In Los Angeles, California, Kelly Media Group, introduced a mortgage lead special in which the mortgage marketing agency is matching direct mail marketing campaigns with voice broadcasting.  The minimum direct mailing is 20,000 mail pieces that do not have to be mailed all at once.  The new KMG lead generation offer is available for loan modification, debt relief and mortgage lead campaigns.

In Aliso Viejo, Calif., the Citywide Mortgage Corporation, which previously brokered Alt-A and subprime mortgages, last year became a loan modification company, USMAC. The loss mitigation company has not received a cease and desist order, but complaints on numerous consumer Web sites assert that it fails to deliver.  “I’m saving homes,” said the company’s president, Scott Gimbel, who claimed a success rate above 70%.

Chris Mozilo, nephew of Angelo R. Mozilo, the former chief executive of Countrywide Financial a name synonymous with the subprime disaster — recently started a new business, eModifyMyLoan. The loan modification software company enables homeowners to apply for a loan modification online.  Chris Mozilo worked at Countrywide for 16 years. “I’m very proud of my career in mortgage lending,” he said. “We helped millions of people achieve the goal of homeownership.”