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Mortgage Loan Quality

You Can’t Always Represent Yourself

They say that anyone who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client.  I am not calling any lender a fool. But, there are situations that require an expert in order to achieve the desired result. Even with all of the recent changes in the GSE Representation and Warranty framework and HUD’s Indemnification Policy, lenders still have uncertainty…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

Vetting Your Vendors

As you may know, LoanLogics (the company I work for) is a vendor to the mortgage industry. We provide technology, technology platforms, and reporting, to lenders for quality and risk management, MERS reviews, correspondent lending, portfolio monitoring and much more. You can view all our services at our website. As a service provider we are required by our clients, under…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

The Game Has Changed. Are You Prepared to Play Different?

I just returned from speaking at the ABA Real Estate Lending Conference in Orlando. It was a great conference and the Hyatt Regency was a great venue. I only regret I couldn’t spend more time in Orlando. The conference offered a myriad of information, products, and services covering just about all areas of commercial and residential mortgage lending. Topics discussed…

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Mortgage Loan Quality

Are you properly monitoring Third Party Vendors?

Lenders – are you utilizing Service Providers (or Third Party Vendors) to assist you in your Operations?  If so – are you properly monitoring the associated risks in employing such Firms?  Read on! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fully expects supervised banks and non-banks to properly manage the associated risks with employing service providers (or third party vendors). These…

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