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Article: GreenPoint's nonconforming Niche. (Cover Report: Secondary Market).(GreenPoint Mortgage Corp.)(Cover Story)
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- Mortgage Banking
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- April 1, 2002
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Novato, California-based GreenPoint Mortgage did a whopping $26 billion worth of lending last year. That is a huge amount for a nonconforming player, and the mortgage company's executives say that is just the beginning.
THE REFINANCING MARKET HAD BEEN GOOD TO NOVATO, CALIFORNIA-BASED GreenPoint Mortgage. So good that, when the market showed signs of decline, President and Chief Executive Officer S.A. Ibrahim and two of his colleagues sat down to eat at a Chinese restaurant and started brainstorming new products.
In minutes, they had the outline of a new business scribbled onto a paper napkin: GreenPoint Express. Based on electronic loan deliveries, it ...