It's not all bad.(Portfolio)
We have all heard plenty about the dismal numbers on national home
prices and rising foreclosures. But, to be honest--and this may come as
news to some--there actually are some housing markets in . . .
Housing activity: residential structures (thousands of units,
SAAR).(Vital Statistics)
BY TYPE OF UNIT
HOUSING STARTS BUILDING PERMITS
Single- Multi- Single- Multi-
Total Family Family Total Family . . .
Key economic indicators and interest rates.(Vital
Statistics)
CONSUMER PRICES,
YEAR-OVER-YEAR
CHANGE (%) MBA MORTGAGE
CHANGE IN . . .
Mortgage applications indexes: Mortgage Bankers Association
(MBA).(Vital Statistics)
MARKET COMPOSITES
(Unadjusted)
Market Purchase Refinance FRM ARM
Index Index Index Index Index
MAR-07 713.4 456.3 2,210.2 592.9 . . .
Mortgage performance.
SOURCE: First American CoreLogic, San Francisco. Prime and subprime
data are sourced from the LoanPerformance cooperative servicing
databases, representing approximately 80 percent of . . .
Top 25 counties--residential ARM markets.(Marketrac[R])
Fourth-Quarter 2007, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans
Market Avg.
Rank County Count Dollar Amount Share . . .
Top 25 counties--residential FRM markets.(Marketrac[R])
Fourth-Quarter 2007, Nationwide / Sort Order: Number of Loans
Market Avg.
Rank County Count Dollar Amount Share . . .
Best- and worst-performing counties by 3-month and 1-year HPI
change.(Home-Price Spotlight)
Single-Family Detached (February 2008 Data)
10 Best-Performing Counties by 3-Month HPI Change
County/State 3-Month HPI Change Repeat-Sales Median Home Price
YUMA, AZ 7.77% . . .
25 worst-performing states by appreciation rate.(Home-Price
Spotlight)
Single-Family Detached (February 2008 Data), Ranked by 3-Month Change
Rank State 3-Month HPI* Change 1-Year HPI* Change
1 CALIFORNIA -7.47% -21.72%
. . .
Market performance gauge.(Pricewatch)
Best-performing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) over the last one-
year period (through 12/31/07)
Rank MSA Performance Gauge
1 Johnson City, TN . . .
The unlovely topic of product training.(Training)
Whether your people are selling mortgages or cars or shoes or life
insurance, product training is absolutely critical.
Nobody would really argue with this, and yet most industries do a
rather . . .
Reverse mortgages, eMortgages and distressed real estate
investors.(On the Road)
At the first Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Reverse Mortgage
Lending Conference, held in San Diego in April, one speaker said the
specialty segment is seeking to avoid "the subprime . . .
A real story of recovery.(Servicing)
Over the past several months, we have all witnessed the media
deliver a mortgage industry outlook that is increasingly bleak. People
across the nation are walking away from mortgage payments . . .
Long road to recovery.(Broker Business)
It's apparent there's a housing crisis when Bloomberg
News reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's home in
the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., "may not be worth any
more" than . . .
Chapman and Cutler LLP.(People)
Walter L. Draney and Thomas F. Howard have been named partners in
the corporate and securities group; David M. Field and Jennifer L.
Tedjeske have been named partners in the banking department; . . .
Kimberly Raphaeli and Nate Moore have been named associates, and
Kurt Biederman has been named escrow closings manager for Routh
Kimberly Raphaeli and Nate Moore have been named associates, and
Kurt Biederman has been named escrow closings manager for Routh Crabtree
Olsen PS in Bellevue, Washington. Robin E. Dillard has been . . .
M. Allison Gould has been named of counsel with Morris, Manning
& Martin LLP's commercial real estate lending group in
Atlanta.(
M. Allison Gould has been named of counsel with Morris, Manning
& Martin LLP's commercial real estate lending group in Atlanta.
Michael J. Haas has been named partner in the Cleveland office of . . .
Kimberley E. Hill has been promoted to assistant vice president
of the corporate banking group.(People)
Kimberley E. Hill has been promoted to assistant vice president of
the corporate banking group; Suzie Liker has been promoted to assistant
vice president and assistant manager of loan review in the . . .
Keaton Merrell has been promoted to senior vice president for
Irvine, California-based Johnson Capital.(People)
Keaton Merrell has been promoted to senior vice president for
Irvine, California-based Johnson Capital. John Jelavich has been
appointed vice president of homeownership preservation initiatives . . .
A.J. Swope has been named vice president of secondary marketing
and Greg Frost has been named vice president of national trainin
A.J. Swope has been named vice president of secondary marketing and
Greg Frost has been named vice president of national training for
Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. in Salt Lake City. Arthur P. . . .
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