On October 7, the Miami Herald published an op-ed by Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, highlighting the work HUD has done to help families recover from Hurricane Irma. According to HUD, hundreds of men and ...
Read More »Mortgage Veteran Robert Caruso Announces Retirement From ServiceLink
Earlier today Robert J. Caruso, mortgage industry veteran and Division President of Servicing for ServiceLink, announced his retirement.
Read More »Quicken Rocketing Toward E-Lending Expansion
The company that first made waves on the national stage for its online mortgage platform during the 2016 Super Bowl ad, announced today that it has struck a partnership that will expand online mortgage lending.
Read More »Acting Comptroller of the Currency Addresses Amendments to HMDA
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a bulletin on Tuesday to publicize key fields—which examiners will use to validate the accuracy and reliability of home mortgage loan data collected. These key fields, which are intended for ...
Read More »U.S. Senate: Credit Bureaus Data Security and Equifax
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met Tuesday morning in an open session titled “Consumer Data Security and the Credit Bureaus” to address how credit bureaus intend on protecting consumer data—specifically in light of the recent ...
Read More »Ask the Economist: Selma Hepp on Economic Growth
Selma Hepp is the Chief Economist and VP of Business Intelligence for Pacific Union International, Inc. She joined Pacific Union in 2016 to oversee the vital economic and technology intelligence for the company. Prior to joining Pacific Union, Hepp served ...
Read More »Keeping Up With Compliance Trends
DS News talks with Rushmore Loan Management AVP Jacqueline Pardue to discuss some of the difficulties in compliance and vendor management. How do you help to standardize vendor management process in an industry that has so many different standards? See the ...
Read More »Market Update: Home Sales’ Status
On Monday, the October RE/MAX National Housing Report released, revealing that September marked the fifth month in 2017 to post a decline in home sales. Additionally, the reported noted that this marks the 71st consecutive month of rising sale prices year-over-year. ...
Read More »Quicken Loans Mortgage Services and CalyxSoftware Announce New Software
CalyxSoftware recently announced a new partnership with Quicken Loans Mortgage Services (QLMS), a division of Quicken Loans Inc., to power its Quicken Loans Origination System (Q-L.O.S.). According to the company, the Q-L.O.S. is an easy to implement and use loan ...
Read More »Week Ahead: Beige Book Highlights Economic Conditions
The Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District plans to release its September Beige Book Wednesday. The book is designed to supplement the data and analyses already used by Federal Reserve economists to access economic conditions ...
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