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Navigating Risk and Reward

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The CEO and Co-Founder of online single-family rental marketplace Roofstock speaks to DS News about the state of SFR in 2018, and what any prospective investors need to know before they take the plunge into this sector.

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RMPS Selected as Bay Point Advisors as Subservicer

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation (RPMS), one of the nation's largest non-bank mortgage servicing companies, announced it has been selected as a subservicing partner for Bay Point Advisors, LLC.    Bay Point Advisors, an Atlanta-based private lender, provides small and medium-sized businesses with ...

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More Million-Dollar Cities on the Horizon

Real estate website Zillow is predicting that within a year it will add 23 new metros, mostly in California, to its "$1 Million City List." That means two dozen cities with a median home value of $1 million or more ...

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Cloudvirga Partners with Radian Guaranty for Streamlined Processes

Cloudvirga™, a provider of digital mortgage point-of-sale (POS) software whose enterprise technology is powered by the Mortgage Platform®, has partnered with Radian Guaranty, a subsidiary of Radian Group, to deliver instant and accurate mortgage insurance (MI) rate quotes and streamline the ordering of MI certificates ...

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Tracking the Progress of GSE Single Security

Since 2012, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been working with the FHFA to create their common securitization platform (CSP) in order to manage the GSE’s securitization activities. These will eventually include the issuance of a single mortgage-backed security by ...

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BCFP Amends Consumer Privacy Regulation

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) has announced an update in legislation aimed at easing the burden on financial institutions and reducing the risk of consumer confusion. Through Regulation P, legislation has been updated that amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, ...

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Finding a Home in this Day and Age

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A recent report from Trulia questions the effect of your neighbors’ age on local home price and home buying opportunities. The report states that studying the ages of the people surrounding your neighborhood—or your perspective neighborhood—can give you a sense ...

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