CredStar, a credit information provider for credit unions and the mortgage lenders, has been cleared to sell to its customer base the Encore report from First American Credco. Encore, CredStar said, is a consumer reporting solution that delivers Fair Credit Reporting Act-compliant risk analysis for critical elements of the mortgage application and servicing processes. CredStar is also part of the First American family. Encore gives users a "decisionable" view of the consumer and lending transaction, including applicant credit risk, identity verification, applicant income and employment verification, subject property and market data. Encore searches public, private and proprietary data sources covering 99% of the population, over 100 million active loans and more than 600 million consumer data records. A customizable rules-based analysis of the data is provided, along with recommended actions.
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More depositories are getting involved in the securitized market and the competition is likely to add to expense management challenges of smaller balance loans.
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Seller-impersonation attempts more than doubled in two years, with artificial intelligence providing fraudsters new tools to commit crimes, a report said.
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Homebuyers who are preapproved have the best opportunity to take advantage of fall discounts, giving lenders an opportunity to roll out marketing around this.
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Bank of America upped its forecast for non-qualified mortgage issuance, with investors, particularly insurers, buying these and other non-agency securities.
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NAF Insurance customers save $719 on average, Phil Miller, senior vice president of strategic partnerships at New American said.
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Polling suggests that Democrats could retake control of the House and have a formidable shot at the Senate as well. If they win both chambers, oversight of bank regulation, crypto and Trump administration officials will be the name of the game.
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