Industry Briefs May 7, 2021

Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., and Fannie Mae announced new refinancing options aimed at helping lower-income homeowners.

Industry Briefs May 3, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against Nationwide Equities Corp. for sending deceptive loan advertisements to hundreds of thousands of older borrowers.

Industry Briefs Apr. 27, 2021

Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., said full-year 2021 real GDP growth expectations improved to 6.8 percent, including 9.1 percent annualized growth in the second quarter, due primarily to the continued easing of virus-related social restrictions and stimulus-driven consumer spending.

Industry Briefs Apr. 9, 2021

Top of Mind Networks, Atlanta, launched a bidirectional data connection between Surefire, its platform for automated mortgage marketing, and Salesforce, an enterprise CRM. The connection gives mortgage lenders choice and control over the way information is shared between their enterprise CRM and mortgage marketing technologies.

Industry Briefs Apr. 5, 2021

Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., released its 2021 Seller Strategy Report, based on an analysis of more than 70,000 properties brought to foreclosure auction on the Auction.com platform in the four quarters ending in Q1 2021.

Industry Briefs Apr. 2, 2021

Auction.com, Irvine, Calif., released its 2021 Seller Strategy Report, based on an analysis of more than 70,000 properties brought to foreclosure auction on the Auction.com platform in the four quarters ending in Q1 2021.

Industry Briefs Mar. 31, 2021

Embrace Home Loans, Lehi, Utah, announced plans to roll out SimpleNexus, a homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, to more than 300 retail mortgage LOs before the end of the year.

Industry Briefs Mar. 30, 2021

Embrace Home Loans, Lehi, Utah, announced plans to roll out SimpleNexus, a homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, to more than 300 retail mortgage LOs before the end of the year.

Industry Briefs Mar. 22, 2021

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., Madison, Wis., in the wake of recent actions by United Wholesale Mortgage to obtain exclusive partnerships with mortgage brokers, said it reaffirmed its commitment to all its mortgage origination partners, including mortgage brokers help consumers find options for financing a home.

Industry Briefs Mar. 15, 2021

HUD approved a Conciliation Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank and a Black woman, resolving the woman’s claim that the mortgage lender, relying on an appraisal that she believed was inaccurate, valued her home at an amount lower than its actual worth because of her race.