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• Drought in Professionals Will Not End Soon

  By David Morrison  |  May 1, 2013

  Credit unions facing a lack of available and affordable mortgage loan professionals should not look for the staffing challenge to ease anytime soon, according to housing finance executives and consultants.

• Credit Unions Should Look Outside the Box for Housing Finance Talent, Exec Says

  By David Morrison  |  April 17, 2013

  Real estate, underwriting and loan processors all can make the move into loan origination, PFS Funding founder Joseph Parsons says.

• Prudential PenFed Realty Expands in Maryland

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 27, 2013

  Credit union's real estate arm opens new office in Columbia, Md.

• TDECU Touts Record Year in Housing Finance

  By David Morrison  |  March 22, 2013

  Texas credit union says mortgage loans tripled from 2011 to 2012.

• New SECU Property Management Firm Aims To Keep Members in Homes

  By David Morrison  |  February 28, 2013

  North Carolina credit union launches service that also will work with real estate professionals and contractors to sell or remodel and rent homes.

• SECU Launches Firm to Manage Foreclosed Properties

  By David Morrison  |  February 27, 2013

  The second-largest credit union in the nation has opened a firm to help it manage real estate on its books in the wake of the Great Recession.

• Mortgage Market Share Grows for Credit Unions

  By David Morrison  |  May 29, 2012

  For the first time ever, credit unions have originated more than 8% of U.S. mortgages originated in any given three month period, according to an analyst with Callahan and Associates.

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  Thousands of Realtors Visit CU Booth at Convention

  By David Morrison  |  November 14, 2011

  Almost 1,200 of the 19,000 real estate professionals attending the National Association of Realtors conference visited the America's Credit Unions booth.

• ACUMA to Fly CU Flag For Realtors Again This Year

  By David Morrison  |  November 8, 2011

  American Credit Union Mortgage Association and several credit unions to represent in Anaheim later this week.

• Defining Promises Key to Mortgage Brand Building

  By David Morrison  |  October 17, 2011

  The key to building and developing a strong housing finance program may be for credit unions to define what it is that they are promising through their efforts and then making sure that commitment flows through the entire organization.