Appraiserblogs

MARCH 17, 2022

Here’s the link to the ‘slide show’ the GSE’s have produced showing proposed design of the future, revised, URAR appraisal form. Related Posts: Appraisal Forms Redesign In 2018, the GSEs began working on 'mortgage lending appraisal forms redesign', a process they said would take approximately 3…. In late 2019, FHFA decided….

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 25, 2024

Warehouse lending software provider Forta Solutions hit a milestone recently: the funding of its first loan through its SaaS warehouse lending platform, Agility, which launched in October 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Chris Mozilo: While I’ve spent most of my 30-year career working at large firms, the most I ever learned in the mortgage business was the five years I worked at a small independent mortgage banker. At a small mortgage banker, leadership has to know all aspects of lending. in mortgage banking.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Prior to 2020, the mantra around the mortgage industry going back to 2016 was that launching a new “digital experience” was the equivalent to table stakes in poker. The message was clear: if you weren’t already invested in new digital mortgage experience, then your competition already beat you to the sale.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Black Knight recently launched a web portal that enables clients, third-party providers and their developers to access the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs) across the mortgage life cycle. Servicing Digital, offered as an app or web design, enables customers to access their loan- and home-related information.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank , Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse sector and mortgage finance have progressed and continue to evolve. HW: How has mortgage finance changed in the last few years?

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 10, 2024

Floify , a point of sale solution for mortgage lenders, now pre-populates loan applications for borrowers using data on file in Total Expert. The enhanced integration enables lenders to support a lending experience that reflects the acquired knowledge of a nurtured relationship, Floify says in a release.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. Credit standards for home-only applicants are much higher than for buyers seeking a mortgage, and this helps explain the high denial rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

For those in the mortgage space, there are a myriad of technology solutions claiming to help streamline lending operations and improve efficiency. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The solution is a convenient resource that leverages Black Knight’s vast repository of mortgage and public records data, coupled with leading analytics. Designed specifically with the end-user in mind, Servicing Digital helps servicers deliver an outstanding, convenient and modern customer experience, which enhances growth and retention.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

UAD originated in 2010 and since then we appraisers are accustomed to using codes like “C4,” “N;Res,” and “1200sf0sfin” in our mortgage appraisal reports to communicate the results of our analysis. It all starts with the standard appraisal forms used in the mortgage process. Most appraisers have diversity in their business channels.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2021

Notable in light of the current servicing challenges facing the industry, Stavvy’s eClosing technology is designed to facilitate faster borrower communication and closings as servicers work through loan modifications, referrals and forbearance. How modernized servicing creates customers for life.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

More and more borrowers are looking for a fast, effective mortgage process that involves less paper. We recently spoke to Amanda Hill, Head of Mortgage Solutions at Reggora, about actionable steps lenders can take to overcome barriers to automation. Modern technology is key for lenders who want to stay competitive in this regard.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Better, faster, cheaper has long been the promise of technology in the mortgage industry. Some may argue whether today’s technology is that much better than the tools we used in the past, particularly in the servicing business where many still use platforms designed and first built decades ago. And fall is exactly what we did.

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Clear Capital

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s an exciting time in the mortgage industry, especially for appraisals. Over the past few years, leading companies from across the industry have modernized and transformed how appraisals are manufactured to streamline the lending process and improve the borrower’s experience. What are the benefits of 1004 Desktop appraisals?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, a year after the GSEs announced new appraisal modernization solutions, as they’re more widely adopted, questions arise. A look into GSE appraisal modernization efforts The GSEs have each offered appraisal waivers on eligible loans for several years. How do the solutions work? Why do we need them? But you already know this.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

” The participating firms, which will collect appraisal data and put it through Fannie Mae’s API, include the biggest name in the mortgage tech space: Solidifi, Class Valuation , Clear Capital , Mueller Services, Inc. Our appraisal, property inspection, title and closing technologies are designed to plug into any digital platform.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Between the recent rate hike from the Federal Reserve , the ongoing war in Ukraine and continued economic recovery following the pandemic, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market. More rate hikes from the Fed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Today’s low-volume, purchase-focused market is more competitive than ever, as mortgage lenders work to win more market share than their neighbor and aim to be as profitable as possible. First, the PPE should be architecturally designed to accommodate any lenders’ unique business strategy or use case.

