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Incenter acquires due diligence firm Edgemac

Housing Wire

Incenter is adding a third-party due diligence review firm to its umbrella of companies. Edgemac , which Incenter acquired at the end of last year, does due diligencing for mostly non-QM and jumbo loans, as well as private label reverse mortgages that could eventually be securitized.

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Figure Acquisition Corp. I plans merger with mortgage bank

Housing Wire

I , a blank check company affiliated with fintech Figure Technologies , plans to merge with a warehouse lender and bank holding company to potentially bring blockchain technology to the financial institution.

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Underwriter shortage slowing the pace of private-label deals

Housing Wire

The supply-chain bottleneck afflicting the global economy has its own counterpart in the world of residential mortgage-backed securities, also referred to as RMBS. One group of industry players — loan underwriters — are the chief cause of the logjam. About a half-dozen RMBS issuers also were contacted for this story, including J.P.

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Financial services firm Consolidated Analytics acquires Real Info

Housing Wire

The Santa Ana, California-based financial services company provides solutions including due diligence services, property valuations, mortgage fulfillment and consulting and advisory services.

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Thinking of selling your real estate brokerage? Here’s how to prepare

Housing Wire

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Housing Wire

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? buyers and sellers) in a residential deal.

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CFPB creates public database of nonbank repeat offenders

Housing Wire

State regulators, investors, creditors, business partners, and the public in general conducting due diligence or research are expected to use the information available. As a result, many banks, credit unions, and mortgage companies are known to regulators, but some nonbank firms are still not licensed or registered.