Jeff Corbett's (thexbroker) Blog

Ive had some heated (and circular) conversations with many in the mortgage industry regarding how unregulated the industry actually is, how it would be near impossible for legislation to clean up the mess. The Mortgage Industry needs something more than new Statements and Policies from regulatory...

There was an explosion of mortgage products on the scene from 2000 to 2005, going from hundreds to tens-of-thousands. ANYONE could get a loan, even dead people. On 3/10/2007 it should be no secret that the mortgage world is on the verge of an epic correction. Fraud permeates the industry from th...

There have been a few posts floating around about the end of the traditional MLS…not a MLS, but the MLS. The ‘Give us your data and we’ll charge you for it and tell you how you can(t) use it’ MLS. Trulia, Google, Realogy, Zillow, etc all to one extent or another are fostering this shift away fro...

A recent post over on the Inman blog, a question stoked some embers in my head: If the DOJ wins and NAR is forced to retract policies, what is the likely chain of events to follow? Who wins and who loses? Gregg Swan of BloodHound fame says: If the DOJ tries to play pirate with the current system...

Since Ive posted anything on the AR network...a little bit of a sabbatical I guess...Things have been uber-busy and I always get such great feedback from the community, I didn't want to 'short' the comment threads...SO..Im going to place my last 3 posts from my home blog here... Hope everyone has...