Select Print Feature, originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of DS News Magazine. Barney Frank served as a U.S. Congressman, representing the fourth district of Massachusetts, from 1981 to 2012 and occupied the chairman’s seat of the House Financial Services ...
Read More »Butterfly Effect
Special Print Feature, originally appeared in the May 2013 issue of DS News Magazine. By Jerry Alt The days of winging it are long gone for our universe of distressed assets and loss recovery—the result of a chain reaction that inexorably ...
Read More »The Home Stretch
Special Print Feature, originally appeared in the May 2013 issue of DS News Magazine. By John Alkire With the housing crisis winding down, servicers are warming up for what could be a whole new ballgame in mortgage servicing. I played a fair ...
Read More »Judicious Property Manager Needed
Amid budget cuts and promises to eliminate waste, the government is bleeding billions to maintain and secure vacant, underutilized federally owned properties. Special Print Feature, originally appeared in the April 2013 issue of DS News Magazine.
Read More »Zombie Land
Special Print Feature, originally appeared in the May 2013 issue of DS News Magazine. By Georgie Palafox Vacant foreclosures pose risks and challenges to investors, servicers, and their partners in the field and can have devastating effects on local communities. ...
Read More »Comparing Valuation Measures
Special Print Feature, originally appeared in the August 2013 issue of DS News Magazine. By Steve Albert, Ernie Durbin, and Tami Rund Without question, accurate valuation data is critical to your business, but how do you determine which method to use for ...
Read More »Cost of Compliance: Consolidation
The default servicing space is narrowing under new legislated regulations. “The bottom line is that doing the necessary work of protecting our financial system and its customers comes with a cost.” Those words were spoken by Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth ...
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