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The founder and part owner of appraisal management vendor AppraiserLoft resigned as CEO this week, saying he wants to pursue new business ventures in mobile technology application development.
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The National Association of Independent Housing Professionals plans to set up a legal fund to help residential loan brokers defend against buyback claims being filed against them by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
August 5 -
Veros Real Estate Solutions will host a free webinar on extracting data from PDFs, with a special emphasis on the new appraisal delivery requirements of the government-sponsored enterprises' Uniform Mortgage Data Program.
August 5 -
Fannie Mae posted a net loss of $5.2 billion in the second quarter and Friday morning requested that the Treasury Department provide it with $5.1 billion of additional funds to keep its capital position in the black.
August 5 -
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has petitioned to intervene in the proposed $8.5 billion Bank of America Corp. private label MBS settlement.
August 5 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has reached a settlement with Bank of America that releases the company from liability for failing to adequately provide alternatives to foreclosure on 57,000 delinquent government-insured mortgages.
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With the likelihood of legislation to create a new housing finance system increasingly remote, the government should still take interim steps to transition away from a system built around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, industry representatives said Wednesday.
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Community bankers are pressing for a carve-out as lawmakers weigh whether to create national mortgage servicing standards.
August 3 -
Atlanta real estate developer Shi Shailendra is facing several lawsuits in which he allegedly influenced five Georgia banks, four collapsed state banks, and 12 current and former senior banking executives to collude with him in a $100 million Ponzi scheme.
August 3 -
The Senate nomination hearing for Richard Cordray, who's tapped to become the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has been postponed until Sept. 6.
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