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Inside Mortgage Finance Publications has worked with Campbell Communications on a number of key industry surveys, including the recent How Correspondent Lenders View Investor Relationships and How Mortgage Brokers View the Booming Alt A Market.

Campbell Communications is a strategic research, marketing and communications firm founded by John C. Campbell in 1981 and based in Washington, DC.

In the past 20 years, Campbell Communications has provided consulting services to more than 60 trade and professional associations, to corporate organizations in a variety of industries, and to federal government agencies.

In the 21st Century, Campbell has frequently employed online surveys in business-to-business research, extracting and analyzing attitudinal information within customer or constituent relationships. The benefits of online surveys over old, traditional methods are obvious: speed, flexibility, control, accuracy – and enormous cost savings.

The Impact of Mortgage Problems on Home Sales and Prices in 2008
This year's significant tightening of mortgage credit standards is taking its toll on would-be homebuyers looking to capitalize on reduced home prices. According to a new study sponsored by Inside Mortgage Finance, nearly one in seven home sale contracts nationwide were cancelled during September and October because buyers were unable to obtain mortgage financing. more

Homeowner Attitudes Regarding Mortgage Payments under Financial Stress – 2008
Mortgage lenders, servicers and investors employ a variety of strategies to resolve problem loans and minimize losses. But these strategies are frequently ineffective because they do not take into account the psychology of the borrower under financial stress in today’s economy. That’s why Inside Mortgage Finance and Campbell Communications have undertaken a major new study examining homeowner attitudes and factors affecting continued mortgage payments. Based on a national survey of homeowners, its findings show how borrowers prioritize mortgage payments and under what circumstances they will stop and/or resume paying their mortgage. more

How to Do More Business with FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
As a credit-starved mortgage market rushes to embrace the liquidity of government-affiliated origination programs, major lenders and other industry strategists are looking for insights into doing business in this special and challenging arena. That insight can be found in the first national studies launched by Inside Mortgage Finance and Campbell Communications of the two market segments that have assumed critical importance in mid-2008: 1) Government-insured programs, primarily FHA; and 2) Conforming loan programs via Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. more

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. That’s 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 report—Disruptions in Mortgage Originations -- August 2007: Real-Time Data From Mortgage Brokers—sponsored 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. more

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