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Planet Home Lending adds new regional sales manager

Housing Wire

Planet Home Lending hired Matt Kingsborough as regional sales manager, the Connecticut-based lender, servicer and asset manager announced Thursday. Kingsborough has more than 20 years of experience in mortgage lending and will be responsible for driving the company’s expansion plans in the western U.S.

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Stepping up the fight against fraud in mortgage lending

Housing Wire

As origination volumes hit record highs in 2020, Truework’s verification experts saw a spike in fraud in mortgage lending, and expect that trend to continue this year. Now is the time for lenders to tighten their procedures not only on recruiting and hiring practices, but also lending operations. Data-driven analysis. Covid challenges.

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Redfin acquires Bay Equity, pink slips 121 staff

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Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The acquisition is intended to enable Seattle-based Redfin to expand its loans products nationally, as it wants to be a one-stop-shop for brokerage and lending.

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Opinion: CRA doesn’t work for banks or IMBs

Housing Wire

As bank regulators conduct a major CRA rulemaking, an honest assessment of CRA is that it has not been effective when it comes to bank mortgage lending. Instead, there are more effective ways to increase mortgage lending to underserved and minority borrowers. So why would we extend it to IMBs? These are all laudable social objectives.

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ReverseVision acquired by Constellation Software

Housing Wire

This acquisition expands our footprint in the digital mortgage ecosystem, and we are thrilled to have them join us as we continue to develop innovative and streamlined technology solutions in the lending space.”. In January, the company also added a new director of business development. This is a developing story.

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Fannie Mae announces first chief diversity and inclusion officer

Housing Wire

Prior to her seven-year stint at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, from 2013 to 2014 Anderson worked as an attorney at Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC , specializing in fair lending counseling and compliance. Before that, she worked at Ballard Spahr in public finance and housing. It will not be her first time at Fannie Mae.

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Fed pauses rate hikes in June. But how long will it last?

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained the federal funds rate in the 5% to 5.25% range on Wednesday, following 10 consecutive hikes that brought rates to a level never seen since 2007. Policymakers also want to evaluate the impact of their actions on the economy so far. “In But it’s a delicate balance.

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