The Mortgage Asset Research Institute, a Reston, Va.-based service of ChoicePoint, has announced the release of what it calls the first phase of a series of enhancements to its Mortgage Industry Data Exchange antifraud database.The redesigned MIDEX 2.5 offers new features to assist the mortgage industry in identifying individuals associated with mortgage fraud. "A new user interface has been developed to help users access and categorize information more quickly," MARI said. "Additionally, the search logic has been improved to return results that are most relevant to queries." MARI can be found on the Web at http://www.mari-inc.com.
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Agency activity dropped off by 4% in September while non-qualified mortgage issuance was down 18% in the third quarter versus the prior period, BTIG said.
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Developments like the downward swing in total jobs reported Friday, inflation and AI have made nonbank employment more complex and volatile this year.
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Single-family mortgages originated with new scores have been put into private securitizations but these typically have been submitted alongside classic FICOs.
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The collaboration comes after HUD issued several other updates earlier this year aimed at increasing affordability through loosened homebuilding policy.
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Southeast impairments run 150 bps above other regions and alt-doc loans are up 200+ bps since 2025, while DSCR and full-doc improve. Time to review overlays.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said Thursday that private credit does not seem to pose additional risks to the financial system at the moment, but added that more information about the opaque market is needed.
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