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Real Estate Media Inc. and Global Real Analytics Form Alliance
Venture Designed to Increase Private Investor Access to Historical Data and Analysis Based on More Than 190,000 Commercial Real Estate Transactions 09/22/2004 // Real Estate Media Inc. by Tim Gallen

Two River Community Bank Expands Services to Include Residential Mortgage Divisi
Continuing the tradition of providing its customers the maximum value and highest level of service, Two River Community Bank has announced the formation of a Residential Mortgage Division. 09/22/2004 // Two River Community Bank by Barry B. Davall

Clear Capital Unveils New ``PI+AVM'' Product
Tool Applies Qualitative Adjustments to AVM for Increased Confidence in Value Conclusion 09/22/2004 // BPO Tracker/Clear Capital by Carmella Lyman

N0RTHMARQ CAPITAL ARRANGES FINANCING FOR POST OAK PLAZA
NorthMarq Capital, Inc. has arranged permanent financing for the Post Oak Plaza, a retail center in the Uptown/Galleria area. The center is located at the Southeastern corner of Post Oak Boulevard and San Felipe. 09/22/2004 // NorthMarq Capital by Lori Sowa

Paul Financial Secures Internal Network with Mirage Networks
Today s announcement from Mirage Networks regarding Paul Financial, a mortgage banking company, deploying the Inverted Firewall to protect its internal network against rapidly propagating threats and policy abuses is becoming a common announcement in the financial industry. The nature of the business puts a higher price tag on data protection and network availability. 09/22/2004 // Mirage Networks by Alison Guzzio

The StoneHill Group Selects iDatix(R) Corporation's iSynergy
The StoneHill Group Selects iDatix(R) Corporation's iSynergy to Power its Mortgage Outsourcing and Staffing Services 09/22/2004 // The StoneHill Group by Marci Williamson

CAMBRIDGE CLOSES LOANS TOTALING $92.3 MILLION IN FIRST HALF OF 2004
Cambridge Realty Capital Companies, one of the nationss leading senior housing / healthcare lenders, closed 11 transactions totaling $92.3 million in the first half of 2004, Chairman Jeffrey A. Davis reports. 09/22/2004 // Cambridge Realty Capital by Karlene Holleman

Redesign of Leading Real Estate Advertising Website -- LivingChoices.com
Builder Homesite and Network Communications Announce Redesign of Leading Real Estate Advertising Website -- LivingChoices.com 09/22/2004 // Builder Homesite Inc. by Melissa Morman

Buyers Fund(SM) Acquires Neighborhood Gold(R)
Buyers Fund, a leader in the down payment assistance industry, has announced the acquisition of Neighborhood Gold, the industry s leading marketing firm. Neighborhood Gold has been providing marketing and training on behalf of Buyers Fund for the past four years. The acquisition brings the sales and marketing activities of the company under the same umbrella with its current processing and nonprofit endeavors. 09/22/2004 // Buyers Fund Neighborhood Gold by Bryan Lindsey

Wells Fargo Survey Reveals Homeowners Invest in Their Homes for Added Comfort
Wells Fargo Survey Reveals Homeowners Invest in Their Homes for Added Comfort; Enhancing Family's Quality of Life is Primary Goal of Home Improvements for Many Americans 09/22/2004 // Wells Fargo by Erin Downs

JULIE BRANDT JOINS AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE
Ameriquest Mortgage Company has named Julie Brandt director of corporate affairs and corporate philanthropy. Brandt will oversee all aspects of the company’s charitable giving programs. 09/22/2004 // Ameriquest Mortgage Company by Sandi Cain

Richard L. Harbaugh Elected Chair of the Risk Management Assoc
Richard L. Harbaugh of Equitable Federal Savings Bank Elected Chair of the Risk Management Association; W. Kendall Chalk Elected Vice Chair 09/22/2004 // RMA by Kathleen M. Beans

PMI Mortgage Insurance Enhances Its Risk Index Values
PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE:PMI), announced today that it has enhanced its methodology for deriving its Risk Index, which represents PMI's view on geographic house-price risk and the probability of a regional home-price decline as measured over the next two years. 09/22/2004 // The PMI Group, Inc. by Josh Wozman

