Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Minneapolis, has acquired flood compliance solutions provider Stormwater Research Group, Austin, Tex. Terms of the agreement were not released. The deal allows WKFS to expand its presence in the flood determination field. Stormwater's products include basic and life of loan flood determination services. WKFS Settlement Services unit includes its own flood determination solution, PCi. Stormwater clients will get access to other PCi products including those that address compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and other fair lending requirements. They will also have access to WKFS' financial crime control products plus an expanded suite of settlement services.
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The drop in the annual metric for FHA loans was the biggest in over four years but other performance indicators ICE Mortgage Technology tracked were mixed.
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NJ Lenders suffered a cyberattack last August, which potentially exposed the names and social security numbers of about 30,000 individuals.
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Its origination volume of $621.8 million was an increase of $114 million compared with the first quarter but its gain-on-sale was 5 basis points lower.
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The mortgage subsidiary of PlainsCapital Bank saw improvement in its bottom line but remained in the red amid ongoing affordability constraints.
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The "stay-put" economy, along with higher mortgage rates, is responsible for this shift where home equity and seconds have a 17.5% market share, Benutech found.
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Though the crimes occurred earlier this decade, they highlight how much easier it has become to create false documents today, given the rise of artificial intelligence.
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