Fitch Ratings, New York, said recently announced reductions in the Federal Housing Authority mortgage insurance premium rates are not expected to have a meaningful credit impact on private U.S. mortgage insurance carriers.
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Industry Briefs Feb. 8, 2023: TCN Worldwide Expands in Pa., Ohio, N.Y.
TCN Worldwide Real Estate Services added Jabe Companies Commercial Real Estate and Hanna Commercial Real Estate as the newest member firms

Industry Briefs Feb. 7, 2023: TCN Worldwide Expands in Pa., Ohio, N.Y.
TCN Worldwide Real Estate Services added Jabe Companies Commercial Real Estate and Hanna Commercial Real Estate as the newest member firms

Industry Briefs Jan. 11, 2023: Flueid, FirstClose Integrate on Home Equity Closings
Flueid, a real estate technology company using title data and insights to provide transactions, announced an integration with FirstClose Inc., Austin, Texas, a provider of fintech platforms for home equity lenders nationwide.

Industry Briefs Dec. 1, 2022: FundMore, VeriFast Partner on Digital Verification
FundMore, Ottawa, Ont., announced a partnership with end-to-end digital verification analytics platform VeriFast.

Industry Briefs Oct. 6, 2022: HUD Allocates $28M to Fight Housing Discrimination
HUD announced $28,625,000 available to fair housing organizations across the nation working to fight housing discrimination. The funds will support a variety of activities, including fair housing education and outreach, testing and enforcement, through the Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

Industry Briefs Aug. 23, 2022: Vice Capital Markets Releases API for Freddie Mac Cash Purchase Statement
Vice Capital Markets, Novi, Mich., released an integration for Freddie Mac’s Cash Settlement Purchase Statement application programming interface.

Industry Briefs Aug. 5, 2022: Fannie Mae Survey Cites Cost-Cutting as Top 2022 Business Priority
Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., said mortgage lenders appear to be adapting their business priorities to meet what they believe are a new set of challenges, including weakened mortgage demand and rising rates.

Industry Briefs June 14, 2022: OptifiNow Implements CRM Platform for Reverse Mortgage Lender
OptifiNow, Seal Beach, Calif., deployed its custom CRM platform for Reverse Mortgage Lending, a reverse mortgage originator based in San Diego. Reverse Mortgage Lending selected OptifiNow as its CRM platform to manage its marketing campaigns and track loans in process more effectively.

Industry Briefs Apr. 28, 2022: FHFA Announces GSEs’ Duty to Serve Plans for 2022-2024
The Federal Housing Finance Agency published the 2022-2024 Underserved Markets Plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Duty to Serve Program., which outline the government-sponsored enterprises’ commitment to serving manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural housing.