|
|
340 |
| Data security to heat up at federal, state level in 2006. |
|
|
353 |
| Denver high-rise office building sold for $77 million. |
|
Brief article |
249 |
| Emerging Trends report for 2006. |
|
|
381 |
| Enhancing your core LOS: rip-and-replace, reface or remodel? |
Focardi, Craig |
|
1128 |
| Essential for the long term. |
Lebowitz, Jeff |
|
1222 |
| EverHome renews Fidelity's MSP. |
|
Brief article |
218 |
| Experian launches fraud-management platform. |
|
|
225 |
| Fannie Mae. |
|
Brief article |
81 |
| Fast-forward with the Council to Shape Change. |
Kempner, Jonathan L. |
|
959 |
| Fee for services--an option worth considering. |
Lipson, Michael; Marquardt, Kathryn |
|
1213 |
| FFIEC urges stronger security for Internet banking. |
|
Brief article |
229 |
| Finally catching on: automated valuation models (AVMs) have been a technology looking for an application in the mortgage business for years. Only recently have lenders and secondary market investors found ways to make them pay. |
Bergsman, Steve |
|
3638 |
| FLDI, Stewart Mortgage Information form strategic alliance. |
|
Brief article |
234 |
| Florida servicer hit with $11.5 million verdict. |
|
|
254 |
| FNC Inc. |
|
Brief article |
100 |
| Forecasters downshift 2006 economic growth outlook. |
|
Brief article |
266 |
| Freddie Mac purchases $162 million mortgage pool from GMACCM. |
|
|
310 |
| Freddie Mac. |
|
Brief article |
34 |
| GE Commercial finances $151 million multifamily portfolio acquisition. |
|
Brief article |
255 |
| GSEs set higher loan limits. |
|
Brief article |
242 |
| HomeView Lending Inc. |
|
Brief article |
48 |
| House passes two-year TRIA renewal. |
|
|
452 |
| Housing activity: residential structures (Thousands of Units, SAAR). |
|
Statistical table |
626 |
| HUD unveils mortgage assistance for hurricane victims. |
|
|
429 |
| HUD, FDIC settle RESPA kickback charges. |
|
Brief article |
301 |
| IndyMac Bancorp Inc. |
|
Brief article |
121 |
| Is there a crack in the retirement nest egg? The mortgage industry needs to prepare for the retirement impact from a massive generation of baby boomers. Reverse mortgages are definitely in its future. |
Speakes, Jeff |
|
2061 |
| Jeffery W. Yabuki has been appointed president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors for Fiserv Inc. in Brookfield, Wisconsin. |
|
|
59 |
| Jonette Hahn has been promoted to principal in the National Affordable Housing practice in Baltimore. |
|
Brief article |
32 |
| Ken James has been named vice president of sales and Angela Cheek has been promoted to vice president for Mavent Inc. in Irvine, California. |
|
|
39 |
| Key economic indicators and interest rates. |
|
Statistical table |
370 |
| Lender pressure and appraiser independence--gimme shelter. |
McGowan, Shawn |
|
721 |
| LendPath. |
|
Brief article |
31 |
| M & A activity in 2005. |
White, Brenda B. |
Statistical table |
1826 |
| Mark A. Casale has been appointed executive vice president, mortgage insurance, for Radian Group Inc. in Philadelphia. |
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|
37 |
| Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody's Economy.com. |
Wisniowski, Charles |
Interview |
2362 |
| Market performance gauge. |
|
Brief article |
158 |
| Mary Jane Faint has been named senior vice president, operations manager, for Ivanhoe Financial Inc. in Orlando, Florida. |
|
Brief article |
43 |
| MBA supports federal data-security bill. |
|
|
392 |
| Mortgage applications indexes: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). |
|
Statistical table |
1056 |
| Mortgage Cadence Inc. |
|
Brief article |
26 |
| NAR: 3Q home-price appreciation rises. |
|
|
383 |
| Negotiating a vendor contract. |
Shatz, Debbie |
|
1147 |
| NexTag, Equifax and TrueCredit offer consumer credit services. |
|
Brief article |
202 |
| North central residential lenders--top 30. |
|
Statistical table |
1050 |
| Ohio Savings Bank chooses Mavent for compliance reviews. |
|
Brief article |
249 |
| Q3 commercial/multifamily originations set record. |
|
|
733 |
| Randy McCann has been named director of client services for Polunsky & Beitel LLP in San Antonio, Texas. |
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Brief article |
34 |
| Regulators are lenders' most immediate HMDA threat. |
|
|
385 |
| Reinvention. |
Hewitt, Janet Reilley |
|
382 |
| Remend Inc. |
|
|
24 |
| Report highlights local home-affordability initiatives. |
|
|
288 |
| RESPA reform may resurface in 2006. |
|
|
611 |
| Ron Litt has been named president of Advantage Credit International Inc. in Pensacola, Florida. |
|
Brief article |
31 |
| Sharon Schneeman has been named chief financial officer for Greystone Servicing Corporation Inc.'s DUS platform in New York. |
|
Brief article |
53 |
| Sizing up the small-loan market: there may be a significant untapped market for commercial mortgage lenders in the small-balance real estate loan sector. Here are some facts and figures to help size up the opportunity. |
Fuchs, Randy; Taylor, Michaell; Hill, S. Lewis |
Statistical table |
2565 |
| Southern California office, industrial markets to improve in 2006. |
|
|
634 |
| Survey says executives ready for paperless mortgage processing. |
|
Brief article |
231 |
| Susan Sheffer has been named sales director-Northeast region for Minneapolis-based GMAC Residential Funding. |
|
Brief article |
54 |
| Sweet synergies: JPMorgan's CMBS business shot up the issuer rankings following the merger with Bank One. New-found synergies are likely to keep the big bank at the top of the CMBS rankings. |
Bergsman, Steve |
|
2904 |
| Technobabble. |
|
|
511 |
| The First American Corporation. |
|
|
22 |
| The ticker. |
|
Statistical table |
485 |
| The tricky business of condo-conversion CMBS: commercial mortgage-backed securities issuers have found a way to package condominium-conversion loans and deal with the added risk of uncertain cash flow. Where is this trend headed? |
Leon, Hortense |
|
3084 |
| Ticor Title Insurance Co. |
|
Brief article |
55 |
| Todd Eagle has been named principal of McLean, Virginia-based J.E. Robert Co. Inc.'s JER Partners and an executive vice president of JER Investors Trust Inc., based in New York. |
|
Brief article |
48 |
| Todd Robison has been named director of corporate development for Stewart Real Estate Information (REI) in Houston. |
|
Brief article |
44 |
| Tony Lotharius has been named sales director, Western U.S. market, based in Irvine, California, for Princeton, New Jersey-based Princeton Financial Systems. |
|
|
45 |
| Top 30 counties--government lending markets. |
|
Statistical table |
470 |
| Top 30 counties--high-priced lending markets. |
|
Statistical table |
484 |
| U.S. home prices slow from record pace, but remain strong. |
|
|
507 |
| Wausau Financial Systems. |
|
Brief article |
37 |
| Where are house prices headed? Are house prices in the United States stretched to the limit? Are they really that much out of whack with the strength in local economies? Not really, according to past experience. |
Fratantoni, Michael |
|
3247 |
| Will 2006 be a subprime year? |
Schneider, Howard |
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867 |
January 1, 2006
