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The Similarities Between 2007 and Today

Appraisal Buzz

During the 2007-10 mortgage default meltdown, appraisals were a target of complaints and allegations by lenders, the GSEs, some state appraisal boards, and a few unscrupulous entrepreneurs. The post The Similarities Between 2007 and Today appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. We are seeing that as a profession again.

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Planet Home Lending adds new regional sales manager

Housing Wire

Founded in 2007, it was the only top 10 national lender to grow its sales volume on a year-over-year basis in the first half of 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data. By contract, the country’s top 50 lenders as a whole saw volumes fall by more than 50% during the same period.

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Supreme Court orders review of recession-era class action against Rocket

Housing Wire

The leading plaintiffs are two couples, Phillip and Sara Alig and Daniel and Roxanne Shea, who refinanced their mortgages in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Expert witnesses estimated the actual 2007 value of their home to be as much as $26,000 less than the appraised value. The Aligs obtained a $113,000 loan, putting them underwater.

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MCS CEO Caroline Reaves announces her retirement

Housing Wire

Caroline Reaves, CEO of property services provider Mortgage Contracting Services , announced her retirement on Tuesday after leading the company for 14 years. While Reaves will be departing from one position at the company’s helm, the mortgage veteran is set to transition to MCS’ board of directors as its chairwoman.

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Home-equity niche will benefit from a private-label lift

Housing Wire

“Securitization of HELOCs had been a small part of the RMBS [residential mortgage-backed securities] market in the pre-financial crisis period, but issuance was still relatively commonplace until 2007,” states a fall 2022 DBSR Morningstar report focused on the securitization market for HELOCs. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

HousingWire : Now, at the point of contract where an agent or consumer sees a home entered by HomesUSA, what happens next? You said before 2007 that you were providing services for homebuilders manually. That began to change around 2007, and we were able to take on clients more efficiently. Ben Caballero : Not enough!

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Epic Fail: The Appraisal Institute IRS 990s Show They Needs To Do A 180

Miller Samuel

It is where the BOD gets to vote on Jim Amorin's new contract that the entire board has not seen. You can't vote on a contract in good conscience, if you haven't seen it or been exposed the the key terms. Jim Amorin has made $1,725,003 from 2007 to 2019, yet membership has fallen 22.7% over that period.

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