Brad Finkelstein

Editor

Brad Finkelstein is the managing editor of Origination News and associate editor of National Mortgage News. Among his areas of coverage are wholesale lending, consumer marketing, reverse mortgages, appraisals, mortgage insurance and title insurance. Finkelstein has been with NMN since May 1990. Prior to that he was the associate editor of the Airport Press in Jamaica, N.Y., and a reporter for This Week Publications on Long Island. He is a past president of the New York Financial Writers Association.

Robbins Gets New Venture Off Ground
May 16, 2012 John Robbins has created mortgage production platforms from scratch before, but his latest venture was in at least one way a...

Commercial REIT Exploring ‘Strategic Alternatives’
May 16, 2012 Capital Trust, a real estate investment trust that invests in commercial real estate loans and securities, said it is...

Quicken Loans Add Staff in Charlotte
May 16, 2012 Quicken Loans Mortgage Services is planning to hire more than 75 people by the end of the year.

Refinancing Applications Spike by 13%
May 16, 2012 A 13% increase in refinance applications led to a 9.2% seasonally adjusted increase in overall application volume for the week...

Robbins Gets His Latest Mortgage Venture Off the Ground
May 14, 2012 John Robbins has created mortgage production platforms from scratch before, most notably with American Residential Mortgage...

Making the Sale: Study Claims Social Media Not as Effective as More Traditional Methods
May 14, 2012 How effective is social media as a sales tool? According to a pair of researchers at Behavioral Sciences Research Press, the...

New Chase CIO After Big Trading Loss
May 14, 2012 Matt Zames, the head of capital markets for JPMorgan Chase's mortgage banking division, has been named the new chief...

Freddie: Fixed-Rate Mortgages Still the Goal
May 14, 2012 For almost 95% of mortgage borrowers who refinanced in the first quarter, staying in or moving to a fixed-rate product was the...

DeMaio Joins United Guaranty as COO
May 11, 2012 Donna DeMaio has joined United Guaranty Corp. as its chief operating officer, and in her new role will oversee the mortgage...

High Net Worth Clients, Purchase Environment Drive Magee to No. 2
May 11, 2012 Having high net worth clients, a referral-based business model and low interest rates helped Eric Magee's production in 2011.