Equifax restoring The Work Number portal with beefed-up security

Equifax continues work to add new security features and restore full access to The Work Number following a report highlighting potential security vulnerabilities in a browser-based portal of its employment verification service.

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Mortgage deduction alternative emerges in tax reform talks

Some housing groups are warming to an idea that they say could help more Americans benefit from housing-related subsidies than the mortgage interest deduction.

Tax Ian McKendry October 20
Language question added to the loan app against lenders' wishes

The Federal Housing Finance Agency added a language preference question to the loan application, rejecting the mortgage industry's wishes.

Compliance Brad Finkelstein October 20
Opinion Ban origination fees on VA refis to curb veteran mortgage churn

To protect veterans from predatory lending practices, Ginnie Mae and the Department of Veterans Affairs should remove lenders' financial incentive for originating Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans.

Refinance Joseph Murin October 20

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Texas is receiving $58 million from the Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery program that HUD administers.

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LoanCare is now subservicing mortgages with eNotes

LoanCare, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based subservicer, can now service mortgages registered with MERS as e-notes by using DocMagic's e-vaulting technology.

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Meeting compliance regs while maintaining budgets

As compliance gets more complicated, servicers are looking for alternative ways to efficiently exceed regulatory standards.

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People on the move: Oct. 20

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 20.

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5 best ZIP codes for buying single-family rentals

Five of the top 25 ZIP codes for single-family rental purchases were concentrated in three states, according to Attom Data Solutions.

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Purchase Elina Tarkazikis October 19
Amazon’s grocery expansion a threat to CRE, banks fear

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

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East West Bancorp's profit jumps 20% on strong loan growth

The $36.3 billion-asset bank reported double-digit growth in C&I loans, commercial real estate loans and specialty loans to the private-equity, entertainment and energy industries in the third quarter.

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Ban origination fees on VA refis to curb veteran mortgage churn

Joseph Murin
Vice Chairman
Chrysalis Holdings

To protect veterans from predatory lending practices, Ginnie Mae and the Department of Veterans Affairs should remove lenders' financial incentive for originating Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans.

Refinance October 20
Hurricane damage can be costly, but housing market recovery is swift

Ralph DeFranco
Global Chief Economist
Arch Capital Services

While the scale of destruction and suffering caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is staggering, history suggests the local economy and housing markets in the affected areas will bounce back relatively quickly.

Hurricane Harvey October 11
Regulatory playing field for banks, nonbanks is anything but level

Scott Olson
Executive Director
Community Home Lenders Association

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created in part to ensure that nonbanks are subject to federal oversight, but the fact is that 99% of banks are exempt from CFPB supervision.

CFPB October 11
Texas tax-lien transfers: Maligned and misunderstood

Thomas Mackie III
Founder and Director of Business Development
Clear Tax

Although property tax loans raise concerns for the mortgage industry, there is a way for property tax lenders and mortgage companies to co-exist.

Tax liens October 6

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7 things to look for at #MBAAnnual17

From debating the future compliance landscape to developing a digital mortgage strategy, here's a preview of the top issues, ideas and themes on tap when the industry convenes in Denver for the Mortgage Bankers Association's Annual Convention & Expo.

8 opportunities and challenges for mortgage brokers on the rebound

From recruitment strategies to leveraging technology without losing the personal touch, here's a look at four challenges and opportunities for the resurgent mortgage broker channel.

12 cheapest places to live where purchasing power is vanishing

Here's a look at 12 cities where the median home sales price is below $215,000, but the combination of housing costs, local wages and other market forces is making home purchasing power disappear in these once-cheapest places to live.

4 signs that digital mortgages are coming in hot

"Digital mortgage" is the hot new buzzword taking over the industry. But what is a digital mortgage anyways? And how did we get here? A live survey during NMN's Digital Mortgage Conference revealed striking observations about the state of industry adoption.

12 cities where homeowners cashed in big after the housing bubble burst

Here's a look at the 12 cities where homeowners who bought low during the housing crisis profited the most when they sold in 2016.

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White Paper Reduce risk associated with disasters

Assessing and addressing the impact on property used as collateral when a disaster occurs.

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White Paper Third-party service provider oversight: How to navigate the pitfalls

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.

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Web Seminar Meeting great expectations: best practices for accurate loan estimates

Quality property tax estimation is critical to completing the required Loan Estimate (LE) provided to the borrower.

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