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Mortgage News for Monday - May 24, 2004

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• Bradford Mortgage Acquires The Scottish Bank's Mortgage Division
• Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Awards $5.5 Million to Help Lower-Income Homebuyers
• Report: Specter of defaults lurks behind California home sales surge
• House Hunting? Be Prepared With a Pre-Approved Mortgage Loan, Advises Coldwell Banker
• RBC Mortgage Opens MetMortgage Branch to Serve Dallas Customers of McGuyer Homebuilders
• SouthTrust Mortgage Corp. adds loan officer in Brentwood
• Buying a rental? Run the numbers
• First-time buyers 'borrow £1.36bn from family and friends'
• Son of a Builder, Rayburn Never Considered Another Career
• Housing Gap Grows Wider
• A booming year for building
• What goes down, must come up
• Habitat for Humanity completes first two homes of year
• CALLTO DOUBLE INTEREST RATES
• Mortgage lenders getting more creative as business wanes
• 500 AIB mortgage customers due refunds
• I'm leaving; he's refinancing the mortgage
• Woman wins share of ex-lover's home
• PMI Hires Jonathan Chan to Direct Asia Operations
• Evaluating pluses, minuses of mortgages
• RBC Dain Rauscher Names Vincent Boberski Director of Fixed Income Research and Strategies
• Lehman Brothers Names Joseph M. Gregory President and Chief Operating Officer
• U.S. mortgage bonds firm, eyes on follow-up buying
• Interest rates 'to rise to 5.25%'
• CML Slams "Misleading Reports"
• RMIC Joins Advectis BlitzDocs Certified Underwriting Provider Program; Newest Provider in Paperless Loan Processing Certification Program
• Decade Systems Enables Integration of Disparate Systems for Cardinal Financial Co.; Integration Technology Improves Online Mortgage Lending for Finance Company
• Mortgage rate moves
• Mortgage Lenders Getting More Creative
• MortgageHub Taps David G. Hellhake as EVP; 20-Year IT Industry Veteran Joins Web Servicing Company
• CALLTO DOUBLE INTEREST RATES
• Rates 'could double to cool housing boom'
• Brown's risky tactics trigger mortgage scare
• First Franklin Starts Second Quarter With Record-Breaking April Production
• HONG KONG
• Interest rates 'to rise to 5.25%'
• Mortgage lenders warn of looming housing crash...
• BRIONI: ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST – THE KEY TO REGION’S FUTURE
• Demerger speculation at GUS
• Mortgage lending up
Mortgage News
Mortgage Lenders Getting More Creative - 2004-05-24
With the Federal Reserve widely expected to increase interest rates as early as next month, mortgage lenders are hoping to keep business profitable by attracting consumers with new terms.

After an incredible U.S. housing boom fueled by historically low interest rates, a moment of reckoning is looming for the home lending industry. Mortgage refinancing applications are plummeting as Treasury yields are heading higher.

Many homeowners who've used their house as a virtual ATM in recent years have already refinanced their mortgages, in some cases several times.
Read the full story at phillyburbs.com
 
MortgageHub Taps David G. Hellhake as EVP; 20-Year IT Industry Veteran Joins Web Servicing Company - 2004-05-24
MortgageHub, a mortgage industry Web service provider, has appointed David G. Hellhake as executive vice president. Hellhake, with at least 20 years of experience in product management and implementation as well as application development and customer service initiatives with several high-tech and Internet-based companies, oversees all operations, client deliverables, strategic alliances and partnerships with outside vendors.

"We feel very fortunate to have David join our company," said Chetan Patel, chief operating officer for MortgageHub. "His strength in system design and implementation is only matched by his commitment to provide the best service to customers."
Read the full story at Business Wire
 






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