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  1. Evan Nemeroff picks up on the dangerous trend revealed by the latest Interthinx fraud risk report: nationalmortgagenews.com/dailybriefing/… Income fraud rising! about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Interthinx's Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Risk Report is out. Get yours via the link in the release: mortgagespeak.com/press_release/… about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. Valuation Review picks up the news about Elizabeth Green serving as industry liaison for new appraiser group: valuationreview.com/VR/ArticlesVR/… about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Some better news on the fraud front from Interthinx: themreport.com/articles/mortg… Still higher than we'd like, but not as bad as it has been. 6:23 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
  5. This is the kind of answer I like to hear from a vendor. Very consice, on point and useful: nationalmortgagenews.com/resource-cente… Well done, Mr. Asthana. 9:34 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  6. Phil Hall says that 50% of servicer settlement stolen by states in latest eFeature. And that, ladies & gents, is why we call it a shakedown. 9:22 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  7. Financial Literacy Solutions offers a new widget to educate HARP 2.0 eligible borrowers. mortgagespeak.com/press_release/… It finds leads that can close. 7:25 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  8. @noble1_lori @jeffschurman I would say AMC/Bank/Appraiser relations. Let's be liberal with our transparency, if we're going to do it. 7:12 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to noble1_lori
  9. Keith Jurow is crunching numbers again. businessinsider.com/another-housin… He says talk of a housing bottom is pure rubbish. Read his article to see why. 7:11 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  10. @noble1_lori @jeffschurman Jeff speaks for himself but he has always talked about the best interests of the AMCs. This paper is no different 3:36 PM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to noble1_lori
  11. Wal-Mart increasing property values? housingwire.com/content/walmar… Sure, now that the poor folk are all out looking for housing again it does. 1:17 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
  12. How much should appraisers be making? Jeff Schurman and I have some thoughts. Get the white paper on his website: leadingcauses.com. 10:21 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  13. Just saw an ad for COBOL workarounds in InformationWeek. Wow, so that code is still running out there? I thought surely I'd out live cobol. 9:00 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  14. Someone is spying on us on the 'net? washingtonpost.com/world/national… Say it isn't so. Will it be called a virus when they find the government's code? 8:26 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  15. WSJ Op-Ed by lawyers says world would be better, more low-cost legal options if we'd deregulate them. What!?! OMG. Why not arm them, too? 8:11 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  16. WSJ's Holman says Facebook is speculative. Basically, quit yer whining! I guess it was just somewhat less speculative for certain investors. 7:55 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  17. DSNews the first to publish all 20 reasons AMCs should pay full fee from the recent paper Jeff Schurman and I wrote. dsnews.com/articles/white… 7:14 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  18. @freshrelevance Thanks for the shout out, Liz. I'm loving your blog. Keep it up: bit.ly/KWHPWe 7:08 AM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to freshrelevance
  19. Wishing everyone in the US a happy holiday weekend (and everyone else if they want to participate). 1:19 PM May 25th via web
  20. Just off a call with Garth Graham. He's funny, but knows more about the biz than you might guess. He's been touring around with Stratmor. 10:40 AM May 25th via TweetDeck