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Truity Credit Union Using Dark Matter’s Empower LOS

Appraisal Buzz

Truity Credit Union , a member-owned credit union with locations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, is using Dark Matter’s Empower loan origination system to provide loan officers and members a modern, mobile-friendly experience across home purchase, refi, home-equity and construction loan originations.

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Flagstar Bank offers brokers direct access to seasoned specialty lending experts and powerful tech solutions

Housing Wire

Not only does Flagstar offer brokers direct access to seasoned sales, support and underwriting teams, it also provides a product set that includes specialty lending options like Advantage non-agency loan, jumbos, new construction, renovation products and HELOCs, and in the pipeline, loans to foreign nationals, seconds and investor property loans.

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CFPB files amicus brief in support of Maine mortgage borrowers in TILA lawsuit

Housing Wire

Bordick , under the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) on behalf of a couple that took out a mortgage in 2008 in order to purchase land for the construction of a new home. The bank has argued that because the loan documents stated that the loan had a commercial purpose, the law does not apply.”

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Texana Bank to trim workforce in California

Housing Wire

5, according to the document reviewed by HousingWire. The bank offers conventional loans, FHA , VA , USDA , construction, bridge loan, cash-out refis, home equity, land and mobile home loans, according to its website. The layoffs include loan officers, underwriters, processors, post-closing and secondary market staff.

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The VA’s little-known program for Native American veterans

Housing Wire

A Department of Veterans Affairs lending program for Native American veterans has been severely underutilized, a government watchdog found. The GAO said that the VA lacked the staff to run the lending program and failed to inform communities that it exists. from 2012 to 2021.

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Opinion: Why we should implement a mortgage marketplace model

Housing Wire

Right now, there’s both a compelling need and the technological capacity to do mortgage lending differently. Marketplace model By differently, I mean delivering mortgage lending at scale to consumers so that the four flashing Maybes are solved.

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CFPB ponders how well HMDA captures discrimination

Housing Wire

The agency asks for comment on whether the HMDA rule has “brought greater transparency to the mortgage market,” and whether it helps identify possible discriminatory lending patterns and enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. The HMDA data is a crucial tool for the CFPB in constructing redlining cases.

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