Mortgage Brokers Applaud President Bush’s Goal of Expanding Homeownership
A Statement from NAMB President Bob Armbruster 09/22/2004 // National Asso of Mortgage Brokers by Karen Tyson

CLAYTON’S HIGH-COST ANALYZER TO INTEGRATE ALLREGS’ ONLINE DOCUMENT LIBRARY
AllRegs online regulatory content will be made accessible to users of the High-Cost Analyzer 09/21/2004 // Clayton Corporate by Jessica Carroll

United Financial Mortgage Corp. Schedules Conference Call
United Financial Mortgage Corp. Schedules 2004 Fiscal Year-End Earnings Press Release and Conference Call 09/21/2004 // United Financial Mortgage Corp. by Steve Khoshabe

Mortgage Credit News 9/17/2004
Long-term rates fell to a new post-April low yesterday, but are giving back the gain today. The 10-year T-note traded as low as 4.06% 09/21/2004 // Mortgage Credit News by Lou Barnes

Don M. Wilson III to Deliver Opening Keynote Address at RMA’s 90th Annual Risk M
RMA to Hold its 90th Annual Risk Management Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, October 16-19, 2004. The Conference Marks RMA’s 90th Year of Service to the Financial Services Industry. 09/21/2004 // RMA by Kathleen M. Beans

NationalBrokerDirectory.com offers big marketing power
NationalBrokerDirectory.com offers big marketing power for small or mid sized mortgage operations! Before you invest time and money in buying mortgage leads in the 4th quarter of 2004 research your options and explore other marketing channels. 09/21/2004 // National Broker Directory by Chris Douglas

Commerce Title Company Names Cheryl Hottensmith to New Post
Commerce Title Company is pleased to announce that Cheryl Hottensmith has joined the company's Hudson, Ohio, office as assistant regional operations manager. Her primary responsibilities include focusing on new construction transactions. 09/21/2004 // Commerce Title Company by Fred Jahn

Center for Responsible Lending Comment on MBA Study by ABT Associates
Some subprime loans are predatory and an effective law will reduce the amount of subprime originations by this amount. Showing a different growth rate than two other states without examining loan terms, as the MBA study itself acknowledges, fails to answer the real question of whether the NC law helps homeowners protect their homes from abusive lending while retaining access to credit. 09/21/2004 // Center for Responsible Lending by Sharon Reuss

CAMBRIDGE UNVEILS NEW ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER  e-PULSE!
Cambridge Realty Capital Companies has created a new user-friendly electronic newsletter that uses a graphical interface platform to deliver timely information to corporate friends and clients via e-mail. 09/21/2004 // Cambridge Realty Capital by Karlene Holleman

AssetLink LP Establishes Office in Denver
Headquarters will remain in Pittsburgh 09/21/2004 // AssetLink LP by Ken Westfall

LoanCity Expands Breadth of Loan Product Line Within Alt-A
Enhancements Prove Once Again, Company Provides Mortgage Brokers With a One-Stop Shopping Solution 09/21/2004 // LoanCity by Liza De Paiva

The McGraw-Hill Companies Standard & Poor s Division Completes Acquisition of C
Standard & Poor s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and a leading provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, announced today that it had completed the acquisition of Capital IQ, a leading provider of high-impact information solutions to the global investment and financial services communities. 09/21/2004 // Standard & Poor's by Joshua Mansbach

National Council of Exchangors 9/13/2004
National Council of Exchangors is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the productivity of its members and to educating real estate professionals and non-real estate professionals to the benefits of real estate equity marketing or "exchanging" as it is usually called. 09/21/2004 // National Council of Exchangors by John Barta

Mortgage Credit News 9/10/2004
Rates fell this week, not a lot, but back to the post-spring lows: low-fee mortgages shading under 5.75%, taken there by the ten-year T-note trading persistently in the 4-teens. 09/21/2004 // Mortgage Credit News by Lou Barnes

