The Industry Pulse: Appointments and Promotions
Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (PRMI) announced the newest addition to its executive leadership team. Lorin Knudson has accepted the role of SVP of Servicing. Knudson was a Loan Officer for PRMI before he [...]
The Politics of Housing: Market Metrics Across the Nation
Experts in the housing industry have offered varied opinions about the election outcome—which, at the time of publication, is uncertain—and how it might impact the housing market, lenders, and property [...]
Legal Insights: HUD Compliance and Foreclosure Dismissals
Earlier this month, the Fourth DCA of Florida reversed a circuit court’s dismissal of Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC’s (“Lakeview” or “the Bank”) foreclosure complaint. Lakeview Loan Servicing v. Walcott-Barr. The [...]
The Election and Housing: What You Need to Know
There is no denying that 2020 has been an eventful year, with a pandemic, protests, natural disasters, and, of course, a historic presidential election. Now, the country holds its breath [...]
9.9 Million Americans May Miss Housing Payments
On the cusp of November, the United States Census Household Pulse Survey, which deploys real-time data on a range of ways in which people’s lives have been impacted by the [...]
Zeta Intensifies ‘Record-Breaking’ Hurricane Season
Analysts at CoreLogic, a property data collection company, revealed the ramifications of Hurricane Zeta. Specifically, the report highlighted the residential and commercial wind and storm surge loss estimates that resulted from the [...]
The Week Ahead: The FHA Offers CWCOT Guidance
Next week, on Wednesday, November 4, the FHA via a complimentary webinar will offer guidance on the Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT) program "in which the mortgagee attempts to [...]
Fannie Mae: Property Preservation Strategies Amid COVID-19
Speaking at this week’s virtual 2020 National Property Preservation Conference, Jacob Williamson, VP for Single-Family Collateral Risk Management at Fannie Mae, offered insight into how the housing finance company has managed property preservation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. When COVID-19 shelter-in-place protocols [...]
DS5: ‘Leveraging Technology’ in the Housing Industry
In this week's episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, the show is joined by Richard Ferguson, President of CBC Mortgage Company. Ferguson, who runs the company's Chenoa Fund, discussed how his [...]