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Rent-to-own arrangements offer a way to restore vacant properties while also giving habitual renters a shot at homeownership. This select print feature originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of DS News.
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Updated Final CFPB Rules Increase Servicer Liability
Cast as “rule clarifications,” the CFPB's updated final mortgage servicer rules do contain a large number of new, additional requirements that are already being discussed and digested by the servicing industry. This select print feature originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of DS News.
Read More »Now That a Real-Estate Developer is President-Elect . . .
With a trailblazing real estate mogul entering the Oval Office on January 20, a sharper focus on the U.S. housing delivery system is possible, if not likely, according to Collingwood Group Vice Chairman and former FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery. Editor's note: This select print feature originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of DS News magazine.
Read More »Breaking Down Housing for 2017
A sector-by-sector look at the housing industry from the perspective of those who know it best. Editor's note: This special print feature originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of DS News.
Read More »Building Solid Vendor-Servicer Relationships
Professionals who have been on both sides of the servicer-vendor relationship discuss partnering strategies.
Read More »An Economic Threat: Financial Leverage in Credit Default Swaps
Dr. Katherine Qin explains how home financial derivatives can be used to leverage and speculate on the market. Why are losses in financial derivatives typically very large?
Read More »Driving Decision Making
Featured in the November issue of DS News, George Fitzgerald of Black Knight discusses how technology can aid decision making in the loss mitigation process.
Read More »Fitting the Pieces Together
Tim Rath of Safeguard Properties discusses what it takes to build an effective third-party vendor recruitment system.
Read More »Reshaping a Culture: An Exclusive Interview With Wells Fargo’s Incoming CEO Tim Sloan
Editor's Note: This story appears in the November 2016 Edition of DS News, available November 1st. “I am deeply sorry that we failed to fulfill our responsibility to our customers, to our team members, and to the American public,” said ...
Read More »Eight Years and Counting: Exploring the Conservatorship of the GSEs
September marked the eight-year anniversary of the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Since that intervention, controversy regarding reformation has circled the entities.
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