Survey Reports
Mortgage Loss Mitigation in 2008: Real Estate Agents Report on Lender Practices
Mortgage servicers, investors and others are employing a variety of workout strategies to minimize their current losses and resolve problem loans. But there are some big differences in the way various players handle mortgage defaults and property sales. Thats why Inside Mortgage Finance and Campbell Communications conducted the first national study of loss mitigation performance, involving a major survey of real estate agents and brokers. more
How Real Estate Agents View Lender Relationships in Stressed Markets --
December 2007
The dramatic turmoil in the mortgage market in recent months has
prompted a significant number of real estate agents to rethink which
lenders they recommend to home buyers. And increasingly, agents appear
to favor lenders owned by their own brokerage firm over large national
lenders. These are several of the major findings emerging from a justcompleted
national survey of real estate agents. The study, sponsored by
Inside Mortgage Finance and based on a survey conducted by Campbell
Communications in early December, questioned real estate agents about
how the ongoing mortgage crisis has impacted the home purchase market.
It also asked agents to rate individual lenders on their performance
in the current liquidity-challenged mortgage lending environment. more
Mortgage Lenders Transition
To Prime & FHA -- October 2007 The survivors of the subprime market rely greatly on a lender whose parent company just ousted its CEO because of his role in exposing it to that market, according to a recent survey of mortgage bankers and correspondent lenders. Some 41 percent of the respondents indicated that they would like to sell subprime loans to investors but no investor is available. The most frequently used subprime correspondent investor was First Franklin. The lender is one of the few remaining that focus on subprime production. Volume in the sector is down significantly as investors have fled causing subprime lenders to close or move toward prime and FHA originations. more
Disruptions in Mortgage Originations 2007: Real-Time Data From Mortgage Brokers For remaining lenders, there are significant opportunities now that irrational competitors have completely exited certain product categories. A new research reportDisruptions in Mortgage Originations -- August 2007: Real-Time Data From Mortgage Brokerssponsored by Inside Mortgage Finance and produced by Campbell Communications will help you identify opportunities during the current mortgage crisis. Our unprecedented real-time national survey of mortgage brokers measured the extent of the disruption in the wholesale channel in August 2007.
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A Look at the Alt A Wholesale Market After the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Find out what this years dramatic market changes will mean for wholesale lenders and
their brokers--this must-have report from Campbell Communications and Inside Mortgage
Finance will provide hard data and a strategic roadmap for wholesalers seeking to maintain
or even boost their Alt A business in the months ahead. more
A Look at the Prime Wholesale Market After the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown As wholesale lenders adapt to sagging home prices, increased government regulation, and
fallout from the lax subprime underwriting, loans to prime borrowers are quickly emerging
as the most dependable source of new and continued business. Meanwhile, fears are
growing that subprime early payment defaults and foreclosures may bleed over into the
prime and Alt A sectors. Find out what this years dramatic market changes will mean for wholesale lenders and their brokersthis report from Campbell Communications and Inside Mortgage Finance will provide hard data and a strategic roadmap for wholesalers looking to boost their prime business in the months ahead. more
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