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Evidence mounting that housing industry is double dipping (The Business Insider) http://ow.ly/Yhdw # Mortgage Rates Steady (Mortgage News Daily) – http://ow.ly/Yhv4 # Foreclosure Distribution In The US (2005-2009) via @mortgagereports – http://ow.ly/Yht9 # Home Builders Waiting for Labor Market to Improve. Nervous About Foreclosures http://ow.ly/16nkXE # Today FHA Commissioner Stevens announced more changes to FHA. Biggest news: Upfront Mortgage Insurance increases to 2.25% from 1.75%. # Housing Starts Decline, Permits Rise. Builders Leading Home Prices Across Tightrope http://ow.ly/16nQzu # RT @mortgagereports: A friend says his bank hasn't taken a single 1003 in 2010 b/c the company can't get the new RESPA disclosures correct. # Fed MBS Purchase Program Update: $101 Billion Left to Spend – The Federal Reserve today reported on their weekly pu… http://ow.ly/16onj4 # RT @bnix: @mortgagereports You're gonna rock Mortgage Camp at #RETSO 2010: (I agree, but not 2B confused w/LendCamp'10 – http://ow.ly/ZcgI) # Think Big Work Small live show is streaming. http://ow.ly/Zrk8 – Chat full. Set […]

Reading "What’s in Store for Technology Policy in 2010?", Melanie Wyne, Tech Policy Advocate at NAR (via @agentgenius) http://ow.ly/T7mj # MBA Sees Distress in Q3 Commercial Real Estate Data – The Mortgage Bankers Associates (MBA) notes that, while some … http://ow.ly/16h6Ac # Breckenridge home sells for $8.3m #sumco #colorado – http://ow.ly/TmrP – (via @SummitDailyNews) # Getting on webinar w/@mark_madsen – Learn 7 Strategies for Connecting w/Agents Online w/out Looking Like A Stalker – http://ow.ly/ToHd # The new GFE requirements & the impact on mortgage origination workflow is debilitating. Confusion reigns. Hat-tip to HUD for mucking it up. # RT @JakePlanton: Planning a presentation on the new GFE for my office. #RESPA #GFE (Brave or crazy…not sure which, maybe both) # FOMC Hints at MBS Purchase Program Extension. GSE Reform is Real Issue http://ow.ly/16hAPG # Thankful @Mtg_Revolution is almost here. It's going to take an army of the smartest originators in the US to figure out a new GFE workflow. # […]

FHA Delays Implementation of HVCC Standards – I just received an update from the FHA that I believe will spread som… http://ow.ly/16cu0Q # New Home Sales Fall in November. Activity Still Stagnate Near Record Low Levels http://ow.ly/16cRne # The Day Ahead: Markets Riding High Before Holiday – Markets have been gaining for four straight days and the future… http://ow.ly/16dbIh # Tired of pitches about successful origination strategies from originators that quit originating & became pitch-men/women. # MORTGAGES; No More 'He Said, She Said'? http://ow.ly/16eh5q # The Week Ahead: Treasury Auctions, Case Shiller HPI, Consumer Confidence http://ow.ly/16eho5 #