Articles from Mortgage Banking (July 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A challenging servicing environment: commercial mortgage servicers and their vendor partners met in San Antonio recently to discuss some of the many new challenges they face. Growing loan complexity and Reg AB were high on their list.	Eshoo, Lori		1945
A rising tide?	Berger, Stacey M.		1575
Advectis adds four new customers.		Brief article	251
Affordable-housing gap widens: it's getting harder to build and manage truly affordable rental housing. Lenders are struggling to figure out what deals to approve as market conditions grow more challenging.	Fernandez, Kim		2781
American Brokers Conduit.		Brief article	30
Archstone-Smith to be acquired by Tishman Speyer-Lehman partnership.			367
Bank pays $100,000 to settle fair-lending allegations.			391
Big and bigger.	Hewitt, Janet Reilley	Editorial	459
Calendar of events.		Calendar	471
California-based Indymac Bank FSB's newly launched Hispanic wholesale division, GrupoMac.		Brief article	55
Capital Markets Cooperative.		Brief article	42
Capmark provides $120 million in financing for two office buildings.		Brief article	288
Carl W. Brown has been named president of Minneapolis-based Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.'s National Default Services Division in Irvine, California.			45
Commercial activity rose in 1Q, but year-over-year pace slows.			362
Commercial real estate props up economy.			506
Condo builder confidence drops.		Brief article	261
Ellie Mae releases Dynamic Loan Screening.			411
Expect active House but paralyzed Senate.		Brief article	258
Filling a hole: commercial mortgage banking has witnessed a frenzy of consolidation and acquisition activity over the past few years. Some big players are still looking to plug holes in product offerings or geographic reach. Then there is the matter of exit strategies for aging boomer owners.	Bergsman, Steve		3024
Filling the functionality gap.	Bhutta, Zia		1444
First Magnus Financial Corporation.		Brief article	36
Fixed rates are back.	Schneider, Howard		865
Fort mixed use; For sale: 214,300 acres of federally owned, military base land with functional and historic buildings; some working airfields and ports included. Great opportunity for bold developers and bolder lenders. Inevitably requires costly contaminated-land cleanup. Possible unexploded ordnance. Sale ends Sept. 15, 2011.	Warson, Albert		4973
GE Real Estate provides $58.6 million for Virginia office building.			320
Getting the goods: the warehouse distribution side of the nation's industrial property market is booming. Inland ports and locations where rail, trucking and shipping intersect to load and distribute imported goods are thriving.	Bell, John		3056
Greystone Servicing announces multifamily loan product.		Brief article	190
GSE reform bill passes House.			544
HECM loans to increase as baby boomers retire.			348
Historic D.C. hotel tapped for near $400 million purchase, renovation.			590
Housing activity: residential structures (thousands of units, SAAR).		Statistical table	607
Housing slump to drag on economy through the year.			442
HUD's Jackson pushes homeownership, FHA revamp.			571
Impac integrates CoreLogic risk-assessment tools.			306
Insurance hassles: the role of commercial/multifamily servicers--when it comes to insurance--has gotten a whole lot more complicated.	Bergsman, Steve		3186
Intelligent evolution: the business of commercial/multifamily mortgage servicing has become increasingly sophisticated and specialized. A series of case studies highlights the variety of business models being used.	Woodwell, Jamie; Reid, Diana		3310
Jo Etta Bandy has been appointed senior vice president, corporate communications, for The First American Corporation in Santa Ana, California.			55
Kelly Romeo, Ted Adams and Charlie Epperson have been appointed to the board of directors of the Morrisville, North Carolina-based Property Records Industry Association (PRIA).			52
Key economic indicators and interest rates.		Statistical table	370
Kieran P. Quinn has been awarded the New York-based Commercial Mortgage Securities Association's (CMSA's) Founders Award.		Brief article	25
Lendia LLC.			24
Lisa Duehring has been named president and chief executive officer of Alliance Bancorp in Brisbane, California.			63
Lydian enhances its Mortgage Connectivity Hub.			363
MARI database shows reports of fraud up 30 percent.			545
Marie Barajas has been named an area manager and Rajiv Sanghvi has been named a business development manager for the Scottsdale, Arizona, region.			383
Mark Schultz has been named managing director for Reliable Defeasance LLC in Beverly Hills, California.			33
Market performance gauge.		Statistical table	189
Mavent announces M & A due-diligence service.			375
MBA chairman: regulate bad actors, not subprime loan products.			643
Michael Kurtzon, a principal with Chicago-based Schwartz Cooper Chartered, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).		Brief article	46
Midyear M & A review.	White, Brenda B.		1723
Mortgage applications indexes: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).		Statistical table	1040
Mortgage performance.		Report	1475
MortgageAmerica Inc.		Brief article	31
MortgageHub parent ISGN purchases Dynatek.			526
Multifamily sector a mixed bag in first quarter.		Brief article	308
NAR: home sales to see gradual upturn.			403
National Consumer Cooperative Bank.		Brief article	35
National Mortgage Alliance marks record April loan production.		Brief article	200
National residential lenders--top 25.		Statistical data	974
OFHEO finds Q1 home prices 'slow but positive'.			513
Rapid Reporting, Magellan partner to offer mortgage-fraud solution.			400
Richard W. Miller has been appointed vice president with the business development team for Cenlar FSB in Ewing, New Jersey.			64
Rick Boyd has been named subprime flow manager with Jacksonville, Florida-based Chase's Correspondent Lending Division.		Brief article	73
Sollen Technologies improves product and system-management tools.			311
Stan Ross, chairman of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.	Wisniowski, Charles	Interview	1712
Stew Larsen has been named executive vice president and manager of San Francisco-based Bank of the Wests' Mortgage Banking Division, based in Omaha, Nebraska.		Brief article	49
Survey predicts 'bullish' commercial market.		Survey	430
The evolution of CRE CDOs: the volume of U.S. commercial real estate CDOs is expected to hit $50 billion this year. CRE CDOs are playing an increasingly important role in the financing of commercial property.	Leon, Hortense		2756
The return of the rental market: the nation's apartment markets are coming back strong. Cooling housing and condo markets have been a blessing for multifamily properties. Las Vegas is one vivid example.	Bell, John	Market overview	3805
The ticker.		Statistical table	457
Top 25 counties--purchase markets.		Statistical table	447
Top 25 counties--refinance markets.		Statistical table	450
While some fix blame, others look to fix problems.	Morse, Neil J.	Discussion	988
William (Britt) Sexton has been named to the board of directors for the Birmingham, Alabama-based Alabama National Bancorporation.			37