On Friday, February 9, MountainView Financial Solutions presented its monthly mortgage servicing rights (MSR) seminar, featuring Tim Rood, Chairman of The Collingwood Group, LLC. Rood presented a webinar entitled “Rightsizing Your Mortgage Business for 2018: Planning for the Uncertainties.” If ...
Read More »Loans and Profits Sink for Independent Lenders
A new report released Thursday finds that independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a drop in net gains in each loan they originated in Q3 2017—read on the discover the performance breakdown.
Read More »Mortgage Servicing Challenges: LoanCare President Weighs In
Dave Worrall, President of LoanCare sits down with DS News to talk about what's to come in servicing in 2018. See the exclusive interview here.
Read More »What’s in Store for MBS?
The Fed intends on reducing its balance sheet, and considering it owns a quarter of a total $6.86 trillion in the mortgage-back security market, what could be the potential risks? Find out in this Video Spotlight.
Read More »Investment Opportunity in Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo has had a tough time when it comes to lawsuits as of late, but their latest issue concerning malfeasance related to mortgage lending could possibly result in shareholders. See why in the Video Spotlight.
Read More »RMBS: Housing Market Solid, But For How Long?
Foreclosures are down to a fifth of 2010’s numbers, but a few markets in the U.S. have shown signs of unsustainable over-evaluations. Take a look at what Grant Bailey, Head of Fitch North America RMBS Rating Group has to say about RMBS in the Video Spotlight.
Read More »Fraud Watch
Like a tornado watch, CoreLogic's National Fraud Risk Index showing new highs doesn't necessarily mean there is more fraud, however it does mean the conditions are right for fraud to grow. Take a look at what the new fraud schemes are and what old scheme is returning in the Video Spotlight.
Read More »How Many Borrowers Can’t Afford Their Mortgage?
The number of people who struggle pay their mortgage or rent is increasing, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing. Watch how much here.
Read More »Protection for Veterans
Senator Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) recently supported a law that was put into place offering veterans facing foreclosure a one-year moratorium under particular conditions, but the outpouring of encouragement from local veterans has moved him to consider drafting a new measure.
Read More »New Technology Supports Upcoming UCD Requirements
The mortgage industry’s leading provider of document production announced how it plans on having the majority of its clients fully prepared to meet upcoming GSE requirements for both phases this year.
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