The mortgage industry's digital transformation is revolutionizing the home buying experience and upending the status quo for lenders and servicers. The Digital Mortgage Conference is the premiere event exclusively dedicated to these developments, bringing over 1,500 professionals to Las Vegas on Sept. 17-18 for keynote speakers, panels and the main attraction: live product demos showcasing the latest mortgage innovations.
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Federal prosecutors arrested and charged Mahender Makhijani, 44, with orchestrating a $100 million bank fraud against Western Alliance Bancorp.
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Iffi Wahla is a second-time founder serving as co-founder and CEO of Edge, an HR tech platform focused on transforming the hiring landscape through solutions that aim to make talent acquisition quicker, more accessible, and effective for organizations everywhere. With insights gained from launching and growing his initial startup, where he built skills in team leadership and scaling operations, Iffi now channels that expertise into Edge's goal of changing the future of work. Dedicated to fostering a more equitable job market, he incorporates AI-driven tools and user-friendly interfaces to bridge gaps between employers and candidates, ultimately supporting broader economic advancement.
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More than half of prospective buyers said they would be comfortable purchasing a home without any direct human involvement, according to an industry survey.
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A further reduction in single-family premiums is "definitely something to look at," said Frank Cassidy, who slashed some for multifamily while at HUD.
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For the fifth time in the past seven weeks, mortgage rates moved higher, Freddie Mac reported, as consumer prices keep rising due to the Iran conflict.
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Banking Committee Democrats warned that the Trump administration's failure to nominate Democrats to vacancies at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and National Credit Union Administration threatens the bipartisan structure Congress established for financial regulators.
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Northmarq CEO Jeff Weidell will be installed as vice chairman this October. After a year in the role, he is expected to be chairman-elect in 2028 and then chairman in 2029.
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South and Sunbelt cities, once pandemic seller markets, now favor buyers
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Nazeefa Ahmed is a reporting associate for National Mortgage News through the Dow Jones News Fund.
- Awards — Nazeefa was formerly a South Asian Journalist's Association Scholarship recipient.
- Education — She is currently a business reporting student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and holds a degree in natural sciences from the University of Calgary.
- Experience — Nazeefa has previously covered housing for the Invisible Hand and as well as academic research for Science Magazine.
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LegalShield's April foreclosure index rose 46.4% year over year to 52.4 in the South, while the West's index remains nearly 30% below prepandemic levels.
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