Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have issued a set of additional guidelines to help lenders assist borrowers impacted by the continued government shutdown while offseting the risk associated with interruption of income.
Read More »What Is in Store for Home Values?
With home price growth softening in recent months, here’s what a forecast revealed about the performance of home appreciation in 2019.
Read More »Fiserv, First Data Combined Entity to Drive Digital Payments
From strengthening its governance and leadership to achieving key financial benefits, here’s how the $22 billion acquisition of FirstData by Fiserv is likely to create some strong synergies.
Read More »How Technology Is Enhancing the Borrowing Process
With an increasing number of lenders using digital solutions to improve customer experience, here are the benefits provided by apps that provide consumers with real-time loan information.
Read More »What Is Affecting the Health of Housing?
In the absence of government data due to the shutdown, here’s what a report revealed about the state of housing authorizations and their impact on the overall market.
Read More »Streamlining Loan Closing
What are the challenges facing today’s mortgage closing environment and how can technology help lenders overcome these headwinds?
Read More »How Home Lending Impacted the Big Banks
The results of JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citi reflected a subdued Q4. Click through to learn how their numbers stacked up and the factors that affected their earnings estimates.
Read More »Tackling the Effect of the Shutdown
While the effects of the longest government shutdown in history are being felt by the housing market, it has particularly affected affordable housing and community development. Here’s how lenders and housing agencies are addressing the challenges associated with this shutdown.
Read More »Which Borrowers Are Impacted By the ATR Rule?
These market segments were affected more by the Ability to Repay Rule compared to others according to CFPB’s assessment on this rule.
Read More »Maggie Garden Elected to CMBA Board
Garden also serves as Chairperson of the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association's (CMBA) Marketing/Communications Committee.
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