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 10, 2021

the previous forms were designed for a typewriter.... ... Related Posts: UAD and Forms Redesign Last year the hot topic was Appraisal Modernization - mostly bifurcate appraisals and UAD changes. That being said i’m just the messenger and don’t shoot the messenger.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. Mike is an experienced mortgage loan officer. Modern technology is often written to help power users get more out of the tools.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

“Appraisal is one of the most time-consuming and inefficient parts of the lending process,” said Brian Zitin, co-founder of Reggora. “In In order to help the mortgage industry reach its mission of the ‘one-day mortgage,’ we’re hyper-focused on streamlining the entire appraisal process.”. Brian Zitin, Co-Founder and CEO.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Earlier this year, Orchard began the initial pilot of its integrated mortgage offering in Texas markets. Knock this year shifted into lending ).

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 5, 2022

And now, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has begun sharing collected appraiser information – including name and license number – for a wide range of purposes, including “for fair lending and fair housing research, investigation, supervision, and enforcement.” There is no such thing, not anymore. The post All Risk, No Reward?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the family’s income has been cut by almost half and inflation has increased their expenses, Wilen’s primary concern is his mortgage. mortgage for 12 months, and the county where he lives paid three months of his mortgage bill as part of an assistance program. He is afraid of losing his home.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP and Personal Inspection, GSE Appraisal Modernization, Transaction costs and values including real estate commissions, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal? By Dallas T.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mortgage Cadence has recently launched their new platform offering the industry’s most complete, modern LOS that delivers cloud-based, automated loan origination capabilities designed to enable an exceptional user experience throughout the entire mortgage lending life cycle, across all channels and products.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 19, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, forms to reports modernization, AMCs, earthquake risk, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == == Rare Coastal Contemporary Manchester, MA, for $9M Excerpts: 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath, 5,258 sq.ft. Meet in person.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. No doubt, investment in modernization is needed in the appraisal process.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

I suppose it is because most appraisals are done (now) for residential lending purposes. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on New CA bias classes, 2024 New Years resolutions, 2024 goals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Mortgage applications decreased 9.4 baths, 4,000 sq.ft.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

The modernization of mortgage originations in recent years has made customers expect a smart, push-button experience. million mortgages in long-term forbearance. million mortgages in long-term forbearance. It’s taken time to modernize servicing because it’s the last, most complex frontier of consumer finance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Talk to any mortgage technologist about the future of the industry and two topics will emerge immediately: big data and smarter automation. Joe Camerieri, EVP Mortgage Cadence. Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania , ESSA “failed to provide mortgage lending services and did not serve the credit needs of majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Philadelphia metropolitan area” from 2017 to 2021. million consent order with Trident Mortgage Co.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In recent months, Mortgage Cadence clients have been able to quickly pivot to a remote-work model without missing a beat using its end-to-end digital lending solution, the Mortgage Cadence Platform (MCP). The Platform is available from any device, anywhere, with specific role-based workflow automation and design.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Joe Minnich, a condo risk consultant, spoke on how loans secured by an individual unit in a condominium project have greater risk than found in typical SFR lending. Fannie New Appraisal Form Modernization. Danish Home Designed to Showcase Its Owner’s Vintage Car Collection.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Dara by Sagent is the first mortgage software platform to unify all data and user experiences for servicers and homeowners across the entire servicing lifecycle. Dara is designed to be proactive when it comes to real-time policymaking. With deep roots in servicing, Dara is ready for everything.

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