North Carolina headquartered private mortgage insurance company Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (“Arch MI”) has announced the completion of a new integration with Cloudvirga, developer of mortgage point-of-sale (POS) ...
Read More »Home Prices: What Goes Up Isn’t Coming Down Soon
If current analyses are any indication, home prices in the land of Uncle Sam aren’t heading south anytime soon, this according to the Winter 2018 edition of The ...
Read More »Arch MI Announces Updated Integration with ByteSoftware
Arch Mortgage Insurance (ArchMI), a provider of private mortgage insurance (MI) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced the completion of an updated integration ...
Read More »Home Prices Surge in Energy-Producing States
Risk proved to be the most concentrated in states where energy is produced, according to new data from Arch Mi’s quarterly report. See which ones have the highest risk.
Read More »Arch MI, OpenClose Offer Individualized MI Rates in Seconds
Arch Mortgage Insurance Company and OpenClose announce Monday an integration aimed at providing “more competitive, sophisticated and dynamic MI pricing solution than conventional rate sheets,” according to Chris Hovey EVP and COO at Arch MI. Arch MI, the flagship private mortgage insurance provider of Greensboro, North Carolina-based Arch Capital Group, and West Palm Beach, Florida-based OpenClose, are collaborating to offer Arch MI RateStar pricing information within the OpenClose LenderAssist loan origination system.
Read More »Energy States Most Likely to See Price Drops
The likelihood that home prices will decline is itself declining overall. But not in some places.
Read More »Diverse Industry Key to Home Price Stabilization in Oil-Producing Metros
HVF research on the impact of lower oil prices on home values found that in areas where the industries are diversified beyond oil and gas, home prices have remained stable. Authors of this research analyzed Houston’s home prices versus crude oil prices over the last forty years and found with the exception of the 1980s, Houston home prices have been steadily increasing due to diversity in the region.
Read More »Arch MI Risk Index Economist Ralph DeFranco to Host Two Sessions This Week
Defranco will leads two special sessions on Wednesday and Friday to share the latest data, trends and predictions on what's mortgage lenders can expect as we move further into the 2015 spring home buying season.
Read More »Risk Index Forecasts Low Odds of Price Declines in Coming Years
Looking at economic and housing market indicators in the second quarter, Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) says the odds of a decline in home prices in the next two years on the national level are 13 percent, down from 15 percent in the company's summer estimate.
Read More »Arch MI Announces Integration with Ellie Mae’s Encompass
Private mortgage insurance provider Arch Mortgage Insurance Company is partnering with Ellie Mae to offer lenders a more streamlined mortgage insurance ordering process, the companies announced.
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