Appraisal Buzz

MAY 17, 2021

The post Activist Legal Names Chris Pummill President of Operations appeared first on DSNews. The post Activist Legal Names Chris Pummill President of Operations appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Non-traditional law firm specializing in mortgage defaults welcomes new head of operations with 30-plus years of experience.

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GoForrmz

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Create and share eSignature documents in minutes Easily collect legally binding electronic signatures in your digital forms with eSign fields. These signatures are not legally binding and available starting at the Basic account. Ditch the messy paperwork and automate your workflow with legally binding digital forms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This article addresses two legal issues relevant to the review: FHFA’s statutory authority to reduce the number of Federal Home Loan Banks, and The application of the FHLBank statutory “super lien”. This provision may be challenged by the affected FHLBank under legal process.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 28, 2021

In today’s Buzzcast, we dive into the Legal and Accounting presentation of our Business Building Workshops being at Valuation Expo on September 8 th. Peter Christensen is one of the hosts within the Business Building Workshops and we’ll be getting the inside scoop on growing and understanding the legal structure of your business.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Members of Five Star Institute’s Legal League 100 gathered at the Five Star Conference where they discussed the regulatory landscape, court backlogs, staffing challenges, and more. The post Top Legal Experts Address Pressing Housing Issues appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

While there are “digital file sharing” or “electronic notary” services that are built with a consumer-first mindset, none of these tools were purpose-built for real estate transactions by veteran banking, security and legal professionals and often they don’t play well with the tools that lenders are already using.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 1, 2021

The post Mortgage Servicing, Legal Leaders to Discuss Reg X, COVID-19 appeared first on DSNews. The post Mortgage Servicing, Legal Leaders to Discuss Reg X, COVID-19 appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Valuation Review

MAY 1, 2023

Attorney shares legal views on appraisal bias. bias #appraiserguidance #avoidingallegations

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

However, neighborhoods with associations or other “common interest communities” with legally-binding zoning rules would be exempt, according to the Seattle Times. We can’t go back and retroactively change the conditions that have been signed into in those legal documents,” Bateman said.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 4, 2023

Legislation was signed into law last Wednesday , April 29, 2023 by Governor Maura Healey to legalize remote online notarization (RON). Connecticut lawmakers passed on the vote for RON in 2022 and will be the only state in New England who hasn’t legalized remote notarization.

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Inman

MAY 17, 2023

At the Realtors Legislative Meetings, NAR attorney Charlie Lee stressed agents can't count on a "standard" commission and will have to negotiate compensation with clients and listing brokers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

Now, faced with legal action because it closed numerous loans with Rocket in breach of the amendment while it was in effect, AML seeks to rewrite its bargain by asserting facially defective antitrust claims,” UWM states in its motion. AML was not the first broker shop to enter a legal battle with UWM.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP were the legal advisors to Mr. Cooper in the transaction. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis was the legal advisor and Houlihan Lokey the financial advisor to Home Point.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

A spokesperson for UWM said the company does not “comment on legal matters that are currently pending.” And AML was not the first broker shop to enter a legal battle with UWM. Ultimately, on December 22, Judge Laurie Michelson granted UWM a motion to dismiss AML’s fraud and promissory estoppel claims.

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National Association of Realtors

MARCH 30, 2023

Allegations of appraisal bias have been widespread in the news in recent years, but few cases have resulted in legal clarity.

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BiggerPockets

JULY 29, 2021

One of the more hotly debated topics on BiggerPockets is concerning the legality of wholesaling. Laws on this are state-specific, which can be scary stuff for any wholesaler. Here's what to know.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

They also help to prevent fraud and ensure that the sale is conducted legally and ethically. In real estate, a title is a legal document that establishes ownership of a property or asset. You can obtain a title through purchase, inheritance or other legal means. What is a title in the context of real estate?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The passage of the so-called “heartbeat bill” in Texas and similar laws in other states, access to legal and safe abortions has become a major concern for some recent movers. About one-in-seven people who recently moved said they would not live in a place where abortion is fully legal, according to a Redfin report released this week.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The California-based mortgage lender announced on Wednesday it has hired Gregory Smallwood, former general counsel and executive vice president of Caliber Home Loans , to be chief legal officer and corporate secretary. The announcement comes two days after the company named Joseph Grassi as its chief risk officer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2022

