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Using Your Website To Boost Origination Volume

Vol. 5 | Issue 5 | August 2010

on 22 Jul 2010 by Eric Robichaud

Everyone knows that a website is an essential marketing tool for a business. Yet strangely, too many people do not know how to use [read more]

CDFIs Stand Up To The Economic Crisis

Vol. 5 | Issue 4 | June 2010

on 27 May 2010 by Phil Hall

The nation's community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are receiving a greater level of recognition, including a new infusion of federal funding to bolster their mission [read more]

The Fed Fights For Its Turf

Vol. 5 | Issue 3 | April 2010

on 30 Mar 2010 by Phil Hall

As part of the roll-up to the current debate over financial regulatory reform, the leaders of the Federal Reserve System went on the offensive with [read more]

Is Alt-A Ready For A Second Look?

Vol. 5 | Issue 2 | February 2010

on 29 Jan 2010 by Phil Hall

Last month's news that Moody's Investors Service was revising its analysis on residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions involving Alt-A mortgages put the now-dormant sector back [read more]

What (If Anything) Is Next For The GSEs?

Vol. 5 | Issue 1 | December 2009

on 24 Nov 2009 by Phil Hall

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsored a seminar on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C., entitled "Is it Possible to Reprivatize the U.S. Financial System?" - [read more]

The Continuing Challenge Of Distressed Residential Mortgages

Vol. 4 | Issue 12 | November 2009

on 28 Oct 2009 by Phil Hall

The recession did not completely kill the secondary market, but it created a new landscape for lenders seeking the securitization of their mortgages. In the [read more]

What If The Housing Bubble Never Happened?

Vol. 4 | Issue 11 | October 2009

on 28 Sep 2009 by Phil Hall

When Dr. Stanley D. Smith, a finance professor at the University of Central Florida, recently examined the rise and fall of housing prices for the [read more]

Taking A Second Look At CRA

Vol. 4 | Issue 10 | September 2009

on 31 Aug 2009 by Phil Hall

Ever since the current financial crisis began with the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market in 2007, a number of people have tried to assign [read more]

Protecting Consumers Or Inhibiting Lenders?

Vol. 4 | Issue 9 | August 2009

on 30 Jul 2009 by Phil Hall

Next month, the House of Representatives will resume debate on H.R.3126, the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2009. The legislation, based on an initiative developed [read more]

CDFI Lenders Persevere
Amid The Crisis

Vol. 4 | Issue 8 | July 2009

on 29 Jun 2009 by Phil Hall

The ongoing recession has not missed any corner of the financial services world, and this includes the relatively slender sector occupied by community development financial [read more]