Auction.com, based in Irvine, California, and the nation’s largest real estate transaction marketplace, today announced the addition of Min Alexander as its COO. As COO, Alexander will lead a team of 800 professionals who manage the sale of over 140,000 ...
Read More »How Did Refis Impact the 2008 Financial Crisis?
While there is still debate about the various factors that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of the housing market, a new paper by the Urban Institute suggests that the poor performance of cash-out refinances, and refinances in ...
Read More »Single-Family Rental: Opportunities and Growth
Beth O’Brien is President and CEO of CoreVest Finance, a private lender to residential real estate investors. Under O’Brien’s leadership, CoreVest has closed $3 billion in loans in the investor loan market and has financed more than 20,000 investment properties. ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Examining the State of the Housing Market
On Tuesday, April 10, at 1 p.m. EST, Carrington Mortgage Holdings, LLC, will present a new webinar about "The State of the U.S. Housing Market." Rick Sharga, EVP, Carrington Mortgage Holdings, will host the webinar. During the hour-long presentation, Sharga will ...
Read More »Ellie Mae Inducts PRMI Into Hall of Fame 2018
For the second year in a row, Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (PRMI), one of the nation’s top mortgage lenders, was an honored recipient of Ellie Mae’s 2018 Hall of Fame Award announced at Ellie Mae’s Experience Conference on Wednesday, March ...
Read More »Deutsche Bank Implements DocMagic’s eVault for Paperless Mortgage Processes
DocMagic, Inc., a provider of fully compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance, and comprehensive eMortgage services headquartered in Torrance, California, announced that Deutsche Bank has successfully implemented and is actively utilizing its proprietary eVault technology. “Deutsche Bank has an international footprint ...
Read More »House Bill Could Exclude Attorneys from FDCPA
The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced a bill, H.R. 5082, that could have major implications for the default servicing industry, and most especially the law firms that work within it. The bill amends the definition of “debt collectors” under ...
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Mark Palim on the State of Housing
As a Deputy Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, Dr. Palim is responsible for overseeing the Economic and Strategic Research Group’s forecasting functions. He also manages multi-disciplinary partnerships across the company to address specific business issues facing Fannie Mae. Dr. Palim ...
Read More »New Executives Join RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation
RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing has welcomed five new executives to their senior management team from various backgrounds in the mortgage servicing industry.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Roy A. Diaz, SHD Legal Group
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the March issue of DSNews, out now. Roy A. Diaz is the Managing Shareholder of SHD Legal Group, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Diaz has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1988. ...
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