Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Non-QM vigilance Pamela Hamrick, president of Incenter Diligence Solutions , which provides due-diligence reviews and document management services for the mortgage industry, said that prefunding reviews are also gaining more traction in the nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) space.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

That’s why due diligence is a critical element of every mortgage transaction. The purpose of due diligence is to protect lenders by reviewing and verifying all information provided by borrowers to eliminate fraud and other concerns. Of all the factors required for a due diligence review, accuracy is the most critical.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract. Valuation – The valuation stage can also be considered the preliminary due diligence stage. Once an offer is accepted, the full due diligence stage commences.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

At the vanguard stands Mortgage Connect Risk Solutions (MCRS), formerly Adfitech, a leader in risk management, quality control , third-party reviews, and due diligence, known for protecting mortgage lenders and investors from the risks inherent in mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Buyers agents are not just bright smiles that open doors were the guide our clients rely on to navigate the homebuying process. This is when your buyers need you the most. Thats why having a definitive homebuying checklist is an essential part of your agent toolkit. Have you spoken to a lender? What is your reason for purchasing a new home?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We’ve grown in excess of 100 employees already in two-and-a-half quarters, that’s underwriters,” said John Levonick, CEO of Charlotte-based Canopy , a third-party due-diligence (TPR) firm that started doing business in the second quarter of 2021. And we’re actively hiring. Are we planning to double the size of the firm every two years?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Brian Simon, president of Trelix Mortgage Fulfillment Services, about how Trelix helps its clients work more efficiently while still maintaining compliance and performing due diligence. HousingWire: How do Trelix services help users minimize risks and perform loan due diligence?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

“Plus, we’re a due diligence state, so right now if you don’t go way over listing price and offer a substantial due diligence price, there’s no point in even submitting an offer.” ” The current average due diligence is around 3.1% “You have to be quick. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The imbalance has been particularly acute for third-party due diligence (TPR) firms that employ underwriters to review and assess the quality of loan pools used as collateral in private-label securitization deals. He also said his firm is working to “modularize” its approach to due-diligence reviews in the private-label space.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

This can cause problems for servicers in instances where loans are acquired with unknown, pre-existing property tax delinquencies missed in the due diligence phase. Some of these risks include: Minimum due diligence on a new loan population incurred from the previous servicer “Pre-existing” conditions (e.g.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The firms say this is especially useful in the “current volatile market “ as it shortens the timeline for trades, streamlines the due-diligence process and offers “instantaneous settlement.“ Fintech firms Rocktop Technologies and LiquidFi on Thursday announced a milestone in their business partnership that was formed earlier this year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

CRE assets are subject to a myriad of regulatory requirements, zoning laws, and environmental considerations that don’t apply to home sales, requiring thorough due diligence and compliance measures. Instead, they’re leaving money on the table. Another could be, quite simply, that they don’t recognize the opportunity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

In addition to crypto-mortgages, LoanSnap is a full-stack mortgage company that originates traditional mortgages as well. Our system I think is good enough that it can do not just the loans that we originate, but [loans originated by] other people,” Jacob said. It’s an open platform. To date, LoanSnap has originated about $7.3

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

MISMO’s new standard will improve the quality and consistency of the data sent to the rating agencies, which will in turn lead to faster, more efficient, and more accurate due diligence for private label RMBS. Industry professionals will soon be able to access and use the MISMO Rating Agency Reporting Standardization package.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Our robust solutions span origination, servicing and capital markets segments, offering loss mitigation and loan modification services, document and critical borrower communications, title and settlement services, auction and REO asset disposition, verifications and due diligence. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Despite optimism, respondents noted that “due diligence is required to ensure AI tools meet the security, data privacy, and ethical standards necessary for the highly-sensitive transactions title & escrow professionals handle every day.” An overwhelming 88.3% Businesses will have to keep up or lose business.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Incenter Diligence Solutions , a provider of due diligence and document management services for the mortgage industry, announced on Wednesday that it has expanded offerings for the mortgage servicing rights (MSR) trading market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

The transaction is subject to due diligence, negotiation of definitive terms and other closing conditions. In January 2024, the bank suffered a confidence crisis after reporting a net loss in the last quarter of 2023 due to a provision for loan losses of $552 million, mainly impacted by its exposure to commercial real estate loans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

