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by Sue Allon

Investor Money Goes Down the Rabbit Hole with Foreclosure Freezes » Thursday, October 7, 2020
In last two weeks, three of the nation’s largest mortgage loan servicers called an emergency halt to foreclosures because employees in their servicing shops were submitting foreclosures to the courts without reading the foreclosure documents, and without properly notarized signatures attesting that the documents have been read.
Business, Government programs, Loan modification
After the Ashram » Thursday, September 30, 2020
Diana and I have successfully made our re-entry from the Ashram. We are both thinner, fitter, full of energy and practically vegan.
Internal, Leadership, Management
Ashram Boot Camp » Monday, September 13, 2020
Below is a recent photo of Diana Mead, our president, taken in her office halfway through a fairly normal day at the Hill....
Internal, Leadership, Management
Lessons From The Headmaster » Wednesday, September 1, 2020
You don’t only find management teachings in the predictable places.  The Head of my daughter’s school is a great leader, and she’s already taught me something about management this year.  She doesn’t come across as a manager, she comes across as a teacher.  But I’m not fooled.  Ronni McCaffrey has a thing or two that she could teach about managing a company. 
Business, Leadership, Management
My Changing View on Mortgage Fraud » Friday, August 27, 2020
Since the start of the mortgage crisis, I’ve maintained my position that everyone who participated in the market was in some way guilty of bringing it down.  Originators made fraudulent loans; investors bought pools they knew were too risky; diligence firms didn’t disclose what they knew; rating agencies didn’t understand the collateral; issuers were willing to securitize anything; and...
Credit risk management, Loan modification, Reinventing mortgage due diligence
We Love This Place » Wednesday, August 25, 2020
Allonhill is five times bigger today than it was a year ago.  Nearly all of that growth has taken place since January 1.  Believe me; we know what it means to experience growing pains.  Most of those experiences are what you would expect: lots of people working late into the night, people wearing multiple hats, everyone coming together to proof our results before we send them off...
Business, Internal, Reinventing mortgage due diligence