Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

I was trained as a family demographer, and a lot of my work is about how people exchange time and money through family networks to allow everyone to thrive, Amorim told the university. The study will investigate and analyze the impact of [HEIs], an emerging financial instrument, according to a bulletin published by WSU.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2024

We specialize in non-agency loans, including bank statement loans, government lending, new construction and renovation products, and HELOCs , positioning us as a leader in the industry.” ” Our success is driven by our exceptional team and an expansive product portfolio.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly 50 interviews from staff members in the federal government, financial technology companies, mortgage lenders and consumer advocates found that the ability of AI to improve racial equity can be undermined by the data used to train the algorithm, not just by the algorithm itself.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Appraisal Firewall X connects mortgage lenders with vetted and trained property data collectors to deliver the value acceptance + property data and hybrid appraisal solutions, the company said in a release. Xactus Appraisal Firewall X provides data for both processes.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

Her experience has landed her several speaking engagements at training seminars, conferences, and continuing legal education courses on real property issues. We achieved this through a series of impactful conferences, engaging webinars, on-site servicer training sessions, servicer certification courses, and our regular publications.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Revenue can also skyrocket, as well-trained staff with the right servicing software can service 700 or more loans individually. This is a vital task for servicers who must routinely report payment and default activities to government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

Congress hopes to supplant the appraisal governing body at the center of the industry’s self-regulated framework and make public the trove of appraisal data held by the government-sponsored enterprises. The registry would also track whether an appraiser had completed the minimum required fair housing training.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

CertifID said this is due to the court’s deference to Uniform Commercial Code Article 4A , which governs the rights and responsibilities of parties involved in electronic funds transfers. Despite governing this issue, the code does not include a mandate for account matching.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

That gravy train, however, is expected to slow down some as we turn the corner into 2022 — with rising interest rates, spiking home prices and the expanding reach of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac serving as the brakes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Over the course of a year, HRI trained, equipped, and deployed an army of undercover investigators, who posed as prospective tenants with Section 8 vouchers,” HRI said in a statement. ” But the most common reason was said to be “simple economics: Property owners increasingly can charge more than the government is willing to pay.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Rocket will also provide fair lending training to its employees and improve outreach regarding the financing options available for properties within the boundaries of Native American reservations. Rocket Companies , the lender’s parent company, had 14,700 employees based in the United States and Canada as of December 31, 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

During slower periods, lenders should: Conduct thorough assessments of their QC programs Update policies and procedures Provide additional training to staff Implement new technologies to enhance QC processes By investing in these areas during downtime, lenders position themselves for success when the market inevitably picks up again.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 1, 2025

Gim has extensive experience and training in real estate sales, marketing, escrow, loan origination, property valuations, and property management. For more from Five Star and Legal League, be sure to mark your calendars for the Government Forum in Washington, D.C.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2022

Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the OCC’s fair lending oversight. In response to the GAO report, the OCC said it would update guidance for redlining examinations and develop examiner training. Democratic lawmakers Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Rep.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

We have been working closely with Ginnie Mae on this program and are very excited that as of June 20 the program began accepting new applications from eIssuers, eCustodians, and subservicers, opening up the government market to eNotes. There was not yet a program for securitizing government loans. But this is all changing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Braheem, former co-founder of Loan Toolbox — an online resource for training, tools, support and coaching — launched The Loan Atlas, a mortgage coaching platform, earlier this year with mortgage executives and top loan officers joining as faculty members. “Our So, kind of like a turnkey kit to get in front of a one-to-many type situation.”

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The new GSE market section aligns with the language used in USPAP Standards 1 4, which govern residential appraisal development, reporting, and review. If you would like to see this section in action, follow this link for training by the GSEs. Open the menu and select Module 10.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2024

Policymakers at all levels of government need to enact policy changes that will allow builders to construct more homes, such as speeding up permit approval times, providing resources for skilled labor training and fixing building material supply chains.” “With a nationwide shortage of roughly 1.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

