Articles from Mortgage Banking (February 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A year of market turmoil sets stage for a year of leadership.	Heid, Michael J.		1076
Alan D. Schwartz has been appointed chief executive officer of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. in New York.			51
American Guaranty implements Loan-Score's Enterprise AUS.			347
Assured Mortgage selects Sollen's Lender Online.		Brief article	224
Avoiding the overtime dilemma.	Worsinger, Laura P.		2232
Bank of America to purchase Countrywide.			581
Banking on real estate information: lenders in search of leads are turning to a company that offers MLS data as a way to capture house hunters as they enter the buy zone.	Grant, Rick		2524
Boston apartment market remains 'well-balanced'.			331
Building a firewall.	Hewitt, Janet Reilley	Editorial	500
Calendar of events.		Calendar	441
Cassius Cade IV has been appointed senior vice president and Western regional sales manager for Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida-based Capital Markets Cooperative.		Brief article	55
CB Richard Ellis Group acquires England's GSD.		Brief article	252
Chase.		Brief article	39
Clareity Security LLC.			21
Commercial real estate fundamentals sound, but investment slowing.			870
Correction.		Correction notice	29
Cushman & Wakefield acquires Burnham Real Estate.			401
Damage control: servicers across the country are working hard at loss mitigation to prevent foreclosures. It seems the tricky part will be balancing the interests of borrowers, servicers and investors.	Morse, Neil J.		4158
Daniel Heumann has been named managing director, senior operating officer, for Meridian Capital Group LLC in New York.			60
Data quality: the cost of dirty data in the secondary market.	Focardi, Craig		1232
Decisioning the right way: here are some tips for avoiding common pitfalls that can derail decisioning-technology projects.	Ronen, Gil; Adler, Jeffrey; Pepe, Chuck		3417
Dodd introduces anti-predatory-lending bill.			382
Economic growth, mortgage originations down in 2008.			640
Enterprise Community Partners.		Brief article	73
Existing-home sales to see gradual rise in 2008.			613
Explaining the inexplicable.	Hubbard, Andrew S.		615
Fed proposes HOEPA revisions for comment.			414
Finding success today.	Schneider, Howard		860
Fiserv Inc.			19
FNC collaborates with Interthinx on mortgage-fraud detection.			311
Freddie Mac purchases $198 million mortgage pool from Capmark.		Brief article	213
Geoffrey R. Maibohm and Donald E. Martin have been named partners in the Charlotte, North Carolina, office.		Brief article	64
Greystone MultiUnit implements MortgageFlex's LoanQuest.		Brief article	275
Hot and cold markets.		Industry ranking	239
Housing activity: residential structures (thousands of units, SAAR).		Statistical table	596
HUD says multifamily sector mixed in third quarter.		Brief article	281
Is now the best time for technology investments?	Cooley, Scott	Personal account	1066
J.D. Power ranks Wachovia highest in overall satisfaction.			358
Key economic indicators and interest rates.		Statistical table	373
Larry Spencer has been named vice president for RealtyTrac Inc. in Irvine, California.		Brief article	31
Legal tips for servicers: case law holds some important lessons for mortgage servicers. A brief review of some decided cases could help servicers avoid unwanted liability.	Worsley, David E.		2573
Maintaining a vendor relationship.	Shatz, Debbie		1780
Mark Fleming--chief economist, First American CoreLogic.	Wisniowski, Charles	Interview	2374
Market performance gauge.		Industry ranking	165
Mortgage applications indexes: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).		Statistical table	1051
Mortgage Bankers Association.		Brief article	136
Mortgage Bankers Association.		Brief article	34
Most Home to purchase Netupdate operating assets.		Brief article	195
Moving toward exception-based workflow.	Minton, Gabe		837
New year brings new national mortgage regulatory framework.			482
New year, new challenges, new solutions.	Gardner, Harry		938
Norman B. Rice has been named chairman of the board of Columbia, Maryland-based Enterprise Community Partners.			39
NYLX launches LoanBook.		Brief article	201
Office and industrial markets stall, retail deteriorates in 4Q.			434
OFHEO issues mortgage fraud guidance to GSEs.		Brief article	247
Paul Ettorre has been named vice president and regional manager of Cleveland-based KeyBank's Community Development Lending (CDL) for the Great Lakes North Region.		Brief article	61
President Bush signs seven-year TRIA extension.		Brief article	196
Q & A with Alex J. Pollock: a respected policy analyst and student of the American mortgage market, Alex Pollock examines some of the root causes and possible solutions to the current mortgage market troubles.	England, Robert Stowe	Interview	3292
Renaissance time for the FHA: the Congress is expected to finalize work on new FHA modernization legislation early in 2008. That would give the program a big boost just when the market needs one.	Jones, Allen H.		2718
Riding out the storm: active intelligence in your marketing platform maximizes the value of existing customers and referral sources.	Margrett, Judy		2270
Risk of home-price declines up in most metro areas.			369
Ron Duff has been re-elected chair and Nancee Gorenstein has been re-elected vice chair of the MISMO[R] Governance Committee for the 2008-2009 term.		Brief article	78
Senate passes FHA reform bill.			354
ServiceLink integrates ATM Corporation products.		Brief article	240
Situs launches COMPASS eLibrary tool.			333
Surviving the gates and hazards facing vendors.	Lebowitz, Jeff		1322
Technobabble.			603
The big picture: everyone has been taking a glass-half-empty perspective on rising delinquency and foreclosure numbers. The real story is a bit more complex than that--and far less depressing.	McGarity, Mary		4565
The fraud file.			525
The mysteries of the universe: a step-by-step review of the basics of the CMBS loan-assumption process can clear up much of the mystery behind this complex topic.	Kronovet, Alan; Schwarting, Katie		2100
The ticker.		Statistical table	416
The wallet.			682
Time for success.	Huff, Phil		562
Tom Fiddler and John Manglardi have been named executive vice presidents for Countrywide Home Loans Inc. in Calabasas, California.			44
Top 25 counties--government lending markets.		Statistical table	407
Top 25 counties--high-priced lending markets.		Industry ranking	422
Turning red into black: servicers are trying a little bit of everything to save borrowers from foreclosure. Loss mitigation is being taken to a whole new level, as servicers get creative to help save homes.	DeMuth, Jerry		3204
Uncertainty looms in commercial, but economy to skirt recession.			420
Vacant homes--the next frontier in mortgage servicing.	Reaves, Caroline		1384
West central residential lenders--top 25.		Industry ranking	1043