Consumer Confidence Doesn’t Reflect Facts
More consumers believe they would get rejected for a mortgage, but recent data shows different. While 41.4 percent of consumers felt like they would be rejected if they were to [...]
KBRA Announces Head of Financial Institutions Group
Founded in 2010, KBRA is a full-service rating agency that provides risk assessment and ratings for the investment community. The post KBRA Announces Head of Financial Institutions Group appeared first [...]
Shawn Hillmann Joins Codilis, Moody, & Circelli
Hillmann brings 15 years of default servicing experience with him to CMC. Before joining CMC, Hillmann was VP and shareholder with a creditor’s rights firm based in Wisconsin. Hilmann’s background [...]
Best and Worst States and Metros in the Market
Home prices in states like New York performed above the national standard, increasing by up to 1.3 percent, but other states such as Alabama lagged behind. In fact, Alabama metros [...]
The Week Ahead: Home Prices May Still Move Upward
The January 2017 S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI), which tracks monthly changes in the value of homes in 20 U.S. metropolitan regions, will be released on Tuesday. Previous [...]
Worthy of its Name
It seems entirely possible that before joining Alacrity Services, one might be asked to define “alacrity.” While actively expanding its property restoration services to insurance, REO, and consumer customers nationwide, [...]
First American Executive Awarded as ‘Valuation Visionary’
The Valuation Visionary award recognizes a standout collateral valuation professional every year who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, innovation and professionalism. Winners are nominated by their peers within the Collateral Risk [...]
Ocwen Appoints Independent Member on its Board of Directors
The company has also increased the size of the Board from eight members to nine after the appointment of the newest Board member. Ronald J. Korn, a Director at Ocwen, [...]
CFPB to Amend Equal Credit Opportunity Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a proposal to amend certain regulations in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The intent is to provide additional flexibility for mortgage lenders in [...]