MORTGAGE RELATED ASSOCIATIONS
|
| |
A. American Bankers Assn. |
Current events and other info. |
|
B. America's Community Bankers |
America's community bankers home page |
|
C. American Land Title Assn. |
Title company association home page |
|
D. Appraisal Institute |
Apprasial organization with member
info. |
|
E.Bond Market Assn. |
Bond Market Assn. represents
securities firms and banks that underwrite, trade and sell debt securities. |
|
F. Independent Comm. Bankers |
Independent community bankers home
page. |
|
G.Int'l Assn. of Assessing Officers |
Appraisal organization with member
info. |
|
H.Mortgage Electronic Registration |
Provides for the electronic
registration and tracking of mortgage ownership rights. |
|
I. Nat.Assn. of Home Builders |
National assn of home builders home
page. |
|
J.Nat. Assn of Mortgage Brokers |
National assn. of mortgage brokers
home page. |
|
K. Nat. Assn of Realtors |
National assn. of realtors home page. |
|
L. Nat Assn of Real Estate Inv.Trusts |
National assn. of real estate
investment trusts home page. |
|
M.Nat. Reverse Mortgage Lenders |
NRMLA promotes awareness of the
reverse mortgage product an d keeps member informed of legislative, regulative and market
developments. |
|
N.Urban Land Institute |
Commercial real estate info. |
FEDERAL AGENCIES
|
| |
A. Burear of Economic Analysis |
Economic statistics that provide up to
date picture of economic activity. |
|
B. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Principal fact finding Federal agency
in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. |
|
C. Census Bureau |
Collector and distritutes about the
people and economy of the U.S. |
|
D. Comptroller of the Currency |
Info about recent legislation,
regulations and publications. |
|
E. Construction
Statistics |
|
|
F. Dept. of Agriculture |
Info about various programs to aid in
the development of rural America. rural housing programs are divided into 3 categories:
Community Facilities (CF), Single Family Housing (SFH) and Multi-Family Housing (MFH). |
|
F-1. Rural Housing
Service |
|
|
G. Dept of Housing & Urban Dev. |
Info on HUD policies and links to HUD
lenders. |
|
G-1. Consumer Info |
|
|
G-2. Homes |
|
|
G-3. HUD
Clips |
|
|
G-4. FHA Lenders |
|
|
G-5 FHA Multi Family |
|
|
G-6 FHA Single Family |
|
|
G-7 RESPA |
|
|
H.Dept. of the Treasury |
Info about recent legislation and
publications |
|
I. Fed Deposit Insurance Corp. |
Banking news, public info, laws and
regulations, bank data and sonsumer news. |
|
J. Fed. Emergency Mang. Agency |
Comprehensive risk based emergency
management programs and assistance. |
|
K. Fed.Financial Inst.Exam Council |
Info about recent legislation and
publications. |
|
K-1. Community Reinvestment Act |
|
|
K-2. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act |
|
|
L.Fed. Housing Admin. |
Provides info about federally insured
mortgages. |
|
M. Fed. Reserve Board |
|
|
M-1. Fed Reserve
District Banks |
|
|
M-2. Fed Reserve System |
|
|
N. Ginnie Mae |
Provides info about federally insured
or guaranteed mortgage-backed securities |
|
O. Govt. Printing Office |
GPO provides free electronic access to
a waelth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. |
|
O-1. Federal
Register |
|
|
P. Office of Thrift Supervision |
Info about recent legislation and
publications. |
|
Q, Securities & Exchange Comm. |
|
|
R. Veterans Admn. |
Provides info about VA-guaranteed
mortgages. |
HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE
|
|
A. 2001 Beyond |
Info about school districts. |
|
B. MBA Consumer Info |
Consumer info on budgeting, escrow,
where to refinance and more. |
|
C. Fannie Mae |
Homebuying and refinance advice for
the new and experienced homebuyer. |
|
D. iOwn / HomeScout |
|
|
E. Mortgage Rate Watch |
|
|
F. Quicken Mortgage |
Homebuyer advice, lenders, online
application and more. |
|
G. Yahoo Real Estate Center |
Packed with info about buying and
selling a home. |
STATE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION WEBSITES
|
|
|
MORTGAGE BANKING NEWS SOURCES
|
| |
A. AllRegs |
Fee-based service for tracking
government primary and secondary mortgage regulations. |
|
B. Bank Rate Monitor |
Compare interest rates online. |
|
C. HSH Associates |
Financial reporting service. Lender
showcase by geographic region. |
|
D. Individual News |
Personalized daily news briefings |
|
E. Inman Real Estate News |
Daily real estate news. |
|
F. Inside Mortgage Finance |
Fee-based mortgage and housing market
newsletter. |
|
G.IRED News |
Includes over 5,000 links to other
real estate sites. |
|
H. Mortgage Mag. |
Listings of mortgage lenders, events,
advisors, software and more. |
|
I. Mortgage Market Info Services |
National lender database and home
finance editorials. |
|
J. Mortgage Originator |
Online magazine for mortgage lenders
and brokers. |
|
K. National Financial News Service |
Interest rate surveys and more. |
|
L. National Mortgage News |
Mortgage industry news, rates for
residential and commercial mortgages, etc. |
|
M. Rebuz, Inc |
Helps find real estate information
fast using a large directory and search engine. |
|
N.Wall Street Journal |
Up to the minute business and
financial news. |
CONGRESSIONAL LINKS
|
| |
A. U.S. Senate |
|
|
A-1. Senate Committee on Housing |
|
|
B. U.S. House of Representatives |
|
|
B-1. House Committee on Banking |
|
|
B-2. Capital Markets |
|
|
B-3. Consumer Credit |
|
|
B-4. General Oversight |
|
|
C. Democratic Campaign Committee |
|
|
D. National Republican Committee |
|
|
E. Thomas-Legislative Info |
Legislative information on the web,
this Library of Congress site provides information on legislation including text of bills
and bill summaries. You can also find the Congressional record and up to date Committee
information on this page. |
|
F. Roll Call |
Roll Call is regarded as one of the
leading sources for Congressional news and information. The web edition carries the
leading stories from the newspapers along with editorials, election news commentary,
cartoons and classifieds. |
|
G. congress.org |
This site has directories for the
Legislative and the Executive branches of government. It also has legislative scorecards
by various groups so that you can see how your member is rated. |
|
H. C-span |
C-Span's web site. Here you can watch
C-Span on line. C-Span also has up to date Congressional schedules and other useful
information.
|