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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.

DS News Webcast: Wednesday 3/16/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered a public address on Tuesday on the committee’s plan to offer what he terms a bold and better alternative to the Dodd-Frank Act. Hensarling said the controversial Wall Street reform ...

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DS News Webcast: Monday 3/14/2016

The year 2012 also marked the beginning of a four-year period in which the GSEs’ expenses increased by a combined 1 point 1 billion dollars. A white paper released this week by the Office of Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, ...

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DS News Webcast: Friday 3/10/2016

U.S. Senator David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana, is calling out the Federal Reserve for what he perceives as a lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the central bank upon learning that Fed governor Lael Brainard made donations to ...

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DS News Webcast: Thursday 3/10/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

When an HOA forecloses on a property for unpaid association fees, the servicer faces significant risk of increased loss and even of losing its investor’s stake in the property.. The report found that there are 350 thousand HOAs in the ...

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DS News Webcast: Wednesday 3/9/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

The homeownership rate fell to nearly a five-decade low in the second quarter of 2015, pushing the single-family rental market in America to new heights. The greater demand for single-family rental housing has resulted in an increase in the price of ...

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DS News Webcast: Tuesday 3/8/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Most of the news regarding housing fundamentals has been positive in the last two years or so. But mortgage delinquencies rose month-over-month in January for the first time since the housing recovery began, according to data reported by Black Knight Financial Services on Monday. ...

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