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Celebrating Independence Day With the Gift of Mortgage-Free Homes

Appraisal Buzz

In 2003, Sgt. On September 12, 2003, Sgt. VA provides these services for participating veterans at VA medical centers (VAMCs), community-based outreach clinics (CBOCs), through VA contractors, or through other VA designated entities. Heroes recognized for their sacrifices Sgt.

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

The entire system has to be designed to inflate the price over time. Remember, the system is designed to keep home prices inflated. When we look at the credit data over the past 10 years, it looks nothing like the stress we saw from 2003-2008, which was an economic expansion and jobs being created before the job loss recession in 2008.

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Valligent integrates with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology

Housing Wire

The suite of valuation products includes traditional appraisals, AVMs, desktop valuations, and the four-hour evaluation product designed for equity lending. Founded in 2003, Valligent is an appraisal management company based in California that specializes in providing comprehensive valuation services to the mortgage industry.

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FHFA releases VantageScore historic data to prepare for new credit reporting requirements

Housing Wire

historic credit data, a step that is designed to ease the transition to new credit reporting requirements by the end of next year. Our members continue to believe that it is imperative to have credit reporting data ‘through the cycle’ back to 2003 given the sensitivity of mortgage default and prepayment to origination credit scores.”

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New American Funding names new co-CEO and president 

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Patty Arvielo founded NAF with Rick in 2003, who has been serving as CEO for more than 20 years. She created NAF’s Latino Focus and New American Dream initiatives, which is designed to boost homeownership and mortgage industry career awareness among Hispanic and Black communities.

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Sales Boomerang’s automatic borrower intelligence system works to boost its clients’ customer retention

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trillion in mortgage loans, making 2020 the industry’s biggest year since 2003. The system is designed to make lenders invaluable to their customers by leveraging existing database information to present timely, actionable opportunities. Last year, lenders originated over $3.7

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The Supply Chain Revisited – Interview with Greg Stephens

Appraisal Buzz

Have been teaching USPAP since 1995, am a certified AQB USPAP instructor since the AQB introduced the certification program in 2003, and since joining Metro-West, I have been receiving approval in various states to teach the 7-hour USPAP update courses to our staff appraisers and the staff of some of our clients.