Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ultimately, every homebuyer prospect, every contract and every negotiation is different, but your value should be consistent for all situations and clients. In fact, you will become known as a true professional and receive repeat and referral business as a result of doing the best job possible for your clients. Are they relocating?

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McKissock

JULY 20, 2021

Appraisers often balk at assignments that require a more detailed inspection of the subject property (e.g., ” Do you believe you are acting as a home inspector when you complete a property inspection as part of an FHA assignment? Appraisers perform similar inspections, to one degree or another, in most appraisal assignments.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Automated mortgage technology provider Lender Toolkit announced this week that it has integrated with Reggora , an appraisal management software company that focuses on modernizing residential real estate valuations for mortgage lenders. That savings can be passed on to borrowers.”

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 15, 2024

Clear Capital ‘s suite of valuations solutions is now available through Dark Matter ’s Exchange Service Network, an API marketplace for mortgage lenders, servicers and service providers that helps manage electronic data exchange between them.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Thanks to high mortgage rates , mortgage refinance rates, and even higher home prices , the vibe among homebuyers has been fairly bleak these past couple months. They are also aware that they can negotiate on price and terms up front, as well as negotiate at inspection. To that I say, timing is everything in real estate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

First American offers an integrated suite of staff and network appraisal products and services, including standard appraisals, collateral inspection services and hybrid valuations through First American Mortgage Solutions’ Appraisal Management Company (AMC) and the First American Staff Appraiser Company.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

But with rising mortgage costs and high interest rates , refinancing doesn’t always make the most sense. The AAR consists of an onsite property inspection completed by a local and licensed real estate agent or broker. Borrowers everywhere are seeking new ways to tap into their home equity.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Realtor.com and Rocket Mortgage , two of the biggest companies in the digital real estate space, have formed a key advertising partnership that their competitors are sure to notice. We send them a link to get digitally preapproved through Rocket Mortgage, and we alert the agent that they’re going through this flow. .”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Mortgage tech company Xactus announced that its valuation solution Appraisal Firewall X has met federal requirements and is capable of fulfilling Fannie Mae property data collection orders. ” Fannie Mae’s program is part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the valuation component of the mortgage industry. .”

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McKissock

JUNE 17, 2022

As of mid-March 2022, banks and mortgage lenders can now use desktop appraisals in place of traditional appraisals for qualifying Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac backed mortgages. Below are five remote inspection tools worth looking into. Another virtual inspection tool is HomeView by ValueLink, launched in July 2020.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Larry Steinway, VP producing area sales manager at New American Funding He joins NAF from Revolution Mortgage , where he served as branch production sales manager and SVP of mortgage lending for a little over a year. NAF, the 31st largest mortgage lender in America in 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, has been in growth mode.

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Genworth MI Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Enact’s David Foster recently spoke with MortgageOrb about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted inspections and appraisals, the changes we see today, and other appraisal factors to consider. Q: How have inspections and appraisals been impacted since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Appraisers Can Complete Virtual Inspections Independently, Be Their Own Bosses, and Prepare for a Digital Future. Once they have signed up, they will be able to create job orders, complete virtual inspections, and set their desired fees. Appraisers pay a nominal fixed cost per inspection, which they build into their client fees.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The mortgage ecosystem evolves quickly, with different sub-sectors such as lending, loan aggregation as well as loan securitization being impacted, Sean Begley, senior director of business development at CAPE Analytics, told HousingWire. The tool can be paired up with other types of valuation metrics.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, senior vice president of operations support and operational risk for VRM Mortgage Services , offers strategies for doing just that, showing how VRM is growing and changing during these unique times. Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

Homebuyers who offer all-cash improve their chances of winning a bidding war by 290%, per Redfin’s study of clients buying homes between June 2020 and February 2021. And waiving the financing contingency is the second-most effective bidding-war strategy, Redfin officials said – improving homebuyers’ odds of winning by 66%.

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McKissock

JUNE 26, 2022

Without accounting for your real estate clients’ common needs and expectations , you might be underperforming and risk losing their business. Here are nine things your real estate clients are expecting from you as their real estate professional: 1. So, take the appropriate steps to ensure your clients don’t feel ignored.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Mortgage tech is already off to the races, with companies introducing new digital products early in 2021. Digital mortgage platformer Blend is back this week, announcing that they are furthering their Freddie Mac partnership by integrating the GSE’s automated underwriting system, Loan Product Advisor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Altos Research’s Market Action Index score for the county, which has 70 municipalities, illustrates the challenges agents and their clients have faced. I was able to bring my clients to multiple listings for their consideration, but now I can only show them one or two in a given week. as of March 6, 2024. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Property data collection consists of a complete interior and exterior inspection of the subject property. Freddie Mac announced automated collateral evaluation (ACE) as a new solution and Fannie Mae followed not long after with the introduction of Property Inspection Waivers (later renamed Value Acceptance).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Working with some of the nation’s largest banks and mortgage servicers, offering asset management, property disposition, title, close, valuation, and field services through an integrated, technology-driven platform. As low mortgage rates continue to fuel the housing market, lenders are reporting record-breaking purchase and refinance volumes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2021

