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CoreLogic’s John Rogers on AI, climate risk and land development issues

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Rogers met with HousingWire to discuss his new role and cover a variety of topics, including artificial intelligence (AI), climate risk and land development. Ninety-five percent of all flood insurance is from the NFIP, which is good for you and I as homeowners. NP: You work directly with land developers too.

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Higher insurance premiums are a shoo-in after the LA wildfires

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On Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) took protective measures by issuing a proclamation that allows national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close their offices in areas of California affected by the fires.

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Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market

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Regions Bank is looking to make a big dent in the home improvement lending space , striking a deal to acquire EnerBank USA for $960 million in cash. The Salt Lake City-based lender says it’s worked with over 1 million homeowners since its founding in 2002 and funded $11.6 The space remains dominated by depository banks.

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Could American reverse mortgage companies someday partner with one from Australia?

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These are some of the elements that Medina Cicak, chief commercial officer for Heartland Bank in Australia , and Keira Billot, the bank’s New Zealand -based general manager of retail and reverse mortgages, discussed in an interview with HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Banking agencies get deluge of feedback on CRA proposal

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Stakeholders on all sides of the issues sounded off on the proposed changes to the federal redlining statute in comments to the banking agencies marshaling the changes. Those agencies oversee banks, and are tasked with ensuring banks do not redline , by enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act.

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Opinion: IMB servicers do a better job than banks on loss mitigation

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The original plan — to buy up troubled mortgage assets — was quickly abandoned in favor of actions like capital infusions for banks and the bailout of our auto companies. A homeowner loses their job and falls behind on their payments, then gets back on track when they secure a new job. The concept is simple.

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Cenlar FSB promotes leaders in wholesale bank division

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announced on Tuesday the promotion of two leaders in its wholesale bank division. Austin, who joined Cenlar in 2005, will be responsible for managing and mitigating default costs for the wholesale bank’s loans and mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio. Its client base includes banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers.

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