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Author Archives: Brian Honea

Brian Honea's writing and editing career spans nearly two decades across many forms of media. He served as sports editor for two suburban newspaper chains in the DFW area and has freelanced for such publications as the Yahoo! Contributor Network, Dallas Home Improvement magazine, and the Dallas Morning News. He has written four non-fiction sports books, the latest of which, The Life of Coach Chuck Curtis, was published by the TCU Press in December 2014. A lifelong Texan, Brian received his master's degree from Amberton University in Garland.

DS News Webcast: Tuesday 5/24/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a 1 point 27 billion dollar penalty imposed on Bank of America over the alleged misrepresentation of mortgage-backed securities sold by Countrywide Financial Corporation to the GSEs through a program known as the High Speed Swim ...

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DS News Webcast: Monday 5/23/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

April marked the 44th straight month of tight supply in the existing-home sales space, according to the National Association of Realtors April 2016 Existing-Home Sales report released on Friday. Corresponding with that tight supply has been a decline in distressed inventory, which includes foreclosed ...

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DS News Webcast: Friday 5/20/2016

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The April 2016 New Residential Construction report from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau released this week, which measures quarterly housing starts and completions by purpose and design, found that single-family built-for-rent homes comprised 4 point 3 percent of all ...

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DS News Webcast: Thursday 5/19/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Calling the Dodd-Frank Act a quote, negative force, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday that in the next couple of weeks he will unveil a plan to overhaul the controversial Wall Street reform law that was passed in 2010 ...

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DS News Webcast: Wednesday 5/18/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

Data shows that consumers have become increasingly more careful with their debt, as the composite consumer credit default index dropped to a new post-recession low in April, according to the April 2016 S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices released on Tuesday. Out ...

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DS News Webcast: Tuesday 5/17/2016

Foreclosure, REO, News, Webcast

For months, housing industry analysts have talked about the low inventory of homes available for purchase. A recent survey by Redfin indicates that millennials, a demographic group often mentioned as a key to a healthy housing market in the future, may be to blame ...

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The Digital Revolution in the Mortgage Industry

Valentin Saportas, CEO and President of MortgageHippo, shares his perspective on Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage technology, the impact that digital mortgages will have on housing, and how the industry should embrace this new movement.

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