Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

The continuous development of loss mitigation tools and practices in the mortgage industry will play an essential part in preventing future foreclosures, but additional safety nets — particularly for those mortgage customers who belong to historically disadvantaged populations — will play a critical role in thinning the racial wealth gap.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Another “Big Four” title insurer announced its fourth quarter earnings and yet again the numbers reached historic highs. On its fourth quarter earnings call with investors, Fidelity National Financial announced that its adjusted full-year net earnings came in at $2.3 billion for 2021, a 49% increase over a year prior. billion, with $1.0

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Sahi will be involved in all aspects of the corporate strategy, business development, sales and account management, the firm said Thursday. Movement Mortgage , First American Financial and FinVC also joined existing investors 8VC , Khosla Ventures and Fifth Wall.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

Real estate tech company Spruce announced a joint project Tuesday with insurtech platform Digital Partners and American Digital Title Insurance Company to offer a fully underwritten title commitment that it says can be completed in minutes. In September, the companies announced a joint project to offer cost-effective title insurance.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

The IPO gives the cloud-based software company the ammunition to grow market share , develop new products and dive deeper into various sectors within fintech, including consumer banking and auto. Over the last two years, Blend has acquired its own mortgage insurance firm and title insurance firm (the latter in a $422 million deal).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. Property managers and real estate agents who are interested in working with investors.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

We posted good results in the second quarter given the continuing market headwinds ,” Ken DeGiorgio, the CEO of First American , told investors and analyst’s during the firm’s second quarter earnings call. annual decrease in title insurance net premiums and fees generated to $649.6 million and a 68.3%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

Meanwhile, innovation-driven transparency is helping to make distressed property auctions more accessible for these owner-occupant buyers as well as for local community developer buyers who, it turns out, sell most of their renovated foreclosures to owner-occupants. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in August 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

The list includes potential irregularities regarding the Community Development Financial Institutions ( CDFI ) regulations, specifically a rule requiring lenders to provide annual documentation attesting that 60% of their loans go to the target markets certified by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

If you want to think outside the box, consider partnering with an ambitious insurance agent who offers both rent and homeowners insurance. Targeting investors and tailoring your real estate prospecting letters to their needs and is very smart. I work with many investors and want to introduce myself as a resource to you.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“This is a watershed moment for many different reasons as now these [HEAs] can start to become more of a mainstream asset class that a significant number of investors will want to participate in. The news is just as positive in the more traditional home equity sector of HELOCs and CESs. It appears that securitization market has arrived.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

After reading the recent report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency on the performance of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’ s credit risk transfer programs, anyone unfamiliar with the purposes of CRT might understandably conclude that the GSEs vastly overpaid capital market investors and insurance providers to transfer credit risk off their books.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

First American Financial, which provides title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has acquired a minority interest in ServiceMac’s parent company and that interest will convert into equity of ServiceMac at the acquisition’s closing, pending regulatory approvals. First American Financial Corp.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

After a record breaking year in 2021 , 2022 is off to a slow start for “big four” title insurer First American Financial. Our company delivered good financial results in the first quarter, our seasonally slowest period,” CEO Ken DeGiorgio said during the company’s first quarter 2021 earnings call with investors on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the residential client disappointed at the lack of inventory , or the commercial investor with many vacancies in a once-thriving property. As with establishing effective communication expectations early on, developing a crisis management plan before you need it will allow you to effectively deal with unexpected problems.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

For the first time, the ALTA Registry will provide data on individual title insurance and settlement services companies, identified by an ALTA ID. It’s crucial that the title insurance industry urge progress and innovation in the digital closing space. MISMO e-Eligibility Exchange helps address this challenge.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Executives at both Stewart Information Services and First American Financial bemoaned the challenging housing market environment as they discussed their respective firms’ first quarter 2023 earnings with investors Thursday morning. For DeGiorgio’s firm, these conditions resulted in a total revenue of $1.4 million a year prior.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Government insurers and guarantors adapted to offer new options to borrowers like forbearance, partial claim/payment deferrals and extended-term modifications. Real-time data means systems can respond to real-time policymaking without ever missing consumer and investor requirements or any compliance details.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

FHA mortgage programs The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) provides easy-to-qualify government insured loans. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which is offered to public servants, such as first responders. You can even search for investors, first time buyers, first responders, etc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Goldstein founded StoicLane in September alongside Matt Foran and Jake Nice to invest in finance, insurance, and real estate businesses. The team co-founded several companies and, since 2004, they claim to have created $4 billion in equity value to investors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services. There, Allen developed strategies for capital markets clients including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank , as well as managed engagements and provided solutions for FHFA , OCC , HUD , Freddie Mac and others.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

That’s because the unpaid loan balance continues to grow for delinquent mortgages due to unpaid interest, property taxes and insurance. But increasing home prices, on their own, are often not enough to increase home equity for distressed homeowners.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2021

It extends to their checking and savings accounts, small business and community development debt and equity financing, bank branch locations, financial literacy, grantmaking and more. Bank CRA obligations cover far more than their mortgage lending. They are bound to do more.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. I’ve gone through extensive coaching and professional development,” he said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since then, we’ve continued to add the best minds in fintech and servicing operations to help servicers identify operational opportunities, build systems that can adapt in real-time to policy making and markets and superpower the servicing operators who serve homeowners, regulators and investors. This isn’t for lack of creativity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

“We will not be spending time focused on what investors think. The reputational damage from the December layoffs also hinders the company’s ability to develop relationships that lead to purchase business. We are going to be leaner, meaner and hungrier going forward.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Boston National Title (BNT), founded in 2006, offers servicing solutions to help ensure loan portfolios meet investor expectations and are both in compliance with regulatory requirements and within the risk tolerance of the GSEs. The company’s products make it easier for servicers to navigate the title process and eliminate errors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

Meanwhile, mortgage lenders are still trying to calm down their investors and business partners. That was a favorable development,” Deitch said. Client funds are held in insured deposit accounts at a mix of money centers and regional banks, the company said. The recent crisis impacted homebuyers in different ways.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The OCC also alleged that the bank’s auto-lending unit improperly maintained collateral protection insurance policies on automobile loan accounts. However, it seems that the bank did not check all the boxes that were required by the OCC. .”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. With its technology platform in development, Shekhar said the company is looking to beef up its product mix and grow presence in its multiple markets.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

To address those potential risks, the CFPB worked with other regulators — including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency — to consider a potential interagency requirement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t know what investor demand is going to be. The ultimate impact on the origination and private label securities markets, and the broader housing market, of losing some $35 billion in monthly agency MBS buying power could be offset if other investors step up to the plate to fill the void.

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 29, 2023

In the first installment of this series, we looked at the advantages of raw land as an investment as well as the ways an investor might go about locating such parcels. Buyers should make sure the most accurate and up-to-date survey is incorporated into the title insurance policy. Subsequently, the process of conveyance must proceed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Cooper Elly Cummings Divisional EVP New American Funding Eloise Schmitz Co-founder and CEO LoanNEX Erika Franks President ACT Appraisal Felecia Bowers Senior Vice President and Director of Compliance and Servicing Homeowners Financial Group Georgia Perez Chief Growth Officer LiveEasy Heidi Mason Executive Vice President and General Counsel Freddie (..)

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. insurance companies, including home and auto providers. Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter.

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