Vol. 75 Nbr. 9, June - June 2015

Index

• Housing futures.
• Fannie Mae reports net income close to $2 billion.
• Credit tightness index.
• Freddie Mac net income again dips into millions.
• Business barometer.
• DocMagic releases completed TRID software to customer base.
• Nation's home prices rise by 5.9 percent in March.
• April data shows softening appreciation.
• Denver named hottest housing market.
• Average refi rate cut is 1.2 percentage points in 1Q.
• Ellie Mae reports record revenue in first quarter.
• Enforcement actions spike in first quarter.
• Flips share of sales dips in first quarter.
• Serent Capital acquires Mercury Network.
• C&W: NYC investment sales break volume record.
• CBRE: investors plan to buy more.
• Hotels reach expansion cycle.
• Office trends: Boston extends absorption streak; New Jersey's flight to quality.
• Black Knight opens registration for settlement agents on TRID solution.
• Boston National buys majority stake in Canyon Title.
• Calendar.
• Cutting the grass.
• Why did the chicken cross the road?
• The end is near.
• Auction.com LLC.
• Brandon Famous has been appointed senior managing director and leader of the Retail Occupier & Transaction Services practice in the Americas, based in Philadelphia.
• Bruce Wandelmaier has been named executive vice president, treasurer, of Webster Bank NA in Waterbury, Connecticut.
• David J. O'Malley has been named director of loan quality solutions for LoanLogics in Trevose, Pennsylvania.
• Doug Wilken has been promoted to divisional manager for the Central region of the United States for Fort Washington, Pennsylvania-based ditech Mortgage Corp. Vince Jenkins has been named principal, director of corporate and institutional insurance for Universal Insurance Services LLC in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
• Howard Smith has been promoted to president; Brian Casey has been promoted to senior vice president, Capital Markets and Proprietary Capital.
• Mark A. Klein has been appointed chairman of the board and former board chairman Richard L. Hardgrove has been appointed lead independent director for Defiance, Ohio-based SB Financial Group Inc.
• Ron Shevlin has been named director of research.
• Sean P. Connelly has been named global chief information officer for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Itasca, Illinois.
• Stephen Mackey has been named executive vice president-chief risk officer for Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) in Milwaukee.
• Beverly Mitchell has been named remote underwriter.
• Brock Worthen has been appointed general counsel for Flagship Financial Group in Salt Lake City.
• Elizabeth Fiallo has been named customer care specialist in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, branch.
• Jim Bopp.
• Mark A. Pryor has been named a partner and Richard Andrew Arculin has been named counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Venable LLP.
• Mark Litzel has been named vice president of national sales for the Settlement Services division of LenderLive Network Inc. in Denver.
• Nick Garcia has been named managing broker of Chicago-based Baird & Warner Real Estate Inc.'s Frankfort, Illinois, location.
• Richard Lever has been named partner in the London office of Goodwin Procter LLP.
• Samantha Buschman has been named branch development specialist.
• Sarah Johanns has been named account executive covering Minnesota and the surrounding Midwest territory for Irving, Texas-based Caliber Home Loans Inc.
• Equity for all.
• Housing market reality check: even with rosier forecasts for more home sales this year, first-time buyers are facing tough challenges.
• The alternate universe of condo lending.
• Capturing market opportunity.
• Understanding a motivated, Hispanic consumer base.
• Full tilt--the outlook for multifamily lending.
• A diversity roadmap.
• TRID provides unique opportunity to reimagine pre-fund QC.
• Who's responsible for teaching Johnny how to borrow?
• Effectively engaging.
• Timing is everything in RMBS disputes.
• Inside the mind of a top producer--Andrew Marquis.
• State of the appraisal industry.
• Price watch.
• The closing table.
• Lending trends.
• Home-price spotlight.
• The fraud file.
• The appraisal accuracy index.
• Home-equity highlights.
• Marketrac[R].
• Month in review.
• Mortgage file tracker.
• Key economic indicators and interest rates.
• Housing activity: residential structures.