Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the March issue of MReport, out now. By Hon. Joseph J. Murin U.S. politics today teaches us that we are often unaware ...
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Mortgage interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased in February from the month prior according to data from the Monthly Interest Survey released by the Federal Housing Finance ...
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By T. Robert Finlay, Founding Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak and Sonia Edwards, Senior Associate, Wright, Finlay & Zak, California With global warming and other environmental issues at the ...
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Nonbanks originated about half of all mortgages in 2016 and 75 percent of mortgages insured by the FHA or VA. However, a recent study by the Brookings Institution ...
Read More »Caliber Home Loans Launches Mobile Platform
Coppell, Texas-headquartered Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (Caliber), has announced the launch of a new mobile platform. Featuring three mobile phone apps customized for three user groups–borrowers, the Caliber ...
Read More »The Benefits of a True Digital Mortgage
Digital mortgage is the latest buzzword in the lending market today. But, according to an eBook titled, “The True Digital Mortgage” by mortgage technology platform provider Ellie Mae, ...
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What does the Borrower want? To help lenders answer this all-important question, fintech company Fiserv conducted a study to gauge the expectations and experiences of borrowers while looking ...
Read More »Credit Scores for Mortgage Borrowers Decline
Mortgage balances, which form the largest component of household debt rose substantially, even as median credit scores of newly originating borrowers declined during the last quarter of 2017 ...
Read More »Servicing the Underserved
MReport spoke to Ray Brousseau, President, Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, and Andrew Taffet, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asset Management, The Carrington Companies on what drives their ...
Read More »LendingQB Adds FormFree Technology to its ‘Lean Lending’ LOS
Fintech company, FormFree, announced the availability of its AccountChek automated asset verification service within LendingQB’s web-based loan origination software (LOS). The integration enables lenders to order AccountChek Asset ...
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