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Finaya Unifies Home Buying and Selling, Mortgage, Insurance, Title and Closing Services

Appraisal Buzz

Technology firm Finaya has launched an AI-based homeownership marketplace super-app that integrates home buying and selling, mortgage, insurance, title, closing and other related services supported by a marketplace of on-demand realtors, loan brokers, lenders and service providers.

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HUD to allow borrowers of FHA mortgages to obtain private flood insurance

Housing Wire

Homeowners with the Federal Housing Administration -insured mortgage financing will now be allowed to obtain private flood insurance policies, expanding consumer options to protect borrowers from the country’s major natural disaster. . billion, did not have the required NFIP coverage.

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Introducing the 2023 HW Vanguards

Housing Wire

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron VanTrojen CEO Geneva Financial Home Loans Abbie Tidmore Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer Pennymac Adam Kessler CEO Academy Mortgage Baron Silverstein President Newrez Ben Madick Co-Founder and CEO Matic Insurance Bernadette Kogler Co-Founder and CEO RiskSpan Bill Rogers Founder and CEO Homeowners (..)

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Opinion: The elephant in the real estate room? Lowballed appraisals

Housing Wire

As a refresher, “redlining” means that no matter the features or amenities that a home provides, if the home is in a neighborhood with Black residents (homeowners or renters), traditional (and more affordable) lending and insurance would be denied — although a few sub-prime options tend to circle these communities like sharks.

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Here are the 2022 HousingWire Vanguards!

Housing Wire

Head of Neighborhood and Community Lending. Matic Insurance. Senior Executive Vice President, President of Residential Servicing and Correspondent Lending. Supreme Lending. Head of Home Lending. Planet Home Lending. Executive Vice President of Retail Lending. Company Name. Aaron King. CEO and Founder.

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Announcing the 2024 Tech100 Mortgage Winners!

Housing Wire

Company Name Company Website Markets Served Company HQ MMI mmi.io/ Loan Origination, Title and Closing Salt Lake City, UT Polly polly.io/ Secondary San Francisco, CA Paradatec paradatec.com/ Servicing, Secondary, Cross Markets and Origination Wilmington, DE Orion Lending orionlending.com/ Loan Origination and Servicing Orange, CA Optimal Blue www2.optimalblue.com/

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Tighter Lending Policies Change the Landscape of Condo Mortgage Eligibility for Buyers

Lamacchia Realty

Buyers hoping to purchase condos have been under more stringent lending regulations over the past three years, initially under temporary guidelines that were later made permanent. These regulations included two changes, the first to Significant Deferred Maintenance/Special Assessments and secondly to Insurance Deductibles.

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