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According to a Progress Report released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have made significant movement on goals set forth by FHFA in the 2016 Scorecard. The report notes credit risk transfer programs that reduce taxpayer risk and improved access to credit as just a few of the developments in the last year.

The National Association of Realtor's Pending Home Sales Index showed an increase in pending home sales, the highest inn a year, and second highest in a decade. However, limited inventory continues to dampen the market, especially among homes in the low- and mid-market price range.

Many immigrants struggle to gain homeownership, however, many immigrants who have been here for 10 years or longer, especially those with higher education, are able to find higher paying jobs and buy a home. Over 61 percent of immigrants from travel-ban countries are homeowners, coming close to the domestic-born homeownership rate of 68.8 percent.

According to Mortgage Cadence, this new release of Mortgage Cadence’s cloud-based technology should provide a superior experience for borrowers and a more-efficient, cost effective process for lenders.

While traditional LOS-provided document management implementation have placed the burden of creating and managing electronic loan delivery profiles on the lender, VirPack's preconfigured implementation technology removes that problem.

Wells Fargo received its Community Reinvestment Act Rating (CRA), in which it received high scores, despite an overall score of "needs improvement." On the same day, the ban announced an agreement in principal to settle a class action lawsuit regarding claims that Wells Fargo opened accounts without the consent of its customers.

Alternative payment records could provide valuable routes to better credit for low-income people, and open up the path to a mortgage. Data from checking accounts rent, telecommunications, and utility accounts could all supplement the negative collections data. The problem is, very few consumer files have these types of data.

The newest addition to FCM will contribute to the development of the overall strategic vision and will lead all marketing, brandings, and advertising activities, with a focus on the customer experience-based Human Mortgage brand. 

Red Bell is a Salt Lake City-based provider of valuation products, including automated valuation models and broker price opinions used by major investors, lenders and loan servicers. Pyramid Platform offers technology solutions that help investors monitor loan portfolio performance and direct loss mitigation activities; acquire and track non-performing loans; and value and sell real estate owned through a secure platform.

Although mortgage-related complaints was listed as the third most-complained about consumer financial products and services, the rate of mortgage complaints are currently sitting around the national average, according to the CFPB’s recent monthly report. Also, find out which financial institutions made the list of the top ten companies that received the most complaints.