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As insurance costs rise, Florida homeowners are given a new option

Housing Wire

Florida is reckoning with a severe homeowners insurance crisis. The recent surge in both the frequency and intensity of hurricanes that have battered the state has prompted numerous insurers and reinsurers to exit the market , leaving Florida homeowners grappling with skyrocketing premiums and limited coverage options.

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Title insurers reckon with attorney opinion letters

Housing Wire

Prior to the advent and widespread use of title insurance, before taking title to a property, the buyer required that the title be free of any rights, interests, liens or encumbrances of others for which the buyer would be responsible for.

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Opinion: Two legal issues relevant to FHFA’s review of FHLB system

Housing Wire

31, 2022, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it would conduct a comprehensive review of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system. This provision may be challenged by the affected FHLBank under legal process. The fundamental purpose of the Federal Home Loan Bank System is housing finance.

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Going to Extremes

Appraisal Buzz

Does the cost of homeowners insurance affect the price of a home? In recent years, insurance companies have pulled out of some markets altogether after sustaining massive losses due to wildfires, flooding, and other climate-related disasters. In some markets, the answer is increasingly yes.

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Equifax’s Work Number is too expensive and regulators should look into it: CHLA

Housing Wire

Equifax’s Work Number product is too expensive for consumers and the Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) and Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) should potentially do something about it, an influential mortgage trade group argued this week. Equifax did not immediately return a request for comment.

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Blend cuts workforce, shakes up leadership

Housing Wire

It resulted from a big decline in mortgage banking, title insurance revenues and an impairment related to the Title365 segment. . In operations, Amir Jafari will assume a new position created of head of finance and administration, overseeing areas like finance, people and legal. million in the third quarter of 2022.

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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

Housing Wire

But shocks to the mortgage market can deteriorate borrowers’ income, balance sheets and access to credit, affecting borrowers, government agencies, insurance companies and local governments. “I encourage Congress to remove any legal impediments to information sharing between Ginnie Mae and state regulators. .”

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