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Ask The Expert: Should I Be Focusing on Selling More Adjustables Now?

Q: Dave, I see more prospects asking about adjustable rates in the past several months. Should I be focusing on selling more adjustables? --Sally from Kansas Read more...

New Tool from Nexsys Simplifies Communication Between Lenders and Homeowners Insurance Providers

Nexsys Technologies, a FinTech company providing advanced technology solutions for mortgage origination and closing, announced the launch of Clear HOI, a tool that digitizes the communication between mortgage lenders and homeowners insurance companies. Read more...

J.D. Power Ranks Customers’ Favorite Mortgage Originators for 2019

Quicken Loans took the top spot on J.D. Power’s ranking of customer satisfaction with primary mortgage originators for the 10th straight year, according to a report by the market information services company. Read more...

Ex-mortgage Broker Gets 8 Years in Jail for $1M Car Loan Fraud

A federal judge has sentenced a former mortgage broker from Maryland to more than eight years in prison for a $1 million scam involving fake auto loan applications. So reports The Baltimore Sun. Read more...

Real Estate Closing Startup Qualia Grabs $55M

Qualia, a technology startup that aims to simplify the real estate closing process, has announced $55 million in Series C financing led by Tiger Global. So reports CrunchBase. Read more...

Feds Hit Mortgage Biz Short-sellers with Fraud Charges

Federal prosecutors have charged the founders and operators of a Massachusetts mortgage business focusing on short sales with defrauding lenders and investors to the tune of almost $500,000. So reports the North Andover (Mass.) Eagle Tribune. Read more...

Sherlock: What I Learned from This Year’s MBA Conference

At the MBA conference last week, I spoke with many senior executives at a variety of different-sized lenders about the state of mortgage banking and their concerns for the immediate future. Read more...

Housing Perspectives: Institutions and Geographic Concentration in VA Mortgage Lending

The Veteran’s Administration (VA) home loan program, which makes homeownership more affordable for veterans, is used more extensively in places closer to major military installations, according to a new working paper from the Joint Center For Housing Studies of Harvard University. So writes Kerry Spitzer, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at the Institute for Healthcare Delivery… Read more...

Bill Bodnar of MMG: China, the Biggest Story to Follow

Bill Bodnar of the Mortgage Market Guide focuses on the U.S.-China relationship and its far-reaching implications. Earlier in the year, developments were a tailwind to the bond market, supportive of lower rates, he notes. Now, it’s a complete role reversal. Read more...

Angel Oak Adds Office Amid Originations Growth

Atlanta-based Angel Oak Home Loans has added its 12th branch in the state with the opening of a new office in Acworth, Georgia, the company has announced. Read more...

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