The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a May 4 letter to Senate Banking Committee leadership, urged approval of Dana Wade’s nomination as FHA Commissioner.
Tag: Coronavirus
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Tools for a Construction Lender’s Toolbox in the COVID-19 Era
While lenders are rightfully reluctant to take over a distressed project, they would still be wise to remain prepared in the event they are left with no other choice. Lenders should consider the following tips in order to remain ready to take over a failing project.
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MISMO Launches Initiative to Apply Digital Mortgage Standards to Loan Modification Process
MISMO, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, seeks industry participants to join its initiative of applying digital mortgage standards, guidelines and best practices to the loan modification process.
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TransUnion: Coronavirus Giving Millennials Toughest Financial Challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing similar financial hardship for consumers around the world, but new research from TransUnion, Chicago, shows Millennials are being challenged the most.
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Britt Faircloth: Fairness in the Face of Crisis–Fair and Responsible Banking in the Midst of Chaos
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.
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Mark Dangelo: Are Bankers Necessary? Part 3
In 2020, it is a pandemic virus altering global industries, supply chains and consumer interactions—what follows will be a “next normal” promising a post Great Depression rewriting of commerce. It will lead many consumers, businesses, politicians and pundits to ask, “Are Bankers Necessary?”
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Tools for a Construction Lender’s Toolbox in the COVID-19 Era
While lenders are rightfully reluctant to take over a distressed project, they would still be wise to remain prepared in the event they are left with no other choice. Lenders should consider the following tips in order to remain ready to take over a failing project.
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MISMO Launches Initiative to Apply Digital Mortgage Standards to Loan Modification Process
MISMO, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, seeks industry participants to join its initiative of applying digital mortgage standards, guidelines and best practices to the loan modification process.
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Homebuyers Confront Credit Crunch as Coronavirus Puts Lenders on Edge
Nearly half of all Americans financed their home purchases with down payments of less than 20% last year, according to a new analysis by Redfin, Seattle.
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1st Quarter GDP Takes a Hit—And It Will Probably Get Worse
The Bureau of Economic Analysis yesterday reported its first (advance) estimate of first quarter gross domestic product saw the U.S. economy contract by nearly 5 percent as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic kicked in.