Vol. 75 Nbr. 12, September - September 2015

Index

• A whole lot of spending.
• In October ...
• Forecast hiked for purchase lending.
• Credit tightness index (July 2013-July 2015).
• Fannie Mae reports $4.6 billion in net income.
• Business barometer.
• Freddie Mac posts strong second quarter.
• Underwater borrower numbers improving.
• MBA seeks clearer rules from CFPB.
• June home prices up by 6.5 percent year over year.
• Quicken Loans tops J.D. Power survey of servicers.
• Ellie Mae posts record quarterly revenue in 2Q.
• Wells Fargo and Prospect drop marketing services agreements.
• Moody's sees stronger housing market boosting MIs.
• National MI sees solid growth in 2Q.
• Freddie Mac: opportunities in small-balance lending.
• Q2 Commercial/multifamily mortgage originations continue strong pace.
• Reis: Construction is escalating--quietly.
• Seaport industrial real estate exceeds expectations.
• CMBS delinquency rate improves; expected losses fall.
• Hotels return positive results.
• No gatekeeper.
• Not just a pricing engine.
• September-November 2015.
• Authors: upclose.
• Amy Bohutinsky has been named chief operating officer and Kathleen Philips has been named chief financial officer for Zillow Group in Seattle.
• Andrea Cross has been named head of office research for the Americas for Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc.
• Andy Harmening was named vice chairman for consumer banking and Dan Beck was named chief financial officer for Bank of the West in San Francisco.
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
• Hunt Mortgage Group.
• Lance F. Drummond has been elected as a director on McLean, Virginia-based Freddie Mac's board.
• Marcia Davies, chief operating officer for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), has been named one of HousingWire's 2015 Women of Influence.
• Paul Cohen has been named managing director of capital markets to lead the investment properties team in the Miami office of Chicago-based Cohen Financial.
• Selim Aissi has been named chief security officer for Elbe Mae in Pleasanton, California.
• Ben Coll has been named trader for MCT Trading Inc. in San Diego.
• Kurt A. Kautman has been promoted to associate and John T. Jameson has been named associate.
• Mike Homberg has been named branch manager and Scott Berngartt has been named sales manager for the Columbia, Maryland, branch office of Irving, Texas-based Caliber Home Loans Inc.
• Simone Dewhurst, Marie Karas, Amy Prado and Naomi Van Winkle have been named processors, James Froman has been named home loan specialist, Matt Keef has been named junior developer, Krista McMahan has been named junior mortgage compliance analyst, Sheloanda Tatum has been named closer, and Cheryl McKissick and Shana Woodward have been named customer care specialists in the Brentwood, Tennessee.
• Stan Marlar Jr. has been named branch manager of the Nashville, Tennessee.
• Steve Mageras has been named vice president, capital markets.
• Zane Sweet has been named senior vice president in the Los Angeles office of Chicago-based JLL.
• Small talk.
• Q&A with Ed DeMarco: a former regulator of the government-sponsored enterprises talks about what's needed in a future housing finance system.
• Q&A with Thomas J. Ridge: an interview with former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge that covers cybersecurity threats and how to guard against them.
• Sleuthing out mortgage fraud: in 2014, overall mortgage fraud risk was down, but there are plenty of reasons to remain vigilant.
• TRID: The Title Point of View.
• All in the family: at Five Brothers Default Management Solutions, three generations of Badas work on preserving the legacy that Joe Bada started 48 years ago.
• Managing your loss-mitigation content.
• Nearing a new dawn for loan quality.
• Clouding up.
• Mitigation or litigation: it's your choice.
• Servicing that builds trust in the Hispanic community.
• Affirmatively furthering fair housing rule: HUD's role in social engineering?
• Inside the mind of a millennial in the mortgage business.
• TRID and its effect on appraisal compliance.
• Price watch.
• The closing table.
• Lending trends.
• Home-price spotlight.
• The fraud file.
• The appraisal accuracy index.
• Home-equity highlights.
• Marketrac[R].
• Month in review.
• Mortgage file tracker.
• Vital statistics.