Special Audio/Video Index Account
The Subprime Crisis
The financial press, including the mortgage industry press, is awash in stories about subprime lending, delinquencies, foreclosures, bankruptcies, and the wake of devastation that the turmoil in the subprime market is leaving behind. Here, we introduce the issues and follow the latest news on the issue.
Audio Report

In this first report, Rob Hain sets out the issues as they stand in mid-March 2007. The background is given, along with discussions about the capital markets, the housing market, and recent lending practices. Special guests include Rob Pommier from Lender e-Source and Blaise Dietz from Creative Mortgage Lending.

Special Guests:

Rob Pommier, SVP
Lender e-Source
Vista, CA

Blaise Dietz, co-CEO
Creative Mortgage Lending
Southfield, MI

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    Direct links to articles in the audio report:

  • Delinquencies and Foreclosures Increase in Latest MBA National Delinquency Survey - Mortgage Bankers Association
  • Accredited, New Century Lead Slide in Mortgage Shares - Bloomberg
  • Fed's Bernanke says watching subprime mortgage mkt - Reuters
  • A primer on subprime mortgage meltdown - BusinessWeek
  • Official: Loan Problem Is Manageable - Forbes
  • Subprime mortgage woes may be spreading - MarketWatch

    Other Helpful Resources:

  • New! FREE Subprime Survival Kit - LoanToolbox
  • Anatomy of a Subprime Mortgage Default - The Agonist
  • Countrywide may feel subprime earnings drag - CNNMoney.com
  • The Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter - Aaron Krowne
  • Recent trouble in mortgage market fits a surprisingly consistent historical pattern - PHXnews.com
  • National Mortgage News
  • Mortgage Servicing News

    Other audio and video:

  • CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on the Mortgage Bankers Meeting - CNBC
  • Michael Vogelzang Sees `Contagion' Risk From Subprime Market - Bloomberg Audio/Video Reports
  • Harte of Sandler Says Housing Fears Hurt Shares of Lehman, Bear - Bloomberg Audio/Video Reports