With years of experience in financial services companies across the globe, O'Neil will be responsible for leading the company’s global finance organization.
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Regulators are considered allowing further growth in non-bank mortgage institutions and real-estate investment trusts. Here’s why.
Read More »The Mortgage Patch and Default Risk
In a new report from the American Enterprise Insitute, find out how adopting an average prime offer rate (APOR) spread rule would have compared to the GSE Patch in determining mortgage default risk.
Read More »Microsoft Invests $250M in Seattle Housing
The funding increase to the tech giant's affordable housing initiative will take the form of a line of credit to the Washington State Finance Commission.
Read More »Integrating Technology in Servicing and Lending
DS News spoke to FinTech professionals, including Flagstar Head of Digital Lending Rocky Stubbs, about how the program is impacting the shape of FinTechs in the mortgage and real estate industry, and where technology needs to grow and adapt.
Read More »Diving Deeper Into Housing Finance Reform
In the second part of a hearing by the Senate Banking Committee on the housing reform outline by Sen. Mike Crapo, experts gave insights into how the outline could be strengthened.
Read More »Ellie Mae to Go Private
The $3.7 billion acquisition of a mortgage fintech provider by a PE firm will see it becoming a privately-held company. Here’s what the deal provides for the company’s shareholders and what it means for its tech platforms.
Read More »Uniting Over Housing
Here is how a divided Congress can come together and solve the current housing market challenges through bipartisan legislation.
Read More »Assessing Financial Vulnerabilities
See this video to learn what Chairman Jerome Powell had to say about the findings of the Fed’s first Financial Stability Report that gauges the country’s monetary stability.
Read More »If Confirmed, Here’s How Kraninger Plans to Run the Bureau
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the nominations of Kathy Kraninger to head the BCFP and Michael Bright to head Ginnie Mae on Thursday. Both nominations now move to the full Senate for further confirmation votes.
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