Federal regulatory agencies released illustrations this week to help mortgage consumers better understand the differences between alternative loans and fixed-rate mortgage products. ""The Federal Reserve System"":http://www.federalreserve.gov/, the ""Federal Deposit Insurance...

...Trail. AmeriPoint Title, a partnership of independent title companies, offers personal services to meet the title insurance needs for its residential and commercial clients. The Texas-based company offers independent local...

...""Office of Swift Supervision"":http://www.occ.treas.gov/, and the ""Federal Deposit Insurance Corp."":http://www.fdic.gov/, have launched a series of information sessions for troubled homeowners living in the western United States. In a press statement...

Cincinnati, Ohio-based ""eLynx"":http://www.elynx.com/ says its uSign electronic signature service is now helping the insurance industry implement ""an electronic process"" that allows them to communicate and verify application data electronically. eLynx...

...transaction."" In NAR's suggested subprime lending policy, the agency recommends that lenders require escrow amounts for taxes and insurance on customers mortgages, while also allowing flexibility when determining the ""life...

Santa Ana, California-based ""First American Title Insurance Co."":http://www.firstam.com/, an arm of ""The First American Corp."":http://www.firstam.com/, has promoted William Homa to the position of vice president and director of commercial sales...

...Supreme Court based on an appeal filed by Michigan's Office of Insurance and Financial Services. The decision has prompted supporters and detractors on both sides. In a press statement, Pat...

...faulty appraisals, yield spread premiums, fee packing, forced placed insurance, mandatory arbitration, and equity stripping. During his testimony, Berenbaum repeated an initiative supported by his agency earlier in the year...

...and managing post-foreclosure claim filings for all loan types including FHA, VA, subprime and conventional, and mortgage insurance for National Claims Outsourcing clients. Roby, who has more than 15 years...

...developed to provide flood zone risk data to the mortgage and insurance industries, according to First American. ""This technology has been extremely valuable to our flood mapping business and has...