Ask the Economist: Eddie Seiler
DS News sits down with Dr. Edward Seiler, Chief Housing Economist at Summit Consulting, to discuss HUD budget cuts, promoting homeownership, and more in this Q&A. Editors Note: This article [...]
Jennifer Anspach of Safeguard Properties Named HR Executive of the Year Finalist
Safeguard Properties recently announced Jennifer Anspach, AVP of Human Capital, as HR Executive of the Year Finalist in the private companies category for Crain’s Cleveland Business’s 2017 Archer Awards. The [...]
Yellen: There’s Still More Work to Do
In a speech at the Federal Reserve's annual conference, Janet Yellen looked back at the financial crisis—as well as the insights, lessons, and reforms that came out of it. Read [...]
Diversity: Influencing the Mortgage Industry
Making homebuyers’ dreams a reality is the goal of every great lender, but in the past few years, how that goal is achieved has changed . . . The post [...]
What’s Really Driving the Real Estate Market?
According to Robert Shiller, the housing market could falter if the mortgage interest deduction is reformed. See what else he had to say in the Video Spotlight. The post What’s [...]
Drilling Down Delinquency Data
A leading industry mortgage delinquency report for the second quarter of 2017 was recently released reflecting performance on conventional, FHA, and VA loans. Take a look at how delinquency rates [...]
Key Posts Collecting Dust
The Trump administration has yet to fill many gaps in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other positions that affect the mortgage industry. See which positions are vacant [...]
Paradatec’s WriteUCD Is Approved by Freddie Mac
Paradatec, Inc., based in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced Thursday its WriteUCD module has been verified as a technology integration vendor for Freddie Mac’s Loan Advisor platform as it satisfies the requirements [...]
Alexa, Get me a Mortgage
The move to the digital world is quickly becoming a priority item for the mortgage finance industry, and machine learning can play an important role in helping servicers and lenders [...]