7-9-12 MIKE FRATANTONI - "Major Issues Facing Lenders today"

Our guest today is Michael Fratantoni, VP of the MBA. Michael has a PhD in economics and is responsible for industry surveys, economic and mortgage origination forecasts for the MBA as well as industry technology efforts.  On today's broadcast we will be discussing the major issues facing lenders today.   Below is just a few of the topics will be discussing on today's broadcast:  The ever changing regulatory environment  Ongoing repurchase demands  Tighter underwriting standards including conservative property valuations  risk management as both an art and a science  he will be explaining how executives   managed to balance controlling risk while growing production. Also, we will be giving information about the upcoming conference on risk management and quality assurance that will be happening September 9th -11th in Dallas Texas.  You can learn more by going to the conference website: http://www.mortgagebankers.org/rmqa12.htm Our guest today is Michael Fratantoni, VP of the MBA. Michael has a PhD in economics and is responsible for industry surveys, economic and mortgage origination forecasts for the MBA as well as industry technology efforts.  On today's broadcast we will be discussing the major issues facing lenders today.   Below is just a few of the topics will be discussing on today's broadcast:  The ever changing regulatory environment  Ongoing repurchase demands  Tighter underwriting standards including conservative property valuations  risk management as both an art and a science  he will be explaining how executives   managed to balance controlling risk while growing production. Also, we will be giving information about the upcoming conference on risk management and quality assurance that will be happening September 9th -11th in Dallas Texas.  You can learn more by going to the conference website: http://www.mortgagebankers.org/rmqa12.htm