IDS Announces New Document Preview Feature
International Document Services, Inc., a Mortgage document preparation vendor, announced it has incorporated a new document preview feature into its integration with LendingQB’s cloud-based loan origination solution. The feature allows [...]
NMSA Sets Sights on Solving Vacant and Abandoned Property Issues
The National Mortgage Servicing Association (NMSA) announced the appointment of Jim Taylor, SVP of Property Preservation with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Asset Management, to lead the organization’s effort to mitigate [...]
Florida Carries Southern Region in Domestic Migration
Homeowners are flocking to Florida according to a recent market report. Nationally, quarter-over-quarter home price growth slowed slightly from 0.9 percent to 0.8 percent, but this aggregate measure is disguising [...]
Fannie Mae Nets Nearly $3 Billion in Reperforming Loan Sale
Fannie Mae announced on Tuesday that they have sold 13,500 loans with a cumulative unpaid principle balance of $2.99 billion in their third reperforming loan sale. Loans were divided into [...]
U.S. v. Shapiro: When is a Lie OK?
Three former traders from a financial services company are on trial for conspiracy and fraud regarding mortgage-backed bonds, but in a report this week by Bloomberg writers Chris Dolnetsch and [...]
FOMC Convenes: What Could Happen to Mortgage Rates
On Wednesday the Federal Open Market Committee is set to finish its June meeting, and it is widely expected that they will raise interest rates in order to stabilize the [...]
Before and After the Storm
aftermath and resulting property damages? For homeowners, storm preparedness requires more than keeping a few cases of water on hand, though that is certainly a start. But the need for [...]
Nonbank Lenders Becoming Draw for IT Professionals
Quicken Loans was recently ranked the No. 1 large company to work for in the information technologies industry for the fourth year running. The added popularity of nonbank lenders in [...]
Subprime Mortgages Moving From Rearview
Just as we’re looking at peeling back regulations like Dodd-Frank with last weeks CHOICE Act vote, a recent op-ed asked the provoking question “Does anyone remember how to make a [...]