Loan Think

There is a persistent undersupply of moderately-priced homes, which continues to push affordability and the dream of homeownership further into the future for millions of potential first-time minority homeowners, writes the president of mortgage for Radian Group Inc.

Patience and vigilance are virtues when using certain social media for marketing, writes the CEO of Paragon Digital Marketing Group.

Unimproved parcels such as empty lots, parking spaces and even driveway lots that are not given a property address are often missed in tax line setups, particularly if the tax service is using technology that speeds up the process, writes the senior vice president of LERETA.

What may be a victory in UWM founder Mat Ishbia's eyes is a loss for borrowers, brokers and the free market in the long term, writes the co-founder of CASE, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy.

There are only a handful of servicers who have unlocked the secret to achieving high retention rates, and they are performing over 3x better than the industry average of 18%. How are they doing it? It’s all about the data, writes the head of consumer finance at Jornaya.

The confirmation of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary presents an opportunity to restore the legacy of homeownership in America, something that for communities of color has long been out of reach, writes CBC Mortgage's Tai Christensen.

For a lot of IMBs facing shrinking backlogs and falling secondary market spreads, the attraction of hitting a bid and taking the easy way out via an acquisition may become irresistible, writes Chris Whalen.

Better for mortgage businesses to take on the purchase market “storm” than batten down the hatches in port, writes LodeStar Software Solutions CEO Jim Paolino.

If passed, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act introduced last week could spur development of 2 million rental units for low- and moderate-income households over the next decade, writes the president of Enterprise Housing Credit Investments

Lenders largely took a piecemeal strategy to technology adoption, gravitating towards a hybrid e-closing process as the latest industry “innovation,” yet this process is anything but, Rick Triola of NotaryCam writes.