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How to gain a competitive edge through in-house servicing

Housing Wire

Analysts in the mortgage industry are projecting that 2024 will be a better year than 2023 across the board. In a HousingWire report , analyst firm Jeffries said that they believe the worst of the current mortgage cycle is behind us, and Moody’s forecasts that the Federal Reserve will decrease rates three or four times this year.

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How retaining servicing provides a competitive advantage

Housing Wire

Managing a profitable mortgage business can be challenging in the best of markets. Mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) are valuable assets for mortgage lenders when origination business is slow. Servicing retention generates servicing fee income and helps servicers improve the customer experience.

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What role does the servicer play in creating clients for life?

Housing Wire

Until recently, mortgage servicing was more about cash-flow math than consumer experience. The transition from originator to servicer is too often a consumer experience hiccup, and must be a primary focus of servicing modernization. Uday Devalla, EVP, Chief Technology Officer at Sagent.

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Renovations That Increase Home Value in BC: Our Top 8 Picks

D Fritz Appraisals

Major Home Renovations & Home Appraisals: What You Should Know Are you planning house renovations and want to know the best home improvement investments? Or maybe you are planning to sell your house and are wondering about renovations that increase home value the most. Fritz for Your Appraisal Needs At D.

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Sagent technology puts servicers in the driver’s seat

Housing Wire

Since forbearances spiked in March, Sagent’s smart loan servicing software has helped servicers comply with federal requirements for scaling mortgage forbearances with minimal documentation, track and report investor and liquidity obligations, care for customers who needed help immediately, and prepare customers for protracted hardship scenarios.

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Why Diversify? Multiple Streams, Multiple Dreams!

Appraisal Buzz

Of course, the primary source of business for most residential appraisers has traditionally been the lending industry: refinances, HELOCs, and mortgages for the purchase of a home. To that end, the appraisal business is ripe with opportunities to diversify and have revenue streams from multiple sources.

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Tools To Support Appraisal Adjustments

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Geographic Data and Comps, effect of renovation on value, very low foreclosures now, current real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = = $99.5M For buyers, I tell them to look for these homes for sale. baths, 45,000 sq.ft.,

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