The Mortgage Bankers Association’s mortgage volume forecast is the writing on the wall. It shows that the refinance business that accounted for over 75% of the lender’s business last year will account for only about a quarter of industry volume next year.
That is a huge change and it will impact every process loan originators are using to serve borrowers today. The old ways the industry used to originate refinance business will not be
Let’s get real for a moment. When that email from an AMC hits your inbox, asking for your best fee and quickest turnaround, do you
By now, most appraisers are aware that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) have embarked on a complete overhaul of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD).
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