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Stepping up the fight against fraud in mortgage lending

Housing Wire

As origination volumes hit record highs in 2020, Truework’s verification experts saw a spike in fraud in mortgage lending, and expect that trend to continue this year. Now is the time for lenders to tighten their procedures not only on recruiting and hiring practices, but also lending operations. Data-driven analysis. Covid challenges.

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DOJ advocates for prohibition of cooperative compensation in Nosalek commission lawsuit

Housing Wire

The modified rule still gives sellers and their listing brokers a role in setting compensation for buyers’ brokers,” the filing states. According to the DOJ, when a seller makes an offer of compensation to the buyer broker, the buyer broker does not need to compete on their compensation price in order to attract clients.

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Ex-chief of staff accuses The Change Company of “mischaracterizing loans” 

Housing Wire

Bush and a vice president at Goldman Sachs before starting at the lender in 2021, listed several alleged violations related to lending practices. “Plaintiff has documented that TCC falsifies information on its annual certification by mischaracterizing its loans. Department of Treasury.

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FundingShield partners with Tata Consultancy Services on wire fraud prevention

Housing Wire

FundingShield and TCS aim to protect more lenders, homebuyers, sellers from wire and title fraud, both companies said. FundingShield , the fintech provider of plug-and-play solutions to manage risk, compliance and fraud prevention, has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a technology services and consulting company.

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How scammers are using AI to commit new fraud in real estate

Housing Wire

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. And the seller net proceeds continue to be a target.

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Leveraging the non-delegated channel to grow your business

Housing Wire

John Hedlund: Non-delegated lending can serve multiple purposes for different types of lenders. For mortgage brokers looking to make the jump to mortgage banking, non-delegated lending is the perfect way to build the resume they need on their journey to a fully delegated, agency-approved seller and servicer.

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Mortgage Tech: Black Knight, CoreLogic and Mutual of Omaha

Housing Wire

Data analytics giant Black Knight unveiled a new self-service style platform aimed at correspondent lending that will allow lenders to manage conditions and validate pricing locks on Best Effort loans. Through the automation, CoreLogic’s tech will then analyze and calculate the income based on the loans guidelines.

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