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Real estate tech firm Voxtur Analytics Corp. on Wednesday announced that it has released an Attorney Opinion Letter (AOL) product for VA direct and VA-backed home loans as a compliant alternative to title insurance. Voxtur […]
Mortgage demand continued its downward trend last week, reaching the lowest level in 25 years, according to the latest survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). That indicates lenders may still face substantial declines in their origination […]
As mortgage rates rose to nearly 7% and builder sentiment dipped to painfully low levels in September, housing starts also declined, dropping 8.1% from August, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.564 million, according […]
Optimal Blue, a division of Black Knight, launched its first hedging and trading platform CompassEdge, unifying its existing risk management and loan sale platform CompassPoint within a single system. CompassEdge is designed to support every […]
U.S. debt purchasers are positioned to benefit from rising delinquencies due to improvement in portfolio supply from an increase in non-performing loan (NPL) sales, according to a recent report from Fitch Ratings. This increase in […]
With interest rates now at 14-year highs, the cost of homeownership is becoming an issue for most prospective home buyers. HousingWire recently spoke with Mike Darne, vice president of marketing at CreditXpert, about how mortgage […]
A doubling of 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates, shrinking profit margins and a risk of recession presents a challenging environment for independent mortgage banks (IMBs), but smaller IMBs are better positioned to weather challenges, claimed […]
A coalition of 77 banking trade groups led by the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has asked the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to modify an existing rule […]
Nations Direct Mortgage, a residential lender in both the retail and wholesale channels, on Wednesday announced appointing Jack O’Brien as its senior vice president and national sales director. Prior to joining Nations Direct, O’Brien held […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that the 2023 threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans will jump to […]
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