As we approach a new year, MortgagePoint took the temperature of industry experts to see what lies ahead for a market that trudged through 2023 hampered by the convergence of rates reaching 20-year highs, a shortage of housing inventory, and inflated home values.
Read More »Servicers Shine at Annual Five Star Conference
The Five Star Conference & Expo closed out with a lively discussion on the latest headwinds impacting the mortgage servicing space, featuring top mortgage servicing execs, economists, and government reps exchanging ideas on how to move the industry forward.
Read More »Regulatory Issues Take Center Stage at Five Star Conference
The Legal League held its Fall Servicer Summit in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Five Star Conference in Dallas, spotlighting the latest regulatory developments, lawsuits, and emerging trends within the housing and mortgage space.
Read More »Keeping Afloat
MortgagePoint speaks with mortgage servicing execs from BOK Financial, Carrington, the NMSA, PHH Mortgage Corporation, and Servbank about the unusual times and unusual opportunities the industry faces midway through 2023.
Read More »The Hurdles Ahead
DS News speaks with representatives of Chase Home Lending, Fannie Mae, U.S. Bank, and more about last year’s victories and how they’re facing the recessionary economic challenges of 2023.
Read More »Five Star Conference to Offer Foreclosure Education Lab
The upcoming Five Star Conference in Dallas will offer a session focused on the foreclosure space, how to prepare for increased volume, the impact firms may experience on workflow and hiring, and much more.
Read More »Unexplored Territory
The past 24-plus months have confronted the mortgage and servicing industries with challenges both daunting and immediate. DS News polled a cross-section of industry experts on what they’ve learned and where we go from here.
Read More »Adapting to an Evolving Regulatory Landscape
The recent Legal League 100 Servicer Summit in Dallas brought together the nation’s top financial services law firms under the same roof as leading mortgage servicing executives to discuss default policies, procedures, and issues with leading mortgage servicing executives.
Read More »Servicers Open the Lines of Communication
Michael Merritt of BOK Financial sat down with DS News to explain how the lessons learned from the financial crisis of 2008 smoothed a path of communication between servicers and their clients during the pandemic.
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