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Study Group: Title Insurance Experts: Mortgage Professionals

Council Members in this Study Group: 27

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Brian Hershkowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Maximum Value GroupBrian Hershkowitz

Chief Executive Officer
Maximum Value Group
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Brian F. Hershkowitz is Chief Executive Officer of Maximum Value Group, a consulting firm focused on providing advice to private equity and other market participants in the area of banking and mortgages. Prior to starting his own practice in Dec 2006,...

Joseph Smith

President & CEO
Default Mitigation Management
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Joseph Smith is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Default Mitigation Management (DMM), an industry leader in mortgage workouts. DMM works with both borrower and the lender to resolve defaulted loans. The firm has worked or is working with the...

Gregory Samp, Principal, Maximum Value GroupGregory Samp

Principal
Maximum Value Group
What is a GLG Scholar?|GLG Scholar denotes Council Members with a CouncilRank(SM) in the top 20%.

Gregory Samp retired from Lender Processing Services (LPS/FIS)and is currently serving as a Principal with a consulting firm, Maximum Value Group. He has spent thirty years overseeing virtually every Mortgage Banking operational function including loan...

GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)

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Will only owrk if they do something with the mortgages!

December 12, 2008

RBS Promises Borrowers Six-Month Respite Before Foreclosing on Mortgages | www.bloomberg.com

1. Only works if the loans are re-performed. 2. Can be a rat in the snake waiting to pass. 3. Can make the situation worse with failure to reperform 4. There are good and bad modifications

Blame the models and Risk Based Pricing

September 30, 2008

Why Risk Models Failed to Spot the Credit Crisis by Adam Davidson | www.npr.org

Models only cover certain variables and the crisis involved much more than mortgage pricing and a few macroeconomic issues. Risked based pricing as used in the mortgage industry had an underlying flaw that caused the models to fail. Greed played the other part.

What to expect from the bailout.

September 12, 2008

U.S. bails out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, ousts CEOs | www.bizjournals.com

1. Shows how truly bad the mortgage industry has gotten and how scared the feds are of where we are going. 2. If the major source of liquidity can not survive, who will? 3. What should be the outcome.

UBS Pain far from Over

May 28, 2008

UBS Falls After Saying More Mortgage Losses Possible | www.bloomberg.com

The news is not good for UBS. The amount of mortgage holdings in US and Non-US declining markets will lead to further losses. 1. $45 B of additional US Mortgage Holdings. 2. An undisclosed amount of non-US mortgage holdings. 3. A UK and Eurpoean mortgage market that is going down as well. 4. The slump in home prices is not over and is impacting performing mortgages. 

The Real Write Downs - Whats in a number

May 27, 2008

Banks Keep $35 Billion Markdown Off Income Statements | www.bloomberg.com

The article is right on target in pointing out the various issues around bank reporting their losses todate. 1. Allowable accounting standards. 2. Permanent versus Temporary Losses 3. Capital Requirments The article goes on to highlight the various issues around soveriegn wealth funds, capital levels and loan leverage. The article ends with a list of "hidden losses" by various financial institutions. The interesting part of the article is the acknowledgement of an additional $35 B to be taken by the banks. The bigger issue is the losses to be taken by the investors.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Residential Mortgage Origination
  • Full Service Residential Mortgage
  • Consulting Firm
  • Operative Builder/Developer
  • Insurance Company
  • Brokerage/Agency
  • Software & Services
  • Independent Consulting Firm
  • Commercial Mortgage Origination

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Director
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Loan Officer
  • Principal
  • Sales and Marketing Director
  • IT Manager
  • Director of Sales
  • Consultant
  • Loan Processor
  • Associate
  • Operations Executive

GLG Live Meetings with this Study Group's Leading Experts (?)

April 28, 2009 | Boston

GLG Seminar: (BOS) Current State of Residential Mortgage Market

April 23, 2009 | New York

GLG Seminar: (NYC) Current State of Residential Mortgage Market

September 11, 2008 | New York

GLG Panel: (NYC) US Homebuilding and Lending

GLG Webcasts & Teleconferences

Leading Experts in Title Insurance Experts: Mortgage Professionals have not participated in any GLG webcasts.

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