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FHFA: GSE servicers must keep fair lending data

Housing Wire

In a move the Federal Housing Finance Agency said will bolster sustainability and equity, servicers for federally backed loans will obtain and maintain fair lending data. That development prompted concern from legal experts that the information could be used as a basis for fair lending lawsuits. Presented by: Selene Finance.

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Deephaven Mortgage offers hands-on training to help brokers gain expertise with non-QM product offerings

Housing Wire

With more hopeful homeowners searching for non-traditional lending solutions, brokers are looking to partner with wholesale lenders that can offer unique options. On the other hand, they’re often worried it may be difficult to learn how to broker non-QM,” said Shelly Griffin, Senior Vice President of Client Development.

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Mortgage Educators and Compliance acquired by 360training

Housing Wire

360), an online regulated training provider, acquired Mortgage Educators and Compliance (MEC), a mortgage lending training company, both companies announced this week. Approved by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) since 2009, MEC specializes in online mortgage and financial services professional development.

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Industry vet launches new mortgage CE company, MLO Force

Housing Wire

The aim is to leverage the pair’s experience in content, training and digital production to make required NMLS training more fun, Knottingham said. But I’ve never had as much fun as I do when developing these courses.

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Why non-QM lending is not going away

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with John Jeanmonod, Regional Vice President of Sales at Angel Oak, about non-QM lending and the outlook for the second half of 2022. We have trained originators on non-QM while they closed their first non-QM loan. JJ: As I have mentioned, our training that we offer could be very beneficial.

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Roostify launches first of many AI-powered APIs on home lending platform

Housing Wire

Home lending proptech Roostify is releasing the “first of many” APIs on its existing lending platform built to automate document validation and data extraction in the lending process. Even in its relatively early stages of training the AI models, it is already turning out FI scores between 0.83

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Waterstone Mortgage promotes Rico Garcia to VP

Housing Wire

In addition, he will work with other teams to lead cross training and improve communication with both internal and external customers. Garcia’s professional career spans more than two decades in the mortgage lending industry, with more than five years at Waterstone Mortgage.

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