Industry Briefs

Covius Holdings Inc., Denver, a provider of technology-enabled platforms to the financial services industry, announced it acquired Clayton Services LLC, a provider in loan due diligence and credit risk management surveillance services, from Radian Group Inc.

Residential Briefs

First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., acquired Title Security Agency LLC, a brand within the Arizona real estate community. First American had been a minority owner for five years.

Residential Briefs

Ginnie Mae, Washington, D.C., said issuance of its mortgage-backed securities totaled $56.09 billion in November, providing financing for more than 216,352 homeowners and renters.

Residential Briefs

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will extend, from Dec. 19 to Jan. 21, 2020, the deadline for interested parties to provide input on potential changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security pooling practices.

Residential Briefs

Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., said expected easing trade tensions, stimulative fiscal policies and continued consumer spending spurred an upgrade to its 2020 forecast for real GDP growth of 1.9 percent.

Residential Briefs

Home price appreciation has accelerated across the United States, according to a new historical home price index announced by Radian Group Inc, Philadelphia.

Residential Briefs

Home price appreciation has accelerated across the United States, according to a new historical home price index announced by Radian Group Inc., Philadelphia. The newly released September 2019 Radian HPI data shows a 7.9 percent year-over-year increase in median values, after a 5.8 percent annualized growth rate in the second quarter.

Residential Briefs

OnCourse Learning, Brookfield, Wis., and Dale Vermillion’s Mortgage Champions announced a partnership to combine their licensing, compliance continuing education and sales training offerings into a service designed to help lenders develop and retain top talent in today’s competitive mortgage marketplace.

Residential Briefs

Black Knight Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., launched Regulatory Assist, designed to help clients streamline the compliance-testing process and make compliance validation easier and quicker.

Residential Briefs

Ginnie Mae, Washington, D.C., said issuance of its mortgage-backed securities totaled $53.517 billion in September, providing financing for more than 207,000 homeowners and renters.