The pandemic certainly tested the housing industry, but as Alex Kudman and Srijan Sareen of Enact Mortgage Insurance explain, the data collected provided what was needed to make the correct decisions to better serve borrowers undergoing hardships.
Read More »Keeping Up With Demand
DS News spoke with industry experts about how the single-family rental sector is offering savvy investors the chance to leverage technology and trends, such as increased migration, to find opportunities in unexpected places.
Read More »Data’s Role in the Mortgage Industry
To understand where your organization can implement data solutions, you must first understand the different ways your data can be used.
Read More »Relationships Are at the Core of Your Mortgage Technology
Here’s how to ensure your tech is working for you … and not the other way around.
Read More »Q3 Presents Ideal Buying Conditions for First-Time Homeowners
First-time homebuyers were responsible for a total of 700,000 single-family home purchases during the third quarter of this year, according to new data from Genworth Mortgage Insurance. This marked a 15.7% increase from a year ago, and it also represented ...
Read More »The Mortgage Industry’s Biggest Challenges in 2018
Industry professionals are worried about the impact of less-tested home financing methods for home purchases, according to a survey. Click through for the details.
Read More »New Buyers Unafraid to Jump into the Housing Market
With the increasing popularity of mortgage insurance, a 20 percent downpayment may not be status quo anymore for those looking to become homeowners. First-time homebuyers account for nearly half of total homes purchased in the first quarter of 2017, a number that is expected to rise. They are also exploring other options to obtain homes.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Compliance, Concerns, and Critical Thinking
Genworth Mortgage Insurance's Evan Stolove spoke with DS News about the concerns he sees in the mortgage insurance sector of the industry and how to best ensure compliance in regard to conduct decisions made in the marketplace.
Read More »Ask the Economist: Tight Inventory is an Effect, Not a Cause
In this installment of Ask the Economist, Genworth Mortgage Insurance Chief Economist Tian Liu offers his forecast for the housing market in the rest of 2016—and why he thinks inventory will pick up.
Read More »Genworth Adjusts Borrower Paid Mortgage Insurance Premium
Genworth Mortgage Insurance, a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc., recently announced that it has standardized and simplified its Borrower Paid Mortgage Insurance (BPMI) premium structure.
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