The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released short, intermediate, and long-term efforts that are currently underway for Hurricane Harvey survivors. As HUD continues to keep the lives and safety of all those affected by the devastation as ...
Read More »Women in Housing List Recognized in MReport’s September Issue
Out of hundreds of nominations from across the mortgage industry, MReport—the sister publication of DS News—released its 2017 Women in Housing List, featuring a number of well-established female leaders that have made names for themselves and been recognized by their peers. ...
Read More »Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP Announce New Leader
The Partners of Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP announced that Candice Archibald has joined the firm as its new Director of Business Development. Archibald brings with her over eight years of mortgage and banking industry experience. Prior to her ...
Read More »Fabrizio & Brook Welcomes New Attorney
Fabrizio & Brook, P.C., a Michigan-based law firm, has announced Paul J. Santi as the newest addition to their experienced group of attorneys. Santi’s attribute to the firm is his seven years of experience in the focus areas Fabrizio & ...
Read More »Construction Job Openings On the Rise
Job openings—and construction jobs, in particular—are up, and so are hires. So why did one expert call today's job report a "disappointment?"
Read More »For Sale: Freddie’s Largest RPLs
Freddie Mac has announced plans to sell off a pool of $983 million in seasoned re-forming and moderately delinquent loans. This marks the second sale of its kind this year—and the biggest Freddie’s offered up to date.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Matthew J. Richardson
Matthew J. Richardson is Manley Deas’ Director of Litigation and Compliance. Throughout his career, he has practiced in the areas of commercial and financial services litigation and currently focuses his practice on defending mortgage servicers in trials and appeals. Before ...
Read More »Is HECM Down for the Count?
Beset by uncertainty in the housing market, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program (HECM) is losing money and cannot continue on in its present form. To make the program viable, FHA announced numerous necessary changes to the HECM Program to ...
Read More »Delinquencies Take Another Dive
Delinquencies, foreclosures, and homes in negative equity all dropped over the last quarter and the last year, according to new data. But just how much have they dipped and why?
Read More »Law Firm of Brady & Kosofsky Advances Remote Closing Transaction
The law firm of Brady & Kosofsky has developed an attorney supervised remote closing protocol, which allows the lender to close anywhere the consumer directs. The workflow being used by the firm is the same workflow used every day on ...
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