Beset by uncertainty in the housing market, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program (HECM) is losing money and cannot continue on in its present form. To make the program viable, FHA announced numerous necessary changes to the HECM Program to ...
Read More »Law Firm of Brady & Kosofsky Advances Remote Closing Transaction
The law firm of Brady & Kosofsky has developed an attorney supervised remote closing protocol, which allows the lender to close anywhere the consumer directs. The workflow being used by the firm is the same workflow used every day on ...
Read More »CalyxSoftware Pronounces Plan for National User Conference
CalyxSoftware®, a provider of comprehensive mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers, wholesale and correspondent lenders and brokers, recently announced its agenda for CalyxVision™ 18, the company’s second national user conference. “Due to the mortgage industry evolving at ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Providing Insight
This coming Thursday Legal League 100, a part of the Five Star Institute, is holding a webinar to enhance education of the CFPB’s latest rules and trends.
Read More »HARVEY: Texas Governor Responds to Ongoing Devastation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expanded his state disaster declaration to include 20 additional Texas counties in response to the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, effective August 26. To view Governor Abbott’s updated proclamation, click here. "The addition of these ...
Read More »Leisurely Living
Despite low inventory and higher prices, homebuyers are still looking into recreational properties, meaning vacation or secondary homes. To help this group of homebuyers discover markets suitable for their desires, RE/MAX INTEGRA released its 2017 Summer Recreational Properties Report, which ...
Read More »Altisource Adds New Leader to Executive Team
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., an integrated service provider and marketplace for the real estate and mortgage industries, has announced the appointment of a new leader for a recently developed role, which was created to provide greater advancements to the digital ...
Read More »Black Knight Expands Home Price Index
Black Knight Financial Services announced the launch of its Black Knight Index Suite, a series of indices expanding on its existing Home Price Index (HPI). The series was created to provide insights into the housing and mortgage markets with comprehensive ...
Read More »LoanCare Renews Black Knight Contract
Black Knight Financial Services Inc., an integrated technology, data, and analytics company, announced that LoanCare signed a seven-year renewal to continue using Black Knight’s LoanSphere MSP, which is its end-to-end servicing system. LoanCare, a national full-service residential subservicing and ServiceLink ...
Read More »Equifax Appoints New Leader
Equifax Inc. recently announced an almost 20-year company veteran is now leading its marketing team. Laura Wilbanks was appointed as Equifax’s new Chief Marketing Officer, succeeding Trey Loughran, who recently assumed the role of President of United States Information Solutions (USIS). ...
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