Optimal Blue's new innovation enables lenders to gauge performance through visualizations that illustrate market position, compare margins and profitability, and assess the effectiveness of their current pricing strategies.
Read More »Experian Hires Mortgage Veteran Susan Allen
Allen joins Experian with 25 years’ experience as a risk management and product leader. She is recognized as an industry expert on mortgage data and analytics, property valuation, and risk management.
Read More »New Bill Encourages Homeownership Counseling
Here’s how recent legislation passed by the House could help low-income homebuyers lower their cost of getting an FHA loan.
Read More »Why Did Mortgage Delinquencies Rise?
Was the spike in delinquencies just a blip or does it point to a longer-term trend? Here’s what a report revealed about the state of default and foreclosures across the country.
Read More »State of Emergency Declared For Louisiana
With Hurricane Barry estimated to make landfall by Saturday, DS News takes a look at how such storms can affect homeowners and their properties.
Read More »Better Data, Stronger Performance
Based on surveys of servicer needs, here’s how Freddie Mac is working with its industry partners to improve processes and better server American homeowners. Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the July issue of DS News, out now.
Read More »Parts of a Whole in Default Servicing
How are default servicers reducing friction and strengthening their networks? Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the July issue of DS News, out now.
Read More »Racial Disparities in Lending and Foreclosure Trends
Here’s what a recent study, based on the Federal Financial Institution’s Examination Council’s data, revealed about the places where racial dispairites exist in mortgage lending rates, and what can be done to minimize this challenge.
Read More »Making Housing Work for Vets
As the country celebrates 243 years of freedom, take a look at how the industry is helping the men and women on the wall who keep America safe and secure.
Read More »Black Knight Enhances MSP Servicing System
The updated system will support Freddie Mac's investor reporting change initiative and create additional efficiencies for clients.
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