new product soon? – The New RMBS Investor Meets Due Diligence 2.0 – by JACOB GAFFNEY – … Sue Allon of risk manger Allonhill is honest when she says she now believes the first RMBS may not be as red hot as we all hope. She’s [...]

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  Interesting weekend reading.     quite interesting – Information Overload – By piedmonthudson – This fabulous simple graphic from Jessica Hagy, courtesy of http://flowingdata.com, has initiated some very interesting discussion, both serious and humorous.  First, yours truly attempted some further illustration and logical discussion. [...]

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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

Lots of mortgage bankers talk about buying a bank, but aside from this writer, very few have ever done it.   So a huge round of applause to Rob Hirt , owner of RPM Mortgage, for closing on his purchase of Darien Rowayton Bank in Darien, Ct.  We advised RPM on [...]

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“Free advice is well worth the price.” Keep that in mind the next time you ask someone in Secondary Marketing if you should lock today or wait.

Freddie Mac announced a change to their condo policy for loans with application dates on or after February 1. Companies who sell to Freddie “may only use FHA condominium [...]

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