May

7
2007

Tracking Real Estate Stocks through RSS

Google Finance added RSS news feeds for all the stocks it tracks today. If you're trying to keep up with what happening with any of the publicly traded real estate companies, this is a great way to stay on top...  more...

You WILL play ball

We've all heard the stories: appraisers often feel pressure from mortgage originators to go along with inflated valuations (see Inman News series on the subject). The Washington Post today offers a glimpse of what it was like to work as...  more...

Loss leader mortgage loan?

If the preferred method of many mortgage originators during the housing boom was to fire and forget -- fund loans, unload them on Wall Street, and go fund some more loans -- Bank of America is trying a different approach...  more...