One mortgage executive had this to say about the W.J. Bradley case: “This is fascinating for the implications of whether the LO or the company owns the customer. As you know, LOs have their little black books (or thumb drives) of all their customers and their information."
Jeff Detwiler, president and chief operating officer of Long & Foster Companies, noted that that higher interest rates are playing a “big role” in the lower home sales realtors are seeing in the Washington DC metro area.
A spokesman for WJB told IMF that the lender/servicer may send out an additional 2,000 data breach notifications, pending the results of a computer forensic review.
MountainView and The Prestwick Mortgage Group are out in the market with new deals for mortgage servicing rights. The new year should prove to busy for MSR sales.
Just how important are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the revenue picture of the U.S. government? According to calculations from The Collingwood Group, a Washington-based consulting firm, GSE dividends in 2013 will be the fourth largest source of federal revenue.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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