A new campaign launched last week aims to showcase “powerful stories of businesses and organizations who are quickly pivoting to help their communities during these challenging times.”

As a compliance officer, I have always recognized that change is constant, and I accept that fact sometimes grudgingly. While regulatory change generally has ample implementation or lead time, March 2020 has brought a different kind of change; one that is significant, sudden and jarring. These days you can’t just ask who moved your cheese—assuming you could find cheese in the grocery store, that is—you must quickly and effectively adapt to an entirely new normal.

As the real estate industry eyes its way forward through a new era of social isolation, one of the most pressing challenges has become how to close loans safely. To be sure, the traditional loan closing has gone from a celebratory event that takes place in person between title agents, notaries and borrowers to a legitimate health hazard.

Lenders must have a clearly defined eClose strategy for supporting agents and notaries that includes the overall ease of use of the technology, methods for keeping agents informed and how to optimize support and training for their agents and notaries.

Good morning! Welcome to another Monday, Week 8 of the Coronapacolypse.

The MBA Opens Doors Foundation announced it has helped more than 5,000 families with mortgage and rental assistance since launch of its Home Grant Program in 2012.