Challenges of the mortgage servicing landscape continue to evolve into a borrower-focused experience. While borrowers have always been at the center of loan servicing, it is critical to ...
Read More »The Impact of Leadership Change at CFPB
Lenders in the residential mortgage space are hopeful that the new leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will open the doors to a wider dialogue between ...
Read More »Digital Innovation, Data, and Tech are Top of Mind for Lenders
The mortgage industry is waking up to disruptive technology and digital innovation that can transform the industry. These innovations include data initiatives that have been rolled out to ...
Read More »A Tale of Two Decades
In many ways the last 10 years have been the worst and best of times for the housing market. MReport dissects a decade that began with the housing market crash, and slowly recovered through evolving mortgage processes, emerging technologies, and new regulations. This select print feature originally appeared in the January issue of MReport, available now.
Read More »How Will a Government Shutdown Affect the Mortgage Industry?
The mortgage industry is likely to see some immediate and far-reaching effects if the Senate does not reach enough votes to extend the Federal Budget to February 16.
Read More »Checks and Balances: Ensuring Gender Equality in Lending
Women borrowers still face unique challenges when taking a loan. Learn how lenders can combat unintentional discrimination.
Read More »Lenders, It’s Time to Educate Borrowers on Mortgage Innovation
New and experienced homebuyers feel that the mortgage industry lacks innovation, even as many look at closing a mortgage entirely online without help from a mortgage professional.
Read More »Mitigating the Risks of Inefficient Servicing
he first in a three-part series of reports examines the importance of the mortgage industry to the overall health of the housing market and makes a case for policy reforms in this sector, in the light of the housing finance reform legislation that’s once again in the works in Congress.
Read More »Lenders Unenthusiastic About Mortgage Profit Margins in 2018
Stiff competition has led mortgage lenders to approach 2018 with negative outlook on profit margins and refinance activity for the fifth straight quarter according to a Fannie Mae survey.
Read More »Mortgage Lenders Experience a Drop in Profits
The latest data on independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reports reduced profitability on the production side of the business outweighed servicing gains.
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