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On Wednesday, the Five Star Institute’s Disaster Preparedness Summit hosted by DIMONT and Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions looked at some of the lessons learned by the mortgage and servicing industry from last year’s natural disaster and how it could prepare for future eventualities. Here are the details.

New homes are getting bigger, more expensive, more energy efficient, and more high-tech. That’s the consensus of Porch, a home improvement network that connects homeowners with professionals. Porch researched housing construction trends to determine the most common features of homes ...

Heavy demand for homes in the Empire State is stoking its real estate sector, according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) housing market report. The state’s housing market recorded a robust first half of 2018, with 60,043 ...

Housing 80 percent of the population, despite only taking up 3 percent of the nation’s landmass, urban areas are the most popular places to live in the U.S. However, some cities may be better for homebuyers than others, according to ...

As part of its ongoing webinar series, the Legal League 100 hosted a webinar titled Complex Default Litigation Update, on Tuesday, presented by two league members from BDF Law Group. The webinar discussed the latest issues that were currently under ...

Decisions regarding the credit score model used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been delayed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) after it was announced that the agency will not be making any changes this year as previously announced. ...

Houston-based InterLinc Mortgage Services has announced that Gene F. Thompson III, who has served as President since 2010, will now serve as COO of the company. A 20-year veteran of the mortgage lending industry, Gene has been with InterLinc since ...

At a Banking Committee Hearing to consider his nomination as the President of Ginnie Mae, Bright said that he would focus on the challenges of dealing with Ginnie’s growth and the evolving nature of the U.S. mortgage market.

Black Knight, Inc., a provider of integrated software, data and analytics solutions that facilitate and automate many of the business processes across the homeownership lifecycle, released their First Look for June 2018, with insights on foreclosures, loan inventory, and more. ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria caused an approximated $265 billion in damages, impacting the U.S mainland and territories. Three tropical storms and four hurricanes made landfall in the United States, including ...