HighTechLending: It’s all about leads When HUD issued changes to the HECM program last year, it made the already elusive quality reverse mortgage lead an even more challenging get, according to HighTechLending President Don Currie. The situation convinced the lender to take matters into its own h

The American College champions reverse mortgages A sizable number of financial advisors are misinformed about reverse mortgages, and The American College of Financial Services has set out to set the record straight. Through its RICP program, the college educates advisors on how a reverse mortgage

Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Quicken Loans/United Wholesale drama continues Senator John McCain died Saturday at 81 