Here’s why ServiceMac has partnered with IndiSoft to implement a compliance platform for its quality control processes.
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A new report compared home price appreciation at the entry-level of the housing market with prices in the high tier. Here’s what it found.
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The $66 billion transaction is likely to create synergies to create the country’s sixth-largest bank. Here’s what the Board of this new bank will look like.
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In an attempt to understand the American banking perspective, a new Fannie Mae survey looked into the share of consumers who trust big tech companies over banks to handle their financial activities including mortgages. Click through to learn more.
Read More »Homeowners Feel the Shutdown’s Impact
As the partial government shutdown enters its second week, its effects are not only being felt on federal agencies but also on the housing market.
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What update did the Vice-Chairman of Supervision at the Fed give about the Board’s progress on the Dodd-Frank Reforms Act implementation in his semiannual testimony to the House Financial Services Committee?
Read More »If Maxine Waters Takes Over the House …
How will the policies and regulations around housing and financial services change under the scrutiny of the California Representative if she chairs the House Financial Services Committee?
Read More »MBS Trends Are Changing
A new report found that Ginnie Mae’s bank and thrift holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities pass-throughs fell for the first time in Q1 2018, then again in Q2. Here’s what this decline could mean for the MBS market.
Read More »Lower the Risk, Lesser the Regulation Says Fed
The Fed has published a framework that would more closely match regulations for large banking organizations with their risk profiles. Here’s how the new regulation would impact mortgage lenders.
Read More »Is the Housing Market Prepared for the Next Crisis?
Has the housing market learned its lessons, or will it repeat the same mistakes it did during the last financial crisis? Experts discuss their concerns with the housing market since the boom and subsequent bust, outlining what they think we’ve learned—and what we haven’t.
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