Vol. 75 Nbr. 9, 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.