Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2023

CoreLogic , a provider of real estate data, analytics, and solutions, unveiled this week an upgrade to its CoreLogic Discovery Platform, offering users streamlined access to data-driven business analysis. The recent enhancement introduces pre-designed solutions tailored to assist mortgage lenders in transforming data into valuable insights.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

These [rated offerings] can start to bring in investors like insurance companies, money managers with mutual funds that have ratings constraints, investment banks … [and more], which will provide better financing on rated bonds.” The mortgage businesses is down sharply but the HELOC business is up sharply,” he added. “It’s

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Take, for example, Miami-based proptech firm Realfinity , which aims to challenge the status quo with a new business venture. The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

The mortgage loan officer handling the loan? If it appears to a VA appraiser that the appraised value of a property is going to come in below the pending sales price, the appraiser must contact the designated point of contact (POC) party that is specified in the appraisal order. These appraisals kept appraisers busy.

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Through this integration, Clear Capital will deliver an improved user experience for mortgage lenders and loan officers ordering products that support appraisal modernization, such as Universal Data Collection (UDC ) , Desktop appraisals and Hybrid appraisals. Visit icemortgagetechnology.com or call (877) 355-4362 to learn more.

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Assurance Financial

APRIL 29, 2021

Your lender will provide the closing disclosure three business days before your closing date. The closing disclosure outlines the cost of the loan, including the amount you’re borrowing and the interest and APR. A fixed-rate mortgage has an interest rate that remains the same for the entire term of the loan.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

million in a designated loan subsidy fund designed to increase access to credit for home mortgage, improvement and refinance loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit, in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods within the bank’s lending area.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But I think there’s still kind of an old-school mentality: it’s a face-to-face, belly-to-belly style business. Those that kind of understand business expenses and controls and where to invest and grow their business in a down marke t are the ones that are going to end up gaining market share.

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Assurance Financial

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Repayment: You make monthly payments on the loan , which typically include principal, interest, taxes and insurance. The loan is usually repaid over a period of years. Ownership: Once the loan is fully repaid, you own the property outright. Insurance Does a mortgage payment include insurance?

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Assurance Financial

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Bridge Loan. Another option for financing a purchase is taking out a bridge loan. These are short-term loans designed to bridge the time between when a homebuyer needs financing and when it becomes available. Before applying for a loan, consider which loan types are most beneficial for you in your financial situation.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Appraisal Business Tips . NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on retirement, liability, ADUs, appraiser cartoon, real estate market, Appraisal business, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. 2022 business has been very slow for many appraisers. Of course, I agree with this.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 12, 2023

If you make it through this downturn there will be few appraiser competitors left for the next big upturn in business. Appraisal vs Zillow vs AVM which is best Appraisal Business Tips Humor for Appraisers Click here to subscribe to our FREE weekly appraiser email newsletter and get the latest appraisal news!! It’s all curved.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

2023 E&O Insurance Brokers Risks of Expert Work by Claudia Gaglione, Esq A long article from Claudia with 4 very good case studies. As appraisers we can learn a lot from this, both in terms of how to interpret our market and how we interpret our own businesses and careers. I recognized the use of software similar to ChatGPT.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 18, 2021

Refinancing could potentially lower your monthly payments , allow you to consolidate debt, speed up the payoff process for your mortgage, eliminate your private mortgage insurance (PMI) and put more cash in your pocket. A home office can be a great, tax-deductible investment, particularly if you are self-employed or a small business owner.

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PennyMac

JANUARY 16, 2022

An owner's pride for their vacation rental seeps into all layers of the business: if you have it, all the other cards fall into place. Smaller decluttering tasks also fit better with busy lifestyles, so that no matter how little time you have, there will still be time to make progress on your decluttering.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

So, we’re excited to help CubiCasa grow as an independent company, serving customers independently, and open for business to any and all customers, and really to help drive the change for the industry towards modernization. There’s 2 million small business owners which are realtors. There’s 500,000 loan officers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In California’s Contra Costa County, where the median home listing price is now $749,000, a loan officer priced a loan for a potential borrower with less-than-perfect credit, who had found a listing for $650,000. John Meussner, the loan originator who priced the loan, said the fees amounted to “gouging.”.

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