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From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Ameriquest to Close – execs wonder “why’d we spend all that money on Super Bowl ads?”

by MorganAugust 31, 2007 Mortgage News/Insight

Ameriquest, long the poster-child of successful (and suspect) subprime lending announced that the unit will close upon the finalization of their sale to parent company Citi. Citi will pick up their servicing portfolio, along with their wholesale arm Argent Mortgage in the deal. Thanks to commenter BB for pointing out the news story [...]

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Peace, Love and Props (to our sponsors)

by MorganAugust 31, 2007 Random Thoughts

A weekly thing over here – a gracious thank you to the sponsors that support Blown Mortgage.  We have two new sponsors this week:
The Truth About Mortgage – is a great blog providing all sorts of mortgage-related information; including the inside tips and secrets surrounding how mortgages work. A great reference for anyone wanting to [...]

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Blowin’ Up Your Inbox

by MorganAugust 31, 2007 Random Thoughts

If you’re not on the Blown Mortgage email list you could be missing out (depending on your opinion of this site, that is). Blown Mortgage publishes a weekly email that goes in to a bit more depth on the hot issues of the week. The last two issues are linked below.
Note: Even if [...]

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Busy News Day: Bush & Bernanke Both Talk Housing

by MorganAugust 31, 2007 Mortgage News/Insight

It’s been a busy news day already as President Bush outlined his initial plans to for the government to aid in softening the mortgage and housing disaster.  You can read more about it here, here, and here.
From Bush’s speech this morning:
On Friday, Bush said he planned to:

Urge Congress to pass legislation that would give the [...]

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Countrywide’s Official Response to the NY Times

by MorganAugust 30, 2007 Mortgage News/Insight

Countrywide issued an official response to the scathing New York Times expose on the mortgage lender’s alleged institutionalized practice of steering borrowers in to high cost loans.  The lengthy, 3 page statement can be found here. (PDF)
In short, Countrywide categorically denies institutionalized steering and highlights everything the company does to ensure the highest percentage of [...]

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Option One switches to all Fannie eligible products

by MorganAugust 30, 2007 Mortgage News/Insight

As I mentioned in my last post, Option One has switched their underwriting guidelines from subprime to Fannie-eligible only according to this email below. While its understandable, I can’t see how you make a profitable business model out of it right now. There are tons of players who have been servicing the A-paper [...]

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Option One Sale in Jeopardy – H&R Block May Shutter Unit

by MorganAugust 30, 2007 Mortgage News/Insight

Bloomberg is reporting today that the sale of Option One, H&R Block’s subprime mortgage unit, may be in jeopardy as the company is in default of many of the originally agreed-to deal points with buyer Cerberus Capital Management.
From Bloomberg:
H&R Block Inc., the biggest U.S. tax- preparation company, said it may shut a subprime-mortgage unit if [...]

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High-end ARM reset (mild) hilarity

by MorganAugust 30, 2007 Random Thoughts

What do you get when you combine a bought-at-the-top Hamptons denzien with an adjustable rate mortgage and Career Builder’s Monk-e-Mail? Mild amusement worth forwarding to a friend.
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Enjoy a little ha-ha courtesy of your friends at Blown Mortgage.

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OfferAngel.com Founder Meg Burns Interview

by phillenbrandAugust 29, 2007 Industry Mortgage Tips

In this edition of the Blownmortgage.com interview series we speak with Meg Burns, the founder of OfferAngel.com. Offer Angel’s mission is to bring transparency to the loan origination process by providing loan officers with an independent platform to present their offers to consumers. It equips consumers with tools that make comparing competing mortgage [...]

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