Topic: Mortgage Banking and Services

CEO See-Ya!

This month: Franklin D. Raines, CEO of Fannie Mae.READ»

Five Reasons Why Now Is The Time To Buy A Home

Special occasions occur in life at various times, and when they are acted upon in a timely manner, they can change our destiny. I believe now is one of those times. The “perfect storm” of economic events and global opinion has ...READ»

Mortgage Points

Warren Myer's tips for finding a low-priced mortgage.READ»

About Cary Burch

Cary Burch has logged more than two decades in the eBusiness and information technology industry. He is known in the technology industry for his keen business acumen and strong management expertise. In 2003, Burch was acknowledged as ...READ»

Housing Recovery Plan: What's Fair?

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspecultaion.comThere have been so many bail-out packages, stimulus proposals and other unprecedented plans designed to save the economy, it's become nearly impossible for the casual observer to keep track of ...READ»

Internet Strategies That Work (Maybe)

Thanks to the carnage of the past 10 months, we have a pretty good idea of which business strategies don't work on the Web. But what does work?READ»

Reflections on a Depression: I’ve Got All This Blame, Where do I Put it?

Wherever he is, Chicken Little is probably grinning. For many Americans these days, it feels like the sky is falling, and financially speaking, the evidence supports Mr. Little’s claim. The consensus around here is that we are ...READ»

Canadian Funding Corporation Provides Innovative Loans

At Canadian Funding Corporation we pride ourselves on being a team of real estate and mortgage lending experts who have come together to fund deals that many regular lending institutions often overlook. We also love to share - ...READ»

Commercial Mortgage Loans Supplied by First Central Mortgage Funding

First Central Mortgage Funding Mortgage Financing Large Mortgage Lending by First Central Mortgage FundingREAD»

Bank of (Middle) America

Kerry Killinger and his colleagues at Washington Mutual Inc. don't model themselves after Citigroup or Bank of America. Instead, they look for inspiration to Wal-Mart, Target, and Southwest Airlines -- giant companies that somehow manage to keep costs low and service high and meet the needs of the middle class. The strategy is minting money -- and WaMu's share price is up more than 150% during the past three years.READ»

Hennion and Walsh: What's Ahead For The Financial System?

"With the continued news and noise around AIG, Washington Mutual, Lehman Bros. and Merrill Lynch, it all seems like it's going up to a crescendo in terms of the doom and gloom and bad news."READ»

U.S. Economic Data Reports Flat 2010 Market

Overall industrial production would have fallen except for a 1.6 percent surge for utilities. The Bankers Conference Board reports its index of leading economic indicators, which forecasts activity over the next six months into 2010, rose 0.3 percent last month, less than the 0.5 percent gain economists anticipated. The Mortgage Bankers Association nnounced more than 14 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of September.READ»

The Truth about the Credit Crunch

Revisiting the Debt-to-Income Ratio RuleREAD»

Dealing with Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is looming on the horizon and Chapter 13 is beginning to look really good, but no one wants to give up the house. READ»

Residential Real Estate by the Numbers

It may be a buyer's market out there, but it isn't a broker's. Which makes this year's theme at the 2009 Realtors' Conference in San Diego (November 13 -- 16) -- "Chart a Winning Course" (keynoter: Condi Rice) -- seem both hopeful and sad. Here's a look at the business of homes.READ»

• Now: November 2009
• Toast: Tequila's Sunrise

Don't Let This Happen To You!

This story about a woman who found the locks changed on the doors of her house is scary and frightening but it doesn't have to happen to you!READ»

It is Leadership Character that Will Get Us Through this Recession

Two Kinds of LeadersSo if you have been reading my blogs – firstly I thank you, and secondly you will know that I come from the platform that there are two kinds of leaders – those who lead with ego and those who lead with ...READ»

How to Lead Now

Getting Extraordinary Performance When You Can't Pay for It.READ»

Social Capitalists: Profiles

Center For Community Self-Help Founded: 1980 Durham, North Carolina Martin Eakes, Cofounder, President, and CEO www.self-help.org Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: B+ Social Impact: A Aspiration: B Sustainability: B+ ...READ»

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our ...READ»

7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook

Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business.READ»

Careers: Bank of America Hires an Avatar

When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it's usually because I'm watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned an underprivileged mom the dough to build a bakery. Until ...READ»