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Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | April 21, 2011 
The popular NBC docudrama Unsolved Mysteries ran from 1988 to 1997. It was narrated by a man named Robert Stack, who I will always remember as airline captain Rex Kramer in the comedy film Airplane. Robert Stack was cool. His voice was monotone but dramatic – sort of like that guy with the slicked back [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Richard Warren | November 9, 2009 
This could be called a tale of two agents. In a recent article I discussed how I came to select a new agent to work with (article). Here I want to talk about a recent meeting with two mortgage professionals. One worked with a major lender while the other was with a smaller firm that [...]
Read the full article → Mortgages & Lending by Richard Warren | October 26, 2009 
What if you had a home modification law that everyone ignored? In its 2009 legislative session the State of Nevada passed a law requiring loan modification companies to be licensed. The law, which recently took effect, not only required a license but the companies were also required to post a $75,000 surety bond. It seemed [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Rob K. Blake | June 9, 2009I have written a number of articles here on BiggerPockets outlining the mega-banks’ desires to eliminate the mortgage broker competition in the race for dominance in the retail mortgage loan market. Well some very interesting numbers came out this week, that may put the brakes on this all-out assault on mortgage brokers. Mortgage Broker Vs. [...]
Commentary by Rob K. Blake | May 24, 2009I came across another bill that demonizes mortgage brokers in it’s intent so much it is paramount to killing off the entire mortgage broker side of the industry. It’s called the ‘Transparency for Homeowners Act of 2009’ and is the latest attempt by bank lobbying to steal the mortgage market all for themselves not by [...]
Commentary by Rob K. Blake | December 27, 2008National Mortgage News reported last week in a survey recently completed, mortgage brokers are now only receiving 18.9% of the orignation Q3 market place. This paltry percentage of originations is an all-time low figure. Mortgage broker market share reached almost 80% just a few short years ago. Mortgage Broker Demise Premature The report hypothesized the [...]
Economy by Charles Feldman | May 28, 2008Good news, bad news time for real estate and the general economy this week. The bad is, I am afraid, very bad, indeed. Prices for single-family homes took a nose dive in the first quarter of 2008…down an enormous 14.1 percent from the year before. Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller report, according to Reuters, says this [...]
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New Numbers Show Hope For Mortgage Brokers
by Rob K. Blake | June 9, 2009I have written a number of articles here on BiggerPockets outlining the mega-banks’ desires to eliminate the mortgage broker competition in the race for dominance in the retail mortgage loan market. Well some very interesting numbers came out this week, that may put the brakes on this all-out assault on mortgage brokers. Mortgage Broker Vs. [...]