Accessory dwelling units are increasingly legal. The study comes at a time when affordable housing advocates and real estate professionals looking for a solution to the affordable housing crisis have begun to turn from simply campaigning to legalize ADU’s and to looking at their widespread feasibility. But are they affordable?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2023

In operations, Amir Jafari will assume a new position created of head of finance and administration, overseeing areas like finance, people and legal. The head of finance Marc Greenberg and the head of legal, compliance, and risk Crystal Sumner will depart Blend in the first quarter. He’ll also receive a $1 million signing bonus.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday signed legislation legalizing remote online notarizations ( RON ) to all notaries in the commonwealth. With Healey’s signature, Massachusetts is now the 43rd state to legalize digital real estate closings, which started with Virginia in 2012. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

Our members have a substantial interest in this case because there is no existing legal authority to hold a lender liable for the acts of a third-party appraiser. In fact, the liability that does exist is for improperly interfering with an appraiser’s independent judgment,” MA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Notwithstanding all of the guidance, we still hear concerns of legality from lenders,” Perry said. “So Lenders have raised concerns about the legality of special purpose credit programs, and have expressed reluctance to provide the documentation necessary to develop the programs, which some see as an admission of wrongdoing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

The return to working foreclosure is a perfect opportunity for those in the industry, whether on the servicing or legal side, to examine ways to improve efficiencies, stay compliant and keep up with demand. Jeremy Potter Head of Legal and Capital Markets, Stavvy. Matt Sluggett Director of Product, Stavvy.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 9, 2022

With all the construction of log homes, there needs to be legal and competent appraisals for these homes. However, the Highest and Best Use Analysis tells us that a log home must be legally compliant and/or Legally Permissible and the findings of the analysis must be relayed to the intended user of the report. The Solution.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Darren Heitner, JIM’s attorney and founder at Heitner Legal , P.L.L.C, When Eddy Perez, EPM’s founder, was contacted for comment by HousingWire, he said to write what was in the claim. Jesse Iwuji asked us to contact his lawyer for comment. EPM rejected it and sent its own notice to JIM terminating the agreement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Heidi brings deep expertise in areas across the legal spectrum, including in mortgage lending, servicing, credit access and regulatory matters, among others,” said Michael DeVito, CEO of Freddie Mac. “I Weiss was the fifth-highest earning named executive officer at Freddie Mac in 2021, with a total compensation of $2.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

Steve Simpson, a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation who represents Townstone and Sturner, wrote to HousingWire, “We look forward to the opportunity to establish on appeal that CFPB went far beyond its statutory authority in the Townstone case.” .” The CFPB, which is seeking the review of the case in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2023

The move, which was widely expected, sets the specter for a legal challenge between Atlanta-based ICE and the federal government. “This deal would reduce competition in key areas of the mortgage process, ultimately raising costs for lenders and homebuyers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

A case between the CFPB and the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney — a law firm served with a civil investigative demand (CID) by the CFPB in 2017 over potential legal violations — led the CFPB to petition to enforce its CID in court in 2020. However, the U.S. Supreme Court case Seila Law LLC v.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

A former employee is suing the companies, alleging they “abruptly terminated hundreds of its employees” without giving legally required 60-day advance notice as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( WARN Act ). Illinois-based mortgage lender Celebrity Home Loans and its parent company Celebrity Financial, Inc.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor and Pierce Atwood served as legal advisor to Mortgage Network. Troutman Pepper was Movement’s legal advisor in the M&A transaction. “We Movement is expected to announce the deal to its employees on Friday afternoon. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

TrueNorth Capital Advisors served as the financial advisor and Polsinelli served as the legal advisor to Cavco for this transaction. Hartzog Conger Cason was Solitaire Homes’ legal advisor. ., for $153 million, funded with cash on hand.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2023

A spokesperson for Motto said the company is pursuing legal action against UMortgage after the company intentionally sought to impede on Motto’s franchisee contracts.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

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.”.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 29, 2021

DS News had a chance to speak with Legal League Chair Stephen M. Hladik and Legal League Vice Chair J. Anthony Van Ness, discussing the importance of Legal League 100 for the industry. The post Setting the Bar High appeared first on DSNews. The post Setting the Bar High appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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