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Fraud, forgery claims are costliest expenses for title insurers

Housing Wire

Fraud and forgery claims represented more than one-fifth of the total dollars spent by title insurers on claims expenses and losses over the past decade, according to a study conducted by Milliman and commissioned by the American Land Title Association (ALTA). the risk of not purchasing a title insurance policy is far too high.”

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Reverse mortgage alums secure financing for alternative equity-tapping product

Housing Wire

Cornerstone Financing , a venture co-founded by former Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF) CEO Craig Corn, has secured $285 million in financing through global investment firms Aquiline Capital Partners LP and Nomura. In 2013, Corn and his partners launched RMF , which became a leading reverse mortgage lender. 31 of that year.

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Opinion: Rethinking the FHA mortgage insurance premium

Housing Wire

In 2013, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) began requiring borrowers to pay the Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) for the life of an FHA loan. People have equated FHA insurance to that of private mortgage insurance used by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), which is not life-of-loan.

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HUD and FHFA Increase Transparency in Home Appraisals

Appraisal Buzz

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have released new appraisal data from loan applications on single-family mortgages submitted to HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The appraisal-level PUF for FHA-insured mortgages contains details on approximately 266,000 single-family appraisals conducted from 2017 through 2022.

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Fannie Mae finalizes two additional credit insurance risk transfers

Housing Wire

On the heels of completing its first credit insurance risk transfer (CIRT) deal of the year in early March, Fannie Mae has announced that it has executed two additional CIRT deals. . billion of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. “We billion reference pool of single-family mortgages. If that $65.3

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Floify’s new platform aims to provide flexible pricing for mortgage lenders

Housing Wire

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. — is a software development company that offers a digital loan origination system and POS for the mortgage industry.

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Opinion: Setting the record straight on mortgage pricing

Housing Wire

The fact is that the FHFA is applying a form of risk-based pricing to the exercise based on their expectations of long-term performance of mortgages going forward. 80% LTVs (no mortgage insurance required) and 80.01-85% 85% LTVs (with mortgage insurance) by credit score. Therein lies some of the confusion.

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