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Stone Point Capital, Insight Partners to purchase CoreLogic

Housing Wire

Stone Point and Insight Partners are highly respected investors who recognize the value and potential of CoreLogic’s digital content, solutions and market-leading platforms that power the housing economy,” CoreLogic President and CEO Frank Martell said. Strategies lenders should adopt from direct to consumer lending. Sign up here.

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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

Housing Wire

There were no severance packages, and even health insurance was canceled retroactive to May 2022, leaving some on the hook for huge medical bills. The Smart Rate website mentions that the mortgage lender offers purchase and refinancings, jumbo, FHA, adjustable, bank statement and investors loans. It’s truly unbelievable and nauseating.

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CFPB wants lenders to disclose reason for denial of credit

Housing Wire

The requirement also applies to mortgage lenders, legal experts say. In his own statement Thursday, Chopra said companies have “legal responsibilities when they let a black-box model make lending decisions.”. The CFPB has raised concerns in the past that algorithmic models perpetuate discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

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People Movers: FundingShield, North American Title Company, Valligent Technologies, Garris Horn and Azimuth GRC

Housing Wire

Suazo has over 15 years of leadership experience in the mortgage lending space with firms including Stearns Lending , Bank of America , Carrington Holding Company and CloudVirga. Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services.

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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. Investors looking to support low-income families would not purchase the lender’s loans if they knew they were provided to wealthy individuals or celebrities, the lawsuit states.

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Loan America sues Sprout for allegedly failing to purchase loans

Housing Wire

Typically, the company does not hold such loans for more than two weeks, instead selling them to a group of investors – including Sprout Mortgage. Former employees accuse the company of retroactively cutting off their health insurance on May 1, 2022 without prior communication.

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Opinion: The best way to honor our past is to protect borrowers in the present

Housing Wire

In the early 20th century, Black Americans faced significant barriers to homeownership, including racial segregation, discriminatory lending practices, and exclusionary covenants that prevented them from buying homes in certain neighborhoods. But it wasn’t enough. It’s certainly not the solution Black homeowners need now.