Vol. 76 Nbr. 7, April 2016

Index

• Profits get whacked.
• FHA clarifies certification rules.
• MBA raises forecast for purchase and refinance volume.
• Business barometer.
• Properties with negative equity tick up in Q4.
• TRID survey shows 75 percent report delayed closings.
• Delinquencies hit lowest level since 3Q 2006.
• Flips account for 5.5 percent of home sales in 2015.
• Pool of refinance candidates grows by 30 percent.
• Providence and Seattle post strong price gains.
• Florida and Pacific Northwest top hot-markets list.
• More consumers say it's a good time to buy.
• United Wholesale posts top wholesale volume in 2015.
• Servicing industry completed 420,000 modifications in 2015.
• United Guaranty offers new mobile app for rate quotes.
• United Guaranty tops list for new insurance written.
• MBA research examines issues shaping lending.
• CRE pricing measures diverge.
• Trepp: REITs may reach plateau.
• CBRE: talent beats cost in office-location decisions.
• Ten-X: property values decline for first time since 2010.
• Changing perceptions of the American dream.
• Federal Reserve: commercial real estate activity improves slightly.
• DebtX launches credit-rating system for CRE.
• ORIX USA increases RED Capital Group ownership to 100 percent.
• Politics and such.
• 'Capital buffer' disappearing.
• April-June 2016.
• Recapturing the art of appraising.
• Authors: upclose.
• CBRE Capital Markets.
• Clayton Holdings LLC.
• DCB Financial Corporation.
• Exceleras.
• Green Courte Partners LLC.
• loanDepot LLC.
• Marc J. Bogan has been named president of Fauquier Bankshares Inc. and The Fauquier Bank in Warrenton, Virginia, and was appointed to the boards of directors of the company and the bank.
• Mayer Brown LLP.
• Mortgage Bankers Association.
• Ocwen Financial Corporation.
• Penns Woods Bancorp Inc.
• SouthLaw PC.
• Chronos Solutions.
• Coastal Carolina University.
• Don Bleuenstein has been named Home Lending Eastern U.S. Division sales director and Jens Lovell has been named Home Lending Western U.S. Division sales director for Flagstar Bancorp Inc. in Troy, Michigan.
• Lane Cutter has been named vice president of development, based in Denver, for San Francisco-based Legacy Partners.
• Mortgage Network Inc.
• Platinum Home Mortgage.
• PrimeLending.
• Tim Sorenson has been named senior vice president, director of retail residential lending, for Luther Burbank Savings in Santa Rosa, California.
• Tom Davis has been named national TPO sales director for First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC) in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
• The litigation factor.
• Piecing together the new HMDA puzzle.
• An enforcement-first approach.
• Still a relationship business?
• Earning diversity dividends: the Mortgage Bankers Association's Diversity and Inclusion Committee is helping the industry align with the real estate finance market's changing demographics.
• The surge.
• Reinventing the mortgage customer experience: now more than ever, mortgage lenders need to focus on delivering a first-rate online customer experience.
• HUD's evolving property preservation rules.
• TRID: a status update after six months.
• The art and science of preparing for a TRID compliance exam.
• To escrow, or not to escrow: new flood insurance rules.
• Inside the mind of a top producer--Jennifer Sims.
• I love appraisals!(COLUMNS: VALUE JUDGMENTS)
• Price watch.
• The closing table.
• Lending trends.
• Market snapshot.
• The fraud file.
• The appraisal accuracy index.
• Home-equity highlights.
• Marketrac[R].
• Month in review.
• Key economic indicators and interest rates.
• Housing activity.