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HARVEY: Texas Governor Responds to Ongoing Devastation

 Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expanded his state disaster declaration to include 20 additional Texas counties in response to the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, effective August 26. To view Governor Abbott’s updated proclamation, click here. "The addition of these ...

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The Future of PMI

The private mortgage insurance industry effectively works to reduce risk to the mortgage market, and soften the blow when defaults do occur. But the industry is struggling, and a new report is looking at ways it can branch out as it looks to the future and how to more effectively work with the GSEs.

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Leisurely Living

Despite low inventory and higher prices, homebuyers are still looking into recreational properties, meaning vacation or secondary homes. To help this group of homebuyers discover markets suitable for their desires, RE/MAX INTEGRA released its 2017 Summer Recreational Properties Report, which ...

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Predicting Economic Growth

Despite an uncertain political climate and lower-than-projected growth the first half of the year, the U.S. economy is still poised for strong growth by the close of 2017. Find out just how much growth in Fannie Mae’s latest report.

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Homework Pays Off

Editors Note: This article was originally featured in the August issue of DS News. Mortgage and real estate-related investment opportunities abound throughout various securities and properties, as long as investors take the steps necessary to understand the underlying market conditions—and ...

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Black Knight Expands Home Price Index

Black Knight Financial Services announced the launch of its Black Knight Index Suite, a series of indices expanding on its existing Home Price Index (HPI). The series was created to provide insights into the housing and mortgage markets with comprehensive ...

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LoanCare Renews Black Knight Contract

Black Knight Financial Services Inc., an integrated technology, data, and analytics company, announced that LoanCare signed a seven-year renewal to continue using Black Knight’s LoanSphere MSP, which is its end-to-end servicing system. LoanCare, a national full-service residential subservicing and ServiceLink ...

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Equifax Appoints New Leader

Equifax Inc. recently announced an almost 20-year company veteran is now leading its marketing team. Laura Wilbanks was appointed as Equifax’s new Chief Marketing Officer, succeeding Trey Loughran, who recently assumed the role of President of United States Information Solutions (USIS). ...

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CoreLogic Service Integrates With Fannie Mae

CoreLogic announced that its 4506-T income verification product has fully integrated with Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter platform (UD) to provide Day 1 Certainty service. In November 2016, Fannie Mae announced its new Day 1 Certainty program, which is designed to ...

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