For our Clients, Colleagues, and Friends, All of you know a lot about mortgages, but not too many of you know much about mortgage REITs. These are publicly traded companies that own pools of mortgages or mortgage-backed securities. Throw in some leverage and you get eye-popping dividend yields. But there are reasons to be cautious about this, so give us a call if you want to discuss. Last week I mentioned some of my assistants. One of the most interesting assistants was Chloe. She was a Film...

For our Clients, Colleagues, and Friends, A majority of our clients use Encompass as their loan origination system, a big majority of...

For our Clients, Colleagues, and Friends, This table isn’t all that revealing, but it shows the percentage of residential loans going...