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Index Finds Home Prices Drop with Less Micro Variation

March 11, 2010

Data from Integrated Asset Services LLC, Denver, Colo., show that national home prices fell 2.3% in January, when there was somewhat less variation than usual at micro-market levels.

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ICP to Transfer Businesses to PrinceRidge

March 10, 2010

ICP Capital has agreed to transfer its domestic and international capital markets businesses to PrinceRidge Holdings LP to create an international investment-banking boutique serving investors and issuers in the institutional fixed income markets.

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Developers Closed on Most South Beach Condos Built Since '03

March 10, 2010

Condominium developers in South Florida's famed South Beach area have closed on some 4,150 new units since 2003, for an average price of $891,000 per unit. But that still leaves about 1,450 apartments that remain unsold, according to a report published by Condo Vultures, a Bal Harbour-based real estate consulting firm.

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Purchases Drive Mortgage Bankers' Application Increase

March 10, 2010

Purchase mortgage application volume had a strong week and was the driver of the increase in the Mortgage Bankers Association's Market Composite Index for the week of Feb. 26.

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Appraisers Warn About BPOs and Property 'Flopping'

March 10, 2010

Appraisers are raising alarms that the Treasury Department's decision to use broker price opinions (BPOs) for its new short sales program will exacerbate mortgage fraud and property "flopping."

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Mortgage Marketing

From the Mortgage Marketing pages of Origination News, our sister publication:

Leading by Example

By Brad Finkelstein

Brad Finkelstein

Alan Rosenbaum still enjoys originating loans and serving as a role model for his staff.

Alan Rosenbaum of New York's Guardhill Financial notes that he wears many hats at his company.

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Origination News

A featured story from Origination News, our sister publication:

Third Parties Push for Blind Appraisals

By Brian Collins

Brian Collins

WASHINGTON-The National Association of Mortgage Brokers believes it has found a way to ensure the independence of the appraisal process and still allow brokers to order appraisals.

The trade group is partnering with Old City Lending Solutions of Warrington, Pa., which provides an electronic appraisal ordering service.

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Video of the Day

Is it ever right to throw in the keys and walk away from your mortgage? Is it even a moral decision, or just a business decision? Around one-third of all homeowners in Florida owe more money than their homes are worth, and these are questions more and more homeowners are facing.