After seven years of leading the MBA, the current President and CEO is retiring effective September 30th, 2018…
Read More »Industry Reacts to Senate Vote on CFPB Arbitration Rule
On Tuesday evening, the debate around the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final arbitration rule came to a head when the Senate voted to repeal it. See the reactions here to the razor-thin vote here . . .
Read More »TRID 2.0: More Headache Than Help?
Editor's note: This feature first appeared in the October issue of MReport, available now. The mere mention of the “TRID” rule can elicit strong reactions from mortgage industry ...
Read More »California Expects Critical Housing Shortage Due to Wildfires
Amidst the aftermath of wildfires, California’s housing market is experiencing severe impact—with nearly 6,000 properties destroyed by the natural disasters.
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 »Market Forecast: Purchase Originations
On Tuesday, the MBA released its forecast of purchase originations—reporting that it expects to see $1.2 trillion in purchase mortgage originations in 2018, representing a 7.3 percent increase ...
Read More »How Do Closing Costs Differ Across the Country?
The top closing costs by state and core based statistical area were just released in a recent report. See how locations stack up.
Read More »Why Paper Isn’t Proof: Data Is Now King
True data offers many benefits over information on a piece of paper when it comes to everything from versioning to verification and preservation. Yet despite the fact that paper was invented in 100 B.C. and despite the fact that we come just a little ways technologically since then, we still rely upon paper.
Read More »Paradatec Announces One-Day Blind Test for Mortgage Files
Paradatec makes the case for its mortgage processing solution, providing a blind test for those interesting in testing its automation abilities.
Read More »Secretary Carson: HUD Promises to Assist Mortgage Lenders
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson said in a speech on Monday that he promises to help big banks get more ...
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