MBA NewsLink interviewed ACRES Capital CEO Mark Fogel about the alternative lending landscape.
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Michael Farris of Origence on Adapting to Disruption
Michael Farris is Vice President of Strategic Solutions with Origence, Irvine, Calif., developer of the Origence origination platform, an end-to-end platform that powers mortgage, consumer and home equity lending for financial institutions.
April Pending Home Sales Plunge Nearly 22%
Pending home sales fell sharply in April, marking two straight months of steep declines amid the coronavirus pandemic, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday. Every major region experienced a drop in month-over-month contract activity and a decline in year-over-year pending home sales transactions.
2Q GDP Revised Down to -5%
Real gross domestic product decreased at an annual rate of 5 percent in the first quarter, according to the second (revised) estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, down from 4.8 percent in last month’s advance (first) estimate. It also reported corporate profits fell sharply in the first quarter as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
Michael Farris of Origence on Adapting to Disruption
Michael Farris is Vice President of Strategic Solutions with Origence, Irvine, Calif., developer of the Origence origination platform, an end-to-end platform that powers mortgage, consumer and home equity lending for financial institutions.
Private Capital Conversation: A Q&A with ACRES Capital CEO Mark Fogel
MBA NewsLink interviewed ACRES Capital CEO Mark Fogel about the alternative lending landscape.
‘Zombie’ Property Stats Hold Steady Amid Foreclosure Moratorium
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said the percentage of “zombie” properties—vacant properties facing foreclosure—held steady in the second quarter as nationwide moratoria on foreclosures kept activity to a minimum.
MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 8.36%
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey showed loans now in forbearance increased to 8.36% of mortgage servicer volume as of May 17, up from 8.16% the week before. MBA now estimates 4.2 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.
John Walsh: Tax Service – A New Era
For decades, tax service has gone unchanged. There are many efforts to change this dynamic; layering in new technology for servicers to engage with their tax vendor and improving transparency in a historically monochromatic space.
Purchase Applications Drive MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications, buoyed by strong purchase application activity and stable, low interest rates increased from one week earlier, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 22.