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  Optimism on Mortgages Competes With Caution

  By David Morrison  |  October 1, 2012

  LAS VEGAS — Credit union executives attending the annual meeting of the American Credit Union Mortgage Association received a mixture of optimism from credit union CEOs about the future of credit union housing finance and caution from a leading economist about the overall economy and the housing market.

• CEOs Bullish On Housing Finance: Onsite Coverage

  By David Morrison  |  September 25, 2012

  LAS VEGAS — CEO panel tells ACUMA attendees that credit unions have broken through on mortgage lending.

• Letter: Mortgage Growth Timing Is Now

  By Tina Powers  |  September 17, 2012

  Kudos to Callahan & Associates for acknowledging credit unions’ first-quarter record 8% U.S. mortgage market share and challenging the industry to increase that share even more, as outlined in the page 3 article in the Aug. 15 issue, “Leaders Call for a Push For More CU Market Share.”

• Executives Working to Boost Credit Union Housing Finance Share

  By David Morrison  |  August 8, 2012

  Callahan challenges industry to grow already-record 8% share to 20% by 2020; CUSO Mortgage Liquidity Solutions working on how.

• Consulting Firm Urges Seizing the Day on Housing Finance

  By David Morrison  |  July 24, 2012

  Callahan & Associates is urging credit unions to push forward with housing finance programs and aim to write 20% of the nation's mortgage loans.

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  Mortgage Software Aims to Knock Down Housing Obstacle

  By David Morrison  |  July 2, 2012

  Keeping track of all the different financial transactions that accompany an average mortgage loan application is likely one of the significant barriers keeping more credit unions from growing their housing finance programs.

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  CUs Continued to Work the Suffering Housing Market

  By David Morrison  |  December 18, 2011

  Credit unions worked hard in 2011 to continue to build their housing finance programs even as the overall housing industry continued to struggle with low home prices, high foreclosure rates and significantly tighter mortgage underwriting rules.