“For most people, the tradeoff wouldn’t have been worth it two years ago because of the hours-long commute into San Jose or San Francisco every day, either by train or by car. Governments need to plan for this new reality and start providing more green transit to areas outside of major cities.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

federal government. A president’s budget proposal is rarely implemented as proposed, but it can provide insight into the kinds of conversations that government officials, lawmakers and other stakeholders may pursue. Within the congressional justifications for the U.S. HUD is requesting $2.5 HUD is requesting $2.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)], are working to build a Federal database to share appraisal data across the Federal government [which] could allow agencies to share enhanced oversight and enforcement actions, and could facilitate new research related to property valuation.” FHFA, along with HUD, [the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Users can complete a schematic 2D floor plan using just a smartphone, with no training or cost required. Earlier this year, news of the 1004/70 Desktop Appraisal Guidelines came from government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Users have the ability to leverage CubiCasa’s technology without prior training.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A National Association of Realtors (NAR) committee head recommended Friday that the federal standards governing real estate appraisals loosen up. Namely, appraisers should no longer have to partake in a two-year apprentice program as part of their licensing process. Francois Gregoire, an appraiser in St.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

It does have great potential when strategically considered, implemented, trained and monitored — for whatever benchmarks or ROI — and those principles incorporated at the outset. BAT: My response comes from the training that I received from the Mila AI Institute in Montreal. It has an opportunity for far better results.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Appraisal Institute now faces a backlash from members who support Chance , a veteran nonprofit leader who joined roughly a year ago and pledged to make governance reforms and support the work of on-the-ground appraisers. According to the group’s own statistics , 78% of U.S. appraisers say they are male, 1.3% identify as Black and 4.3%

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

Like any powerful tool, it is essential to install proper fundamentals such as training, testing, accountability and continuous improvement before implementing. The machine learning model can be supervised, the data used for training can be governed, and results can be tested and even explainable given the appropriate design.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Sophisticated printers and software turned out fake documents that could fool even the trained eye, and notary stamps, once symbols of trust, became available for purchase online. This shift occurred about 25 years ago when advances in computers made it easy to create believable forgeries. What can a true owner do if this happens to them?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

In fact, a new study notes that nearly all title companies surveyed currently provide or plan to provide education and resources to train employees on fraud. Finally, the title industry is also working with the federal government to reduce money laundering. The title industry has been an important component of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These include effective governance and oversight, as well as employee training, to allow for quicker spotting of a potential instance of EFE. The statement is intended to provide a series of potential risk factors and mitigation steps for these institutions to take.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

” Many of the individual agents in the study had other full-time jobs as “teachers, government workers, restaurant servers, commercial employees, and a large number in associated industries – mortgage lending, real estate appraisal, commercial and residential investment, and the practice of real estate law.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

This ranked ahead of education and training (85%), insurance (83%) and health care (73%). Thirty-five percent of respondents think that VA loans take longer to close than other loan types, while 32% think the federal government sets the associated interest rates.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Brandon Weiss, CEO of EscrowTab, hired Hall soon after she completed her training. Hall stood out in comparison to other candidates for the entry-level position because she already had experience and knowledge of the industry through her training. “After a few conversations with Paul, I knew that I wanted to join Axis.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

There’s been consistent regulatory and government changes that have caused the HECM program to be more difficult to achieve in the customer base. But this is largely a positive development, Mittleman said, because more industry participants are recognizing the potential path forward with their own product offerings.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

Available online or in person, most approved Massachusetts real estate courses will teach you about the Commonwealth’s real estate law and provide the training you’ll need to move forward to take the licensing exam successfully. Primary identification with a photo can include any of these options: Government-issued driver’s license U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

You’re under constant scrutiny and constantly having to monitor and govern processes and practices to make sure that you are doing right by your clients.” QC Ally has a 99% accuracy rate and is a variable cost — no training or expertise is required on the part of the servicer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

The most recent layoff came on Tuesday when the California-based lender eliminated several hundred positions, including loan officers, mortgage underwriters, processors and training specialists, multiple former employees said. Licensed in 49 states across the nation, the lender has 159 active branches nationwide and originated $31.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The nonprofit Housing Forward acts as the lead agency of the coalition, overseeing a data-driven homeless-management information system; coordinating access to services within the network; and facilitating training for service providers, among other programs. million to 2.4

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