And finally [week of February 8, 2009] The PMI Group of San Francisco announce it won’t insure mortgages originated by mortgage brokers!

If that’s not punative…I don’t know what is. This could be the last straw for mortgage brokers. How is a mortgage broker supposed to make a living only doing loans that don’t require mortgage insurance?

via Mortgage Brokers Get The Final Dagger In The Heart.

There are several other good articles here about the fact that mortgage brokers as an industry are getting cut out