What does the internet say about you?

While reviewing the latest entries on mortgagefraudblog.com I came across an article about Florida Realtor Mary Bolan. Ms. Bolan was just sentenced to 6 months in Federal prison, followed by 6 months home detention and then 3 years probation for her role in a real estate/mortgage fraud scheme. Wh...

I wrote an article on this topic last week at mortgagenewsreview.com and wanted to share it with the active rain community. What happens in our industry too often is that we gloss over the important news and read only that which is bizarre or outrageous in the headline. Right now, there is more p...

One of my good friends, newspapergrl, blogged today about Ask.com, MSN.com, LookSmart.com and Enhance Interactive.com offering incentives if you sign-up for their on-line pay-per-click key word campaigns. If you advertise on-line, you are probably familiar with Google's "AdWords" wherein you sele...

So Realestate.com has decided to revamp their site to be more customer friendly according to a press release issued today. "The new RealEstate.com beta design gives customers what they've told us they want, which is free access to home listings without having to register their contact information...

WASHINGTON - In the eyes of lenders, the new cars and other "concessions" that sellers are dangling in front of buyers have a dollar value that should be accounted for by the appraiser when determining the true market value of the property. If the appraiser does his work properly, the mortgage co...

Mortgage Loan Programs for people with no credit history do exist and many of these programs are very affordable. This article was written to explain what options you have for buying a home today, even if you have not established a credit history or credit score.Home buyers may fear qualifying fo...

The Research Institute for Housing America in conjunction with the Mortgage Banker's Association and Radian mortgage insurance completed a study of housing trends among baby boomers. The focus of the study was in two key areas.1) What are the trends of second home ownership among baby boomers2) A...

Bank of America recently commissioned a survey done by MARC Research on the reason for people taking out home improvement loans. 60% of those surveyed claim that their goal is to increase the home's value. The survey also showed that 56% of homeowner's did major home improvements prior to putting...

I’m often pleasantly surprised to hear Realtors tell me how smoothly the loan closing was when attending one of my mortgage closings. As a mortgage lender we are responsible for getting the loan documents and funds to the closing table. When brokering a loan, the loan officer doesn’t have control...

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