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Survey: Bankers Fear Euro Crisis Will Start World Recession
An international banking survey shows that bankers see a high risk that the euro crisis will cause a banking crisis and global recession. Read more.
Smaller lenders eye a larger share of origination space
As the nation’s major banks realign their lending operations, new lending leaders emerge. Read full story.
Study: smart phones fail to protect sensitive financial data
Less than half of mobile phones apps passed a digital firm’s security audit. One out of four failed and a third have less serious problems, discovered a test by viaForensics, a digital forensics and security firm. Read full story.
Insiders are buying, riding a contrarian wave
Insiders are buying, writes Mark Hulbert of Hulbert Financial Digest in his MarketWatch column. So maybe now is the time to take the contrarian approach. Read full story.
Canadians can save troubled U.S. housing market
Distressed housing markets throughout the American Sun Belt can turn to Canadian home buyers for help. Drawn by lower home prices and a strong Canadian dollar, one in five Canadians would now consider purchasing real estate in the United States. Read full story.
More homeowners miss mortgage payments but pay credit cards
In a departure from traditional behavior, more homeowners continue to pay their credit card bills while falling behind on mortgage payments. Experts predicted that behavior would return to normal after the recession ended, but instead it has become more widespread. Read full story.
The advantages of REITs
Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, can increase portfolio diversification, provide healthy dividend streams, and offer a potential for capital growth in coming years. Published in Private Opportunities Club.
Save taxes by converting to a Roth IRA
Starting next year high-income taxpayers will be able to convert traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement accounts to Roth IRAs. Published in Private Opportunities Club.
Understanding and using a limited liability company
Selecting the type of business entity can be one of the most important decisions for an entrepreneur beginning his or her own business. Published in Private Opportunities Club.
The latest fraud scheme
Does your borrower lack the assets to qualify? No problem. He can rent assets for a month. At least that was the pitch sent to brokers late this summer from a Las Vegas company. Published in Secondary Marketing Executive.
ITIN loans hold great potential
There may be questions about the borrowers’ immigration status, but there’s no question that more lenders are accepting Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and that a secondary market for the product is developing. Published in Secondary Marketing Executive
FBI battles insider fraud
Alarmed at a pervasive and growing mortgage fraud problem, the FBI has launched a flurry of activities and investigations, including undercover operations with names like “Operation Clean Deed” and “REO Flipwagon.” Published in Secondary Marketing Executive.
Document management sees alliances, expansions
One side has made compliance its expertise; the other has established technology as its strength. And now, doc prep firms, which extract data from lenders’ loan origination systems, are combining their technology with the compliant loan documents of forms management vendors. Published in Secondary Marketing Executive.
