Equifax observed an increasingly well-worn ritual of scandal-ridden firms by jettisoning CEO Richard Smith: apologize, promise to do better in the future, and sacrifice your top executive in the hopes it will ward off action by Congress and regulators.
Inevitably, Equifax’s CEO Richard Smith has left his post. For the credit bureau's sake, let's hope it has a long-term plan that's better than promoting from within.
Ginnie Mae is giving expanded loan buyout authority to certain issuers in order to help them remove loans affected by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey from securitized mortgage pools.
The rate of growth in year-over-year home price appreciation stabilized in July, after accelerating throughout every month this year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.
The Trump administration has implemented an apparent role reversal for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, leaving the true intended role of the post-crisis systemic risk body unclear.
In a business populated by extroverts, Diana Reid views herself as an introvert. The head of PNC Real Estate at PNC Financial Services Group says it's an attribute that she's made an asset as she looks to build consensus and drive business growth.
The share of lenders easing credit for government-sponsored enterprise-eligible loans is at a high not seen since Fannie Mae started a survey to track it.
Many lenders are focusing too much time on user experience and overlooking the frustratingly inefficient mortgage process happening behind their pretty loan applications.
Senior Consulting Associate
Capital Performance Group
Banks should not point blame at the credit bureau but rather should step up and demonstrate their commitment to their customers. If you punt the problem to Equifax, it suggests you don’t really care.
As distressed inventory dries up and home prices soar, more investors are borrowing to buy flip houses. Here's a look at the 12 states with the largest share of financing for flipping houses.
Return on investment from flipping houses has declined nationwide for three straight quarters. Here's a look at five cities that still offer robust returns and five markets worth avoiding.
From debunking down payment myths to making sense of interest rates, here's a look at five essential lessons lenders can teach to millennials preparing for homeownership.
Lenders and servicers continue to shift critical functions to third party service providers in order to lower costs and focus on core competencies. However, effectively managing third party service providers can be very challenging from a compliance, operational and technological perspective. While this has always been the case, it is about to become more important as federal regulators have indicated that they are going to increase their supervision of service providers.
While claims handling is often a small piece of the insurance partner selection process for servicers, the insurance partner’s performance of their obligations under the insurance policy is a direct reflection on the servicer and their relationship with the homeowner.
