Wire fraud is a source of significant harm to financial institutions, with an estimated $1.77 billion stolen in 2019, according to the FBI. For mortgage companies, the vulnerabilities surrounding the closing table constitute an especially big risk. Excited and anxious about closing, borrowers are vulnerable to email scams from criminals
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Marketing is not only about inspiring prospective clients; it’s increasingly about collaborating with internal teams and driving profitability. Effective CMOs and marketing teams communicate their value and performance metrics across departments. This is why we’ve invited Brian Covey, vice president of regional production for loanDepot, to June’s engage.marketing virtual summit.
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Zillow has re-entered the iBuying market. After putting transactions on hold in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the iBuyer announced Monday that its instant offers service, Zillow Offers, is resuming in two Arizona and two North Carolina markets. Homeowners in Phoenix; Tucson, Arizona; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Charlotte,
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new home prices rose at a slightly faster pace in April, … The stronger home prices are in line with recovery signs for real estate … who in April saw quickened investment and a narrower decline in sales.
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Dallas-Fort Worth land sales slowed in the second quarter as the … in developing land and long-term land real estate assets in Dallas-Fort Worth.”.
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She loves land, farms and finding the perfect dream home for her clients. With a background in public relations, marketing and sales management, …
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Liquidation is when a company sells its assets (real estate, say) to generate … Because Chapter 7 is the “everything must go” sale of bankruptcy, the …
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The National Association of Realtors Board of Directors approved a new policy in Friday’s board meeting, requiring MLSs to provide brokers with data feeds of their own listing content when requested. This new policy takes effect on Jan. 1, 2021, but according to NAR, MLSs could implement the policy earlier
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Did you know that you could get your mortgage through Costco? The big box retail giant may be better known for allowing people to buy 128 rolls of toilet paper in one fell swoop (a virtual necessity at this point), but the company also offers mortgages to its members. Costco
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Now that homes are re-entering the market, about one out of four home sellers who listed their homes for sale since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has priced them at discounts below pre-pandemic price levels, according to a new report from Weiss Analytics. These lower prices are creating market
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We’ll always remember March 2020. That’s when it really became apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic would bring the entire planet to a grinding stop. In the wake of the crisis, the housing and mortgage industries will be forever changed. Although we were already on the path toward modernizing our process,
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About 4.7 million mortgages are in forbearance, representing 8.8% of all home loans, Black Knight said in a Friday report. The number of borrowers who secured an agreement to delay their payments was up from 4.5 million last week, the mortgage data firm said. The pace of new forbearances slowed
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