For anyone hoping for insights straight from the Presidents of the nation’s Federal Reserve Banks, this is a good week to clear your calendar. Fed Presidents from nearly a half dozen different Federal Reserve Banks are delivering speeches or participating ...
Read More »Opportunity Knocks for Women in Mortgage
Qualifying as a certified women-owned small business (WOSB) could open the door to opportunities you never considered. Now the American Mortgage Diversity Council is hosting a webinar exploring how to make that happen.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Fed Chair Press Conference and FOMC Forecasts
On Wednesday, the The Fed Chair will hold a press conference to address the FOMC forecasts releasing that same day. Here’s what else is in store during The Week Ahead.
Read More »LGBT and Mortgage Leaders Collaborate to Better Diversity and Inclusion
The LGBT Dallas Town Hall, hosted by the American Mortgage Diversity Council, is working to foster communication and cooperation between community and industry leaders.
Read More »Ocwen Announces Millions in New Mortgage Debt Forgiveness in Ohio
The United States was hit hard by the housing crisis. Here’s how financial services holding company Ocwen is working to help families save their mortgages and stay in their homes.
Read More »Exploring the State of Property Preservation
Five Star’s Ed Delgado moderated an expert panel at this week’s National Property Preservation Conference, asking industry leaders, “Is this the calm before the storm?”
Read More »GOP Tax Reform to Impact the Housing Market
The House Republicans released the highly anticipated tax reform plan on Thursday—proposing major tax cuts that are causing a stir of reactions in the housing industry.
Read More »Keeping Up With Compliance Trends
DS News talks with Rushmore Loan Management AVP Jacqueline Pardue to discuss some of the difficulties in compliance and vendor management. How do you help to standardize vendor management process in an industry that has so many different standards? See the ...
Read More »Mortgages More Difficult to Acquire
Over the course of the first and second quarters, mortgage credit availability has gone down slightly, according to a recent report. Mostly driven by market composition, the report notes government channels are losing more share due to tighter lending standards.
Read More »Fed: Household Worth Climbs with Stock and Housing Market
According to the United States Federal Reserve report, overall national net worth of households rose by 1.7 percent, to $1.7 trillion in the second quarter of 2017, which has been attributed to continued growth in both the stock market and the housing market.
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