Archive for the 'mortgage news' Category

Bailout Passes-Prepare Your Lead Management and Sales Teams

Last week was probably the most anti-climactic government goat ropes in history. Replete with drama, chicken littles, and pronouncements of Armageddon; the end of the week brought a passed $700 billion bailout. Now the kicker. After all of this the stock market plunges again, Congress confesses this may only be the first step, and economist [...]

A Morgan Stanley Eye View of The Market, Or…What, Me Worry?

I noticed two articles in the last 24 hours that when read separately are noteworthy, but when read together, become somewhat duplicitous. Early yesterday morning, Bloomberg had an article indicating that Morgan Stanley has decided to freeze thousands of home equity accounts within their portfolio. This is not wholly surprising, nor is it unprecedented. Other [...]

Have You Designed Your Housing and Economic Recovery Act Marketing Plan?

The recent Federal Economic Stimulus package and now the more permanent Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 is opening a whole spectrum of new people you can help. These programs are not simple for consumers to understand, but therein lies the opportunity. Put on your mortgage adviser hat and get to educating. [...]

The Mortgage Market is Soiled. You Better Have a Trust Strategy.

If you are a mortgage broker and you haven’t already figured this one out I will state it bluntly–no one trusts us! Sure there is an enormous amount of finger pointing going on. From Wall Street to Main Street everyone has an opinion on who got us here. Guess what? The customer thinks it was [...]

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