Commentary

The title industry is yet another piece of the mortgage industry that has felt the effects of a prosperous housing market and new regulations and the CFPB. Although the road has not been easy, title companies have managed to stay ahead of things by adapting to changes.

The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) shook the mortgage industry over two months ago, and it's after-effects are still being felt around the industry.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. Jeannie Smith, Loan Officer and VP of Sales at Guardian Mortgage discusses opening the credit box for millennials, and how this will help the mortgage industry move more millennials from renters to homeowners.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. Recovery in the housing market is said to be the key to a robust economic in America. Lou Giserman of The Collingwood Group discusses how continuing improvement in the housing market, which has yet to fully recover from the recession, is giving the economy a much-needed boost.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. We all have read the results from the CFPB eClosing pilot and can all see the tremendous benefits of eClosing. However, many lenders will get it wrong on their first attempt. Mark McElroy, President and CEO of Pavaso, Inc., says that the reason for this is short-sighted approaches based poor assumptions.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. With skyrocketing rents in many parts of the country, buying a home is beginning to look more attractive to millennials. Jeannie Smith, VP of sales and a home loan officer at Guardian Mortgage discusses how Millennials desire homeownership but struggle financially and how the mortgage industry can help.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. In this piece, Aaron King, founder and CEO of Snapdocs examines how technological advances can help alleviate some of the added pressures from the CFPB's TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. In this blog post, Kerri Panchuk, executive director, Membership Groups at The Five Star Institute discusses how all firms in the mortgage finance space–from lenders, servicers, title companies and appraisers–are officially ‘on notice’, with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issuing a bulletin Thursday, providing guidance on what constitutes a mortgage kickback or referral fee when setting up marketing services agreements.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. This piece features John Vella, chief revenue officer of Altisource Portfolio Solutions, discussing how the residential property market is recovering–but at the same time, it’s experiencing a shrinking pool of the refinancing and distressed opportunities.

Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. It’s finally here. After nearly two full years of intense discussion and preparation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s TILA-RESPA Integrated Mortgage Disclosures rule has taken the mortgage industry by storm. Nancy Tarr, VP of national escrow operations at First American Title Insurance Corp., provides a checklist of questions that lenders should ask settlement providers while navigating this new process.