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3 months ago

in Catch up with @MrTweet at SXSW! on Mr Tweet Blog
Shoot! Just saw your comment now! (I blame the bad internet in Austin!)
If you're interested in hearing more about SmartHippo anyway, feel free to give me a ring at 415-839-9211 anytime!

4 months ago

in Catch up with @MrTweet at SXSW! on Mr Tweet Blog
Would love to meet the MrTweet team, I'm a big fan!
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mingyeow Hi Kelly, smarthippo sounds really cool! Lets catch up? Do you mind giving
me a ring on saturday? I am at 650 283 6558 - what is yours?
M

4 months ago

in http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/demo-home-account-recommends-mortagages-without-sales-motivation/ on VentureBeat
SmartHippo is a consumer-centric mortgage comparison site that's been around since Sept. 2007. We allow consumers to anonymously search rates and write reviews about lenders. Lenders can join and post rates free, but may have to deal with the scrutiny of the community.

Home-Account.com is an interesting idea, but it is not the first or only mortgage site with the consumer's best interest in mind. This is a good thing however, it's about time the financial industry adapted to the changes happening online.

4 months ago

in HomeAccount.com: Make Sense to Your Mortgage Process on Ubergizmo
This is a great idea, and certainly needed, but they are not the first web site to help consumers find the best mortgage. SmartHippo.com has been around since late 2007 and we help consumers find the best mortgage by allowing anyone to post rates and reviews anonymously in an effort to keep mortgage lenders a little more honest.

Different concepts and different products--the more people out there looking out for consumers (when it comes to mortgages), the better!!

Kelly Rusk
Community Manager
SmartHippo.com
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TC I agree with Kelly. It time for a new ball-game for the mortgage industry. Home-Account's technology and SmartHippo's blind rating systems appear to be a good start!

8 months ago

in Mortgage Marketing - 11 things you can do right now… on Lenderama.com
Hi Chad,

Great list! I want to add one more--which is a little self-promotional--but a good fit anyway.

SmartHippo.com is a community-driven mortgage comparison site where lenders can post rates for free and connect directly with targeted prospects.

As well I am looking for some loan officers to profile on our blog (http://blog.smarthippo.com) If anyone is interested, please contact me at kelly(at)smarthippo.com

Thanks & keep up the good work!

Kelly Rusk
Community Manager
SmartHippo.com

8 months ago

in Regulation or manipulation of the mortgage market - where’s the line? on Blown Mortgage
Instead of regulation or government control, I would like to see borrowers step up and influence change in the way the banks do business. Look at the travel industry--it has been revolutionized by the internet and now people are traveling cheaper and more efficiently than ever before. There is still a place for travel agents, but generally the bad ones have been pushed away while the good ones excel at what they do.

if the same thing were to happen for the mortgage industry, chances are we would not be finding ourselves in this mess every few years. (or at least what seems like). Mortgages are complicated business and expertise is certainly required but that doesn't mean some fundamental changes in the way consumers approach the mortgage process can't happen.

9 months ago

in oh no they di’int on brip blap
What affect will it have now that the bailout bill has passed?


Though obviously your tips are helpful in any situation!
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Steve @ bripblap Kelly, I think we'll see little change in the short term. Psychologically it's going to help the large corporations, and it may ease the credit market a bit. For the rest of us? I don't think we'll see much change until a few years from now when that $700 billion's been spent and the next financial crisis hits us. That money isn't just created from thin air - it represents loans from China, additional interest on the national debt and another groaning strain on the fiscal soundness of the US.

But I do expect in the short term it will help the market - more from warm-n-fuzzies than anything - and it will help calm foreign markets too. But we'll see - when Hank Paulson has to go to his buddies at Morgan or Citi or wherever and negotiate fair prices for worthless securities without any real oversight, we'll see how our money gets spent, won't we?
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