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Autoagent’s Steven Pals on Why Mortgage Lenders Should Consider Direct Servicing

Direct servicing helps lenders reduce costs and maintain control and also positions them to respond swiftly to market dynamics, Autoagent’s Steven Pals writes.

May 13, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Why Mortgage Servicers Should Embrace Plain Language–Messagepoint’s Patrick Kehoe

Borrower communications play a critical role in enabling consumers to manage their debt and make informed decisions when they are struggling to do so. Yet most servicing communications are filled with industry jargon and legal phrasing that can confuse readers.

February 19, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

Market Predictions for 2025 From First American’s Odeta Kushi

Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

January 24, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

First American’s Odeta Kushi: Market Predictions for 2025

Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

January 23, 2025 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook

In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

October 21, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook

In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

October 18, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook: New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice

In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

October 17, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know: ICE’s John Holbrook

In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

July 1, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

John Holbrook From ICE: GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know

In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

June 28, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff

ICE’s John Holbrook: GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know

In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

June 27, 2024 | By MBA NewsLink Staff
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