On Wednesday, a Disaster Preparedness Summit hosted by the Five Star Institute will focus on strategizing best practices for future disaster response. Here’s what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »Collaborating for a Sustainable Housing Industry
It’s been a decade since the housing crisis of 2008. As the present administration looks at rolling back some of the more stringent regulations that were introduced during that time to protect homes and homeowners, the regulatory framework is also ...
Read More »Five Star Institute to Gather Industry Leaders Throughout 2018
As the industry continues to face challenges, the Five Star Institute events will bring unity in the mortgage industry to create a difference throughout the new year.
Read More »Industry Group Appoints REO Leadership
The Federation of REO Certified Experts—or FORCE, for short—has appointed new leaders to its Advisory Council. Among those named were Hugh Morrow of RE/MAX Preferred in Birmingham, Alabama; Tara Nagelhout of Emerald Valley Real Estate in Eugene, Oregon; Steve Pagano of Coldwell Banker in Huntington Station, New York; Terry Rasner-Yacenda of Reno Tahoe Realty Group in Reno, Nevada; and Dick Thackston of R.H. Thackston & Company in Winchester, New Hampshire. Nancy Braun of Showcase Realty was named Chairperson.
Read More »State of Default Servicing Covered in Five Star White Paper
Housing industry experts make predictions for the default servicing industry in a new white paper from the Five Star Institute, "U.S. Residential Mortgage Default Performance Update & Market Analysis."
Read More »Legal League 100 Leadership Convenes to Discuss Strategy Shift
On Wednesday, members of the Legal League 100 Advisory Council met in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the state of the Legal League 100 and its subcommittees, and to create initiatives to reflect the concerns and needs of its membership.
Read More »Five Star and Ten-X Partner to Provide Homes to Veterans
Five Star has partnered with various non-profit organizations over the last five years to provide approximately $4 million worth of homes to service members.
Read More »FORCE Members Convene For Rally at Five Star Conference
Members of the Five Star Institute's Federation of Certified REO Experts (FORCE) gathered from all over the country last week for the FORCE rally at the 2015 Five Star Conference and Expo in Dallas for a day of exclusive academics and networking opportunities.
Read More »Single-Family Rental Market Continues to Gain Momentum
Single-family rentals comprise 40 percent of the rental market, nearly equal with multi-family's share (42 percent) and more than double the 2-to-4 family share (18 percent), according to CoreLogic.
Read More »CFPB Launches New Monthly Report Series Analyzing Trends in Consumer Complaints
"Consumer complaints are the CFPB’s compass and play a central role in everything we do. They help us identify and prioritize problems for potential action," CFPB Director Richard Cordray said. "These monthly reports will enable us to share that data with the public more regularly, so that everyone can benefit from the information."
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