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by Sue Allon

Hyper Growth at the Hill » Saturday, December 18, 2020
Up until last Thursday, when we’ve wanted to get together as a company for a meeting or for training, we’ve had to use makeshift space in our offices.  Our offices were opportunistically leased from a company that had too much space in the bad market of 2009.  We took it furnished and finished, and it was much nicer than we probably would have been willing to spend money on. ...
Business, Internal, Reinventing mortgage due diligence
Allonhill Academy » Saturday, December 18, 2020
About six weeks ago, I ran into Colorado State Senator Chris Romer at a charity function.  He asked me how things were going, and I did what I do best: I left off the sugar-coating and told him how I really felt.Allonhill is busy putting together teams of analysts to review loans in mortgage securitizations.  Although there hasn’t been a lot of volume in the market, the big banks, hedge...
Business, Internal, Reinventing mortgage due diligence
Allonhill no hired gun for repurchase work » Friday, December 3, 2020
Ever since Ruth Simon’s piece on the “cottage industry” of due diligence providers going after repurchase work ran in The Wall Street Journal, I’ve gotten a lot of phone calls and e-mails from people hopeful that Allonhill wants a piece of the repurchase frenzy.I disappoint them.
Business, Loan Repurchases
Halloween » Monday, November 15, 2020
I came into the office today thinking I need to write something about the Halloween party we had on October 29.  I ended up spending an hour looking at photos from that party and simply not being able to contain my happiness. This year, Allonhill invoked a tradition that came from the Murrayhill Company.  We had a very big, grand, over-the-top costume contest. 
Internal, Leadership
The Big Chill » Monday, November 8, 2020
Allonhill is fairly chaotic most days.  We need to meet together quite a lot, and we have clients in to do site visits, others in to do compliance tests, and others visiting us or vice versa to talk about partnering together.  We’re hiring at an incredible rate.  I think we have 13 jobs posted right now, but we need dozens of analysts by year-end with qualifications that cover the...
Business, Internal, Leadership
RMBS Fallout: Were Investors Duped? » Friday, October 15, 2020
One positive outcome from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission so far is the increased attention to the mortgage due diligence process for residential mortgage-backed securities.
Reinventing mortgage due diligence, Secondary market, Securitization