Some Important Updates

Greetings!

There are a lot of things going on in the mortgage industry. This letter focuses on a few of them and what AMB is doing to make your career better. After reading this please take our suvrey to let me know what you [...]

Technology Aims to Solve Home Valuation Uncertainty

Contributed by Anthony Garritano, Compliments of National Mortgage News

Has the real estate market bottomed? Technologists at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Servicing Conference here talked about the importance of ascertaining a property’s true market value and how technology can play a role in getting that value.

“I have no doubt that Washington will again change the [...]

Some Important Updates

Greetings!

There are a lot of things going on in the mortgage industry. This letter focuses on a few of them and what AMB is doing to make your career better.

What’s in Our Crystal Ball?

In a typical month last [...]

8 Essential Tips to Make a Perfect Follow-Up Call

Contributed by: Jim Domanski, www.salesgravy.com, Compliments of Betsy Marvin, Franklin American Mortgage

In many ways, a [...]

Continued High Negative Equity and Home Value Declines in 2010

Contributed by www.zillow.com, Compliments of Betsy Marvin, Franklin American Mortgage

Home values across the country declined again in the fourth quarter of 2009, as [...]

Cut Your Energy Bills

Contributed by  www.consumerreports.org, compliments of Betsy Marvin, Franklin American Mortgage

Most homes, including yours, waste energy.  That inefficiency is costing you plenty, but it doesn’t have [...]

Social Networking vs. Social Notworking

Contributed by Randall M. Craig, www.remonline.com

Social media is used by recruiters to look for [...]

203k Lending

Contributed by Wes McKibbon, www.brokersbestcontractloanprocessing.com

The FHA 203k Program is a great niche product for loan officers.  It’s a 203b with home improvement features included and especially attractive if you are looking to create a niche for yourself in creating a Realtor referral base for this product and any other type loans your Agents are in [...]

FHFA Announces One Year Extension of HARP

On March 1, 2010, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Ed DeMarco announced the extension of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), a refinancing program administered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a letter, MBA had strongly urged the administration to extend the program as a tool to allow responsible borrowers to receive [...]

Become an Agent Magnet

Are you tired of putting time, energy and money into mortgage broker marketing just to end up with an agent that never seems to follow through? Let us say you meet with an agent and feel like you have made a connection. But weeks go by without hearing from that agent. You [...]