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The State of Our Industry....

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My last blog, "Going Out of Business.....Everyday" raised some eyebrows and a slight bit of controversy.  In fact, I had a few Account Executives from a particular lender go to the trouble of emailing me and calling me in my office confronting me on accusations that I essentially passed here to the members of ActiveRain to drive home a point.  My senior partner in his ever endearing charm said, "If I was their boss I'd be jacked that they are wasting their time calling and emailing you on a blog you wrote and not out there getting business from brokers"  Hmmmm.  But that last blog did have a point and it wasn't to throw any company or firm under the bus.  That point simply was/is that for so long we've been used to investors buying so deep that now, especially for the newer gals and guys in the field of mortgage financing, the mood is about to change and to some extent it already has.  If you ask me, it is probably for the better.  Another tragedy of this changing mood, other than individuals out of jobs, is borrowers who were put into programs two years ago and their adjustable rates are coming up and those programs no longer exist.  But, that may be a different discussion at another time. 

I wanted to pass this website onto everyone here that is tracking the Mortgage Industry and wants to know the down low on who is still in, who is out, and a lot of other information that might make you work that much harder to ensure you and your firm survives.  Check it out, let me know what you think.  Knowledge is Power...

http://ml-implode.com/

The following website is not endorsed by yours truly, the late Gus Hall, First Choice Equity Group Inc, my unborn son, already embarrassed girlfriend,  or anyone I know off the top of my head. 

Kaye Thomas
Real Estate West - Manhattan Beach, CA
e-PRO, Manhattan Beach CA

Jason:  I went to your link.. interesting stuff... I'm going to read your first article... I think I missed it..No question there will be some shake outs...Just hoping it doesn't hit levels of '87 with the S&L's..

 

Feb 21, 2007 02:19 PM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life
Hey Kaye, I must plead ignorance.  What exactly happened in '87 with the S&L's?
Feb 21, 2007 04:27 PM
Kaye Thomas
Real Estate West - Manhattan Beach, CA
e-PRO, Manhattan Beach CA
Ah... They made a lot of really bad commercial loans and many of them went bankrupt.. It was very nasty.. The Federal Gov't wound up bailing them out so depositors didn't lose everything... cost the taxpayers billions..obviously affected the home loan market..   If Bof A or Wells Fargo go down the tubes for making lots of bad subprime loans then the gov't will pay big money to cover dposits... and it will be the taxpayer once again who picks up the tab.
Feb 22, 2007 03:11 AM
Ann Guy
NA - Allentown, PA
Interesting to see some of the lenders claimed it was not going to happen (their closing) and now thay have a red line. 
Feb 22, 2007 08:32 AM
Flemington, NJ
Nice post.  I have been going to that link for the past month.  The most interesting thing about the site is that it is not from an industry insider, or someone who has anything to gain from lender's going out of business.(Outside of shorting a few stocks)   What is the most amazing is that Wall Street didn't see this coming, based on the rapid drop in many companies' stock prices. 
Feb 23, 2007 09:12 AM
Anonymous
Steve
Is Novastar next to close?
Feb 28, 2007 02:27 AM
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Sarah Eubanks
Hill Valley Financial Services - Oregon City, OR
Preferred Oregon Loan Consultant & Notary Public
And the hits just keep on coming!  Whodathunk that we still would be dealing with this nasty change.  The sad part is that the changes do not hurt us in our industry as much as they hurt the borrowers who just missed the unannounced cutoffs!  Yikes...
Jul 22, 2007 04:24 AM