State regulators, investors, creditors, business partners, and the public in general conducting due diligence or research are expected to use the information available. On Monday, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog announced that it finalized a rule establishing the new registry. The final rule is effective on Sept. In 2008, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A fly in the ointment, however, particularly for some independent mortgage banks (IMBs), is the elevated risk of agency loan-repurchase demands — triggered by loans that violate Fannie Mae ’s or Freddie Mac ’s rep and warranty policies due to some defect discovered during the agencies’ post-origination quality-review processes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Michael Franco, CEO of SitusAMC , which provides due-diligence services to RMBS issuers, said market dynamics have played a major role in the dominance of jumbo-loan securitizations in the private-label market this year. The amendments to the PSPA, however, were suspended in September of this year and are now under review by FHFA.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

She continued: “We did our due diligence and reviewed other brokerages. Compass continues to expand its agent count. Top-producing, Chicago-based team, Team Pimentel , announced Tuesday that it was leaving Keller Williams North Shore West to join the Robert Reffkin -helmed firm. Team Pimentel was ranked as the No.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

HousingWire: What are some due diligence and underwriting challenges loan originators face today? Steve Greenfield: Lenders have always faced certain challenges when meeting necessary due diligence and providing accurate underwriting services. With the pandemic, they can be even more difficult these days.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

The ability for an agent to share important due diligence dates, documents and send for eSignature with a click of a button satisfies that buyer’s hunger for more. Big players such as Zillow, Redfin, Compass… etc. claim dominance. We examine the need for complete vendor-provided software solutions vs. building in-house.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As someone who worked for a large, nationally branded brokerage for 30+ years, I had a front-row seat to many mergers and acquisitions. I would love to say they all went well, but they didn’t. We may also see more mergers as brokerages consider the mutual need to cut expenses through consolidations of staff, leases, and resources.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with skyrocketing refinance applications due to a low interest rate environment, have created a perfect storm for fraud. Wherever there is commerce, there will be fraud, and the mortgage industry is no exception. Underwriters with hidden agendas. How lenders can prepare for growing fraud threats.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

in both its frontline underwriting and due diligence/QC underwriting departments. . in both its frontline underwriting and due diligence/QC underwriting departments. However, the company said that positions are permanent past the current mortgage cycle. HousingJobs is a curation of housing companies that are hiring.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

REcolorado — which is the 16th-largest MLS in the country with 25,000 members — said it had reached a deal to buy the shares of the company from the associations earlier this year before DMAR and SMDRA broke off communication.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

After performing its due diligence to determine the market status and business opportunity that would come with entering the space, MCS CEO Craig Torrance believes that an entry into reverse could be beneficial for both his company and the wider reverse mortgage industry. It’s essentially a different world.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Vendors might not be as experienced with utilizing AI, so asking due diligence questions for for data security is also key, Joseph Zeibert, vice president of FICO , pointed out. Have we developed a model that is in fact fair? How do I start using it with other data sources we have? Millon said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Apart from that, is it truly Mr. Kortas’s view that due diligence on a $25 million real estate transaction would not have involved someone asking about Nexa’s basic authority to make such a transaction?” A judge in Arizona granted Mat Grella, the former president of NEXA Mortgage , a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the company.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2023

Setpoint , a real estate funding platform, acquired Resolute Diligence Solutions to support proptech and single-family rental re-engagement in the market, the firm said. Setpoint is helping these firms improve operational and capital efficiency.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Huff has also worked in the whole loan investment sector on pricing, due diligence, portfolio surveillance and loss mitigation. Los Angeles -based Dunmor , a technology -enabled lender that specializes in loans for residential real estate investors , has added a pair of experienced executives in the business-purpose lending space.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s one thing to throw buzzwords like “due diligence” around when the time comes to build an M&A strategy, and yet, quite another to walk away with maximum ROI. It’s one thing to throw buzzwords like “due diligence” around when the time comes to build an M&A strategy, and yet, quite another to walk away with maximum ROI.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The companies behind these platforms – ranging from stalwarts like Black Knight and MCT , to startups such as Maxex and Maxwell – essentially connect lenders and investors, and also match them with critical services such as paper standardization and due diligence. “In 2021, we’ve had a record volume.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

Donatacci has extensive experience in servicing transactions and subservicing, due diligence, and M&A. National mortgage loan subservicer Cenlar FSB announced on Thursday that it has named the Thomas Donatacci as its investor relations officer.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

According to a statement released Friday from DMAR and SMDRA, their board members have “signed and submitted a joint, unanimous resolution removing all REcolorado board members from their position and duties, effective immediately. ” REcolorado is a multiple listing service (MLS) with 26,000 members.

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