Freddie Mac approves payroll/income verification vendor Truv on LPA platform
Government sponsored enterprise Freddie Mac has approved mortgage technology company Truv for both payroll verifications and consumer-permissioned income.
With the new integration, lenders...
Movement accuses Summit founder Todd Scrima of corporate espionage
L. Scott Bruggemann, senior vice president and general counsel at Summit, wrote in an emailed response to HousingWire that, at this time, the...
FHFA says GSEs are open to alternatives to loan repurchases
Regarding lenders’ vociferous complaints about increased loan buybacks from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said the regulator expects originators to deliver loans...
Tennessee’s Realty Executives gains top-producing family of agents
Knoxville, Tennessee-based Realty Executives have gained some top-producing agents. The founders of RE/MAX Preferred Properties, Ryan, Rich and Patti Levenson, are joining Realty...
Expect the growth rate of existing home prices to cool down this year
From NAR: The median existing home price for all housing types in April was $407,600, an increase of 5.7% from the previous year...
HUD, White House announce $40M to expand housing counseling
The White House and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Thursday the awarding of $40 million to expand...
Title waiver pilot program will have little impact on the industry: Fitch Ratings
Despite the protests of the title insurance industry, Fitch Ratings does not believe the lender title insurance waiver pilot program for certain refinance...
EasyKnock acquires home equity co-ownership firm Balance Homes
Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired home equity investment platform Balance Homes, the company announced on Tuesday.
The latest acquisition comes on the...
Guaranteed Rate’s Kate Amor on a bespoke tech approach
HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kathryn Amor, senior vice president and head of enterprise products at Guaranteed Rate, to...
Newrez launches mortgage JV with $4B Keller Williams group in New Jersey
Newrez has launched a new joint venture mortgage company, Carnegie Mortgage Partners, in collaboration with a top Keller Williams franchise network in Bergen...
