HousingWire’s annual Tech100 Award, celebrating the 100 most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries, once again recognized Asurity for its market-leading mortgage-tech software products.

On December 28th, 2020, the FHFA, the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, issued a request for input on appraisal-related policies, practices and processes for loans to be deliverable to the GSEs.

On September 14th, the CFPB announced the eighth in a series of consent orders with mortgage lenders after investigations uncovered alleged deceptive advertising directed to military service-members and veterans.

On April 22nd, MISMO announced a certification program for remote online notarization providers, designed to increase adoption of RON-enabled digital mortgage closings.

Our colleagues discuss mortgage loan forbearance activity in light of COVID-19 and suggest some approaches to prepare and execute on the potential flood of loan modifications to come.

At Asurity, we are working diligently to respond to the myriad of challenges we are all facing as a result of the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

With home values increasing and interest rates nearing all-time lows, lenders can expect to see a growing demand for HELOC programs as homeowners seek to capitalize on the equity they have in their homes.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the process by which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to transition from the use of LIBOR to SOFR as the standard index rate for adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) loan products.

Institutions reporting 60,000 covered loans in the preceding calendar year were originally required to submit their first quarterly HMDA submissions in 2020 by May 30.

On January 7th, the FTC alleged that a California mortgage broker violated federal law by posting its borrowers’ personal financial information on Yelp.