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Distributing Insurance Funds After a Natural Disaster

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. One of the biggest mortgage servicing issues facing lenders in Texas, Florida, California, and other states that have suffered from declared disasters relates to insurance claims ...

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Georgia Addresses Statute on Execution of Documents

Despite the passage of time, many documents important to lenders and servicers in Georgia are not being executed in accordance with the new requirement passed by the Georgia legislature in 2015. Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now.

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Defining Debt Collectors

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. The United States Supreme Court, in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., settled a circuit court split and solidified what may turn out to be a ...

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Navigating Safe Harbors and HOAs

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals (Fourth DCA) recently affirmed the extension of safe harbor protection provided to homeowner’s associations under §720.3085(2)(c), Florida Statute, to ...

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Disaster Playbook

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the January issue of DS News, out now. The secret to being a successful team is being prepared. For professional sports like football, that means updating and studying an extensive playbook where ...

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Remapping the DNA

Conventional wisdom and regulatory history are being shaken up across the industry thanks to technological enhancements in data and analytics—DnA—now revolutionalizing home appraisals. Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the December issue of DS News, out now.

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Rebuilding and Rethinking

With a new year on the horizon, DS News spoke to half a dozen industry insiders to ascertain the big picture of what 2018 holds for the industry, how the landscape is changing, and what missteps are better left in the rearview as we move forward.

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