Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has fought for years to protect the rights of servicemembers who are homeowners.
Read More »Move Inc. Appoints New Chief Technology Officer for Realtor.com
Move, Inc., operator of Realtor.com, recently appointed Suhail Ansari as Chief Technology Officer, where he will be responsible for overseeing the company's technology strategy.
Read More »Shocker: 9 in 10 Loans Don’t Pass TRID Requirements
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray recently passed off the widespread anxiety over TRID compliance as being no big deal and compared the rule to the over-hyped panic over Y2K. But did he speak too soon?
Read More »Bank of America’s Revised Capital Plan Earns Fed’s Approval
The Fed required Bank of America to submit a revised capital plan due to certain weaknesses in the bank's capital planning process the Fed located in its annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) stress test conducted in early March.
Read More »Are we Driving into Another Housing Bubble?
What markets are exhibiting symptoms of 2005 to 2008 that eventually led to the housing crash?
Read More »The Best and Worst Markets for Buying and Renting are Right Here
Recovery in housing markets across the country has varied widely when other factors enter the equation, such as how much economic growth the area has seen (particularly in employment and wages) and how much housing prices have appreciated.
Read More »Guardian Mortgage Adds New SVP of Correspondent Lending
Guardian Mortgage recently added Donna Greiner as SVP of Correspondent Lending in its Plano, Texas office. Greiner's mortgage career inlclude over 25 years' experience in loan origination, affiliated business arrangements, multi-state lending, construction lending, and multi-state REO sales.
Read More »ValuAmerica Integrates with AMC Software Platform Mercury Network
The integration will allow lenders and AMCs who use the Mercury Network platform to place appraisal orders with ValuAmerica and streamlines communications by automatically passing order statuses and documents back and forth without the lenders having to modify their workflow.
Read More »Gap Between Homeowner, Appraiser Opinions Narrows
Homeowners and appraisers don't agree on home values in general, but the gap is narrowing. Here's why.
Read More »Is the Financial Stability Oversight Council Enabling ‘Too Big to Fail’?
The FSOC has the authority to designate institutions as "systemically important," which opponents say leaves the door open for taxpayer-funded bailouts.
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