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Candescent Capital Ventures Taps Adam Johnston as SVP, Chief Program Management and Valuation Officer

Appraisal Buzz

Over the past 20 years, he has served in key leadership roles in mortgage banking, private mortgage insurance, and appraisal management. Johnston is a certified real estate appraiser with advanced professional appraisal designations, project management designations, and process improvement credentials.

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HUD to allow borrowers of FHA mortgages to obtain private flood insurance

Housing Wire

Homeowners with the Federal Housing Administration -insured mortgage financing will now be allowed to obtain private flood insurance policies, expanding consumer options to protect borrowers from the country’s major natural disaster. . billion, did not have the required NFIP coverage.

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Regulators show united front on targeted lending programs

Housing Wire

Though regulators have the power to ding lenders for violating fair lending law, none of the agencies can give a special purpose credit program their blessing. Lenders are left to their own devices to design the programs, based on guidelines from the CFPB, and hope they get it right.

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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

Housing Wire

“The exposure of the largest banks is quite low, but there may be smaller banks that are stressed by these developments.” Although commercial mortgage debt is propelling these concerns, the possibility of failure for a federally insured bank has implications for the residential mortgage sector. FDIC), banks held $2.78 in Q2 2023.

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University Bank adds four reverse mortgage veterans to its HECM division

Housing Wire

Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year. Sue Haviland has also joined the division as a loan officer, coming off of a roughly three-year stint as Finance of America Reverse (FAR)’s national sales trainer in learning and development.

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Mortgage AI firm Candor conducts layoffs

Housing Wire

Future development projects will follow this collaborative approach with our clients and strategic partners. The company debuted in August 2020 with a mission to automate much of the underwriting process when making income, asset and lending decisions. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Opinion: The elephant in the real estate room? Lowballed appraisals

Housing Wire

Yet as surrounding neighborhoods appreciated in value with increased amenities and services, rising costs pushed out the mostly Black, longtime residents — excluding them from the benefits of development.” That is anathema to the spirit of fair housing (and lending). Limited services means limited options, access and opportunities.