HomeFree-USA gets homebuyers mentally and financially ready for mortgage approval.”. With HomeFree-USA’s Mortgage Achievement Roadmap, Davis was able to take on each step with a trusted homeownership advisor by her side. When Davis became mortgage ready, HomeFree-USA worked with Citi to get her to closing day. Mortgage at Citi.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

December 16, 2021 — Deephaven Mortgage today announced an alliance with Incenter Appraisal Management to give Non-Agency/Non-QM brokers a new competitive advantage by offering remote appraisal services for Deephaven’s loans. Deephaven was founded in 2012 and led the rebuilding of the non-government mortgage market.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Are you wondering what the best clients to work with are to advance your real estate career? One of the worst nightmares of any real estate agent – whether beginner or experienced – is dealing with difficult clients. Access a large client pool. There are many different career opportunities in real estate. Deals can be expedited.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Outsourcing or hiring in-house compliance experts are no longer the only options for servicers who need help handling lien releases and assignment of mortgage documents. Data entry is a separate function and can be completed with client staff or offshore partners. PerfectDocs is fully compliant with state, county and MERS regulations.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Monika DeRoussel was in a meeting, away from her phone and email, when a client messaged her that a property in their price range and desired neighborhood had a for-sale sign in the yard. When the meeting concluded, DeRoussel quickly reached out to the seller’s agent to see if her client could get in for a tour, but it was too late. “I

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mortgage servicing is complex, expensive and risky, involving a heavy compliance burden. Partnership model: Aspen Grove is with its clients every step of the way. Many servicers today rely on a legacy patchwork quilt of systems with disconnected processes, data and teams. Aspen Grove has deep DNA in servicing technology.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

The right mortgage services provider is essential to helping wholesale lenders and their brokers thrive in this constantly evolving market. We provide title and closing services in all 50 states, and the broker works with the exact same client service team,” ServiceLink client relationship executive Nicole Blosch said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. Luckily, the technology and infrastructure we had in place at ServiceLink kept our client service uninterrupted. Today, borrowers expect to close fast.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The complexities of serving borrowers under the CARES Act require lenders, servicers and investors to partner with a mortgage services provider who has the expertise and national network to provide high-touch support to its clients. Our clients have a moratorium on evictions, so we are not actively pursuing these opportunities.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Lender Sierra Pacific Mortgage (SPM) announced Wednesday it will use CoreLogic’s collateral valuation platform in order to streamline future home appraisals. Sierra Pacific Mortgage, a California-based nationwide direct lender licensed in 49 states, has been searching for ways to increase underwriter productivity since 2018.

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Appraisal Appraisal Process Inspection Valuation 380

Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Stop answering clients’ concerns by saying, “Yeah, there’s really nothing on the market, I mean everything in the MLS is already pending. No rehab for them and no inspection woes for you. Your client can get their home on the market a few months before construction is complete and not have to move twice. Next, the house is new.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In the ultra-competitive Westchester market, the odds were stacked against Heather Harrison and her client. “The client went to highest and best on Monday at 5 p.m., and I counseled my client to bid accordingly, waive his mortgage contingency, then we bid $1.45 million and we got it.” million and we got it.”

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Realtor

JULY 13, 2021

Home inspection. A home inspection is the foundation on which all other real estate contingencies are built. In the inspection, a neutral expert assesses the home for roofing, plumbing, structural, electrical, and other major problems. Well water/septic system inspection. Mold remediation.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

If something comes up on inspection that wasn’t a big deal when interest rates were closer to 3%, now it is more magnified and pushes them out the door a lot quicker,” Levin said. We are focused on just taking it one client at a time. But it isn’t just first-time buyers. They spook easier.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Cleveland-based KeyBank , a mortgage lender and servicer with $187 billion in assets, is facing a lawsuit filed in federal court in Ohio stemming from a recent data breach that compromised its customers personal information, including social security numbers. This incident does not affect any Key systems or operations.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

As a consequence, the number of real estate, mortgage and general housing tech firms to make the annual Inc. Mortgage origination platform Maxwell , which was in the top 200 last year and a HW Tech 100 award winner in 2021, was ranked No. The past year hasn’t been particularly good for tech or housing. The company was No.

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