Maria Volkova is a technology reporter at National Mortgage News. She previously worked at HousingWire where she covered housing agencies, with a focus on the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to that, Maria wrote the FHA/VA newsletter at Inside Mortgage Finance. She graduated from the University of Maryland and currently resides in Chevy Chase, MD.
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Scott Reise, senior vice president at Atlantic Bay Mortgage, thinks the mortgage industry is tired, but optimistic for the year ahead.
April 21 -
The increasing frequency and severity of droughts was top of mind for panelists at AmeriCatalyst's "Going to Extremes" conference Thursday.
April 18 -
The tool will provide helpful HELOC-related information to customer support staff to streamline the application process, Figure said Thursday.
April 18 -
In a motion to dismiss UWM's suit, Ramon Walker argues the trademark infringement claim made by UWM is a "pretext to muzzle [his] criticism."
April 16 -
The mortgage lender is requesting for a former VP of Mortgage Lending to pay back over $500,000.
April 16 -
Phil DeFronzo, founder of Norcom Mortgage, said the company made the "strategic decision to focus on [its] wholesale channel TPO GO."
April 11 -
Figure claims its lien and eNote registry is a "streamlined and markedly efficient alternative to manual assignments and conventional loan tracking databases."
April 11 -
The newly launched Rocket Logic platform can pull and analyze documents instantly, helping to shrink closing times by about 25%, the lender claims.
April 9 -
In a message to broker partners, UWM defended its business practices and claimed one of the contributors to the piece worked at a Rocket Mortgage affiliated brokerage for the last five years.
April 9 -
UWM's CEO Mat Ishbia says the Hunterbrook story, which claims his company committed several serious violations, was funded by Rocket. Rocket denies the allegations.
April 8