With mortgage rates rising and loan volumes likely to decline as a result, it's more important than ever to find ways to lower your cost per loan and squeeze out inefficiencies across the mortgage and home equity loan process. To...
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Reasons to Love Your Appraisal Management Company
February 14, 2017
It’s Valentine’s Day – how many reasons can you think of to love your appraisal management company (AMC)? We all know that some appraisers and lenders dislike AMCs. Why? Many people view AMCs as an expensive intermediary, simply in existence due to...
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Can appraisals shield lenders from buybacks?
November 15, 2016
They can if the appraisal conforms to criteria recently outlined by Fannie Mae. Beginning December 10, 2016, lenders using Fannie Mae’s Collateral Underwriter® (CU™) tool will receive representation and warranty relief for the appraised value on properties with qualifying scores of 2.5 or...
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Keys to profitable mortgage lending
October 25, 2016
It’s always difficult to predict what will happen next in the mortgage industry, but there is a consistent theme to what keeps mortgage lending and servicing executives awake at night — profitability and regulatory pressures. Unfortunately these two challenges are often at odds with each other, as...
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