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Brian Honea's writing and editing career spans nearly two decades across many forms of media. He served as sports editor for two suburban newspaper chains in the DFW area and has freelanced for such publications as the Yahoo! Contributor Network, Dallas Home Improvement magazine, and the Dallas Morning News. He has written four non-fiction sports books, the latest of which, The Life of Coach Chuck Curtis, was published by the TCU Press in December 2014. A lifelong Texan, Brian received his master's degree from Amberton University in Garland.

GSE Reform Not Expected In the Near Term

The Kroll Bond Rating Agency recently released a study saying it does not believe there will not be any GSE reform for the housing finance market until at least 2016 and that lenders and investors should operate as if they do not expect such reform to happen for many years.

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Massachusetts Court Affirms MERS Ability to Assign Title

Massachusetts became the latest state to award victory to MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., in a series of lawsuits challenging MERS' authority to assign titles. MERS announced on August 12 that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Superior Court issued a ruling in Gardner v. Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., that MERS could act as the mortgagee even though it is not the holder of the note

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Florida Based Services Firm Reports Q2 Net Loss

Walter Investment Management Corp., a Tampa, Florida-based services business that offers solutions to owners of subprime and other asset-light mortgage platforms, announced in its quarterly financial report released on August 11 that the company experienced a GAAP net loss of $12.9 million for Q2 2014.

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Florida Focus: Negative Equity Rate in Tampa Bay is Problematic

While the national negative equity rate continues to fall (down to 18.8 percent, according to the Zillow Q1 2014 Negative Equity Report), many neighborhoods in the Tampa Bay area of Florida are well above that rate. Some areas in Tampa Bay even fall within the highest rates in the country.

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Axios Offers New Appraisal Option to Clients

Axios Valuation Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of eMortgage Logic and is based in Fort Worth, Texas, is increasing its standing in the mortgage banking and capital markets industries with its Desktop Appraisal, released earlier this year.

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