Ocwen Financial Corporation, a financial services holding company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has announced that the company was named a Fannie Mae Servicer Total Achievement and Rewards (STAR) Performer for 2017. The STAR Program recognition is reserved for ...
Read More »Riding the Wave of Innovation
In his role as SVP, Head of Digital Products at Fannie Mae, Henry Cason is responsible for the design, development, and launch of a digital suite of products and services across single-family residential mortgage loan life cycle. He is also ...
Read More »The Industry Pulse: Updates on Altisource, DCHFA, Guild Mortgage, and More …
From Rewards and recognition to new appointments and initiatives get your buzz on the industry's latest news in this weekly update.
Read More »Fannie Mae Delivers Mixed Economic and Housing Forecast
Amid talk of trade wars, escalating home prices, and rising interest rates, Fannie Mae is remaining optimistic about overall economic growth. In Fannie's April 2018 Economic and Housing Outlook report, the GSE projects higher numbers across the board in housing ...
Read More »Guild Mortgage is a Fannie Mae STAR Performer
The independent mortgage lender was honored with the recognition for its competency, capacity and overall performance in servicing.
Read More »The Policy Makers
Some of the industry’s greatest minds discuss the lessons they learned during the housing crisis, and how it’s shaping their stance on housing policy today. Editor’s Note: This story was originally featured in the April issue of DSNews, out now.
Read More »Fannie Mae Completes 2018’s First Credit Insurance Risk Transfer
Fannie Mae has announced its first completed Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transaction of 2018, consisting of nearly $17 billion in single-family loans from the Enterprise’s portfolio. Entitled CIRT 2018-1, the transaction “is a part of Fannie Mae’s ongoing effort ...
Read More »Five Star Government Forum Unites Banking and Government Leaders
Housing and housing finance reforms, especially for the underserved, will be top of the agenda at the ninth annual Five Star Government Forum on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Leaders in mortgage banking and the federal government will engage and have ...
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 »GSEs Launching Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities
Beginning on June 3, 2019, the GSEs will begin issuing a new common security known as the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS). The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the change on Wednesday, revealing that the common securities will replace the Enterprises’ ...
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