Introducing LendersLogic B2C Web Based Mortgage Origination Solution
Boston Web Services (BWS) today announced the introduction of the LendersLogic mortgage origination solution, a web-based business to consumer home-mortgage application that provides instant online loan assessments and interfaces directly with Freddie Mac s Loan Prospector Automated Underwriting System (AUS). 09/21/2004 // Boston Web Services by Wayne Howe

National Council of Exchangors September 19, 2004
National Council of Exchangors is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the productivity of its members and to educating real estate professionals and non-real estate professionals to the benefits of real estate equity marketing or "exchanging" as it is usually called. 09/21/2004 // National Council of Exchangors by John Barta

Citigroup Must End Mandatory Arbitration
The following is a statement of Consumer and Civil Rights Groups: A broad coalition of civil rights and consumer groups calls on Citigroup to end the abusive practice of requiring borrowers to submit to mandatory arbitration to resolve complaints on home loans in order to make the "best practices" announced by Citigroup today a reality. 09/21/2004 // Center for Responsible Lending by Sharon Reuss

Customer Service/Product Development Increase Customer Satisfaction
ABN AMRO Mortgage Group's Customer Service and Product Development Initiatives Increase Customer Satisfaction 90% of Customers Would Refer ABN AMRO Mortgage to Family or Friends, Consumers Applaud OneFee(SM) and RateWatch 09/21/2004 // ABN AMRO Mortgage Group by Jennifer Cornell

GAC Unit of Fiserv Expands Into Texas Market with New Operations in Houston
Industry Veteran Steve Black Will Lead New Initiative to Serve Mortgage Bankers and Home Equity Originators 09/21/2004 // General American Corporation. by Brian Rieger

New Members Join DKI Network
Disaster Kleenup International, Inc., North America's leading network of quality, independent property damage restoration contractors, announced today that four new members recently joined the organization to strengthen DKI's national network. 09/21/2004 // Disaster Kleenup International Inc. by Stacy Walsh

InterFirst Construction Lending Center Offers 'All in One' Rehabilitation and Re
InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending, a division of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. and one of the nation's top wholesale lenders, recently began offering renovation and rehabilitation mortgage loans through its Construction Lending Center (CLC). CLC's renovation and rehabilitation loans can be used to finance additions, structural repairs and renovations. 09/21/2004 // InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending by Jenn Cornell

Farm Credit Lenders Report Solid Financial Results
The Tenth Farm Credit District, the largest rural lending network in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas, today reported record loan volume and strong net income at mid-year. 09/21/2004 // Tenth Farm Credit District by Wally Hinkle

Quentin Caruana Joins as Founding Board Member of GenNeXt P.A.C.
Dana Capital Group's Quentin Caruana Joins Community Leaders as Founding Board Member of GenNeXt P.A.C. 09/21/2004 // Dana Capital Group by Sandy Pichitpai

The Prime Financial Group, Inc. Announces 5-Star rating from LendingTree
This week The Prime Financial Group received a 5 STAR rating in all five customer satisfaction categories on the LendingTree.com network. Five stars is the highest possible rating. 09/21/2004 // The Prime Financial Group, Inc. by James S. Senich

The Washtenaw Group, Inc. Earnings Lowered By Mortgage Decline
The Washtenaw Group, Inc. , the holding company for Washtenaw Mortgage Company, recorded lower earnings for the second quarter of 2004, reflecting the industry-wide downturn in residential-mortgage activity, Charles C. Huffman, Chairman and CEO, reported today. 09/21/2004 // The Washtenaw Group, Inc by Howard Nathan

CTX Announces Senior Management Appointments
CTX Mortgage Company (CTX) today announced the promotion of Daniel B. "Danny" Deaton to the position of Executive Vice President - National Retail Production, a new position. 09/21/2004 // CTX Mortgage Company by Timothy Bartosh

MERS 2004 Events Calendar
Attention Southeast Region lenders! MERS presents the first Southeast Region Workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. 09/02/2004 // MERS by Ron Crowe