The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 1,200 points on Monday, after having dropped 1,500 points earlier in the day. This came on the heels of a 666-point ...
Read More »First American Acquires Bank of America’s Lien Release Business
First American Financial Corporation, a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of ...
Read More »USRES Integrates with LendingQB to Enhance Mortgage Industry Presence
US Real Estate Services, Inc. (USRES), a provider of REO Asset Management, Default Ancillary Services, and Valuation Solutions nationwide announced it is now integrated to LendingQB’s cloud-based loan origination solution ...
Read More »CoreLogic to Redistribute GSE Credit Risk Transfer Data
CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions provider, announced it is redistributing credit risk transfer (CRT) loan-level data from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The ...
Read More »What Do Potential GSE Changes Mean for FICO?
The Federal Housing Finance Agency recently released a Request for Input seeking feedback about the possibility of changing the credit scores the GSEs requires lenders to use to evaluate borrowers. According to ...
Read More »Appeals Court CFPB Reversal Charts Course for Supreme Court
In a split decision, a Washington appeals court has reversed a previous ruling, declaring the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be constitutional after all. The Court of Appeals for the ...
Read More »Fair Weather or Headwinds for the State of Housing?
On Tuesday evening, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address before the Congress. The White House released excerpts from the speech before it began, highlighting a ...
Read More »Homeownership, Vacancy Rates Flat Year-Over-Year
Both homeownership and homeowner vacancy rates were flat in year-over-year change during Q4 2017, according to the latest quarterly Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report released by the U.S. ...
Read More »Balancing Government Involvement and Private Capital in Housing
It’s been a decade since the housing bubble collapsed, sending shockwaves through the mortgage industry and creating economic impacts that are still being felt throughout the nation to ...
Read More »Pennsylvania to License Nonbank Lenders with New Law
Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking and Securities Robin L. Wiessmanntoday highlighted the benefits of Act 81 of 2017, which authorizes the Department of Banking and Securities to license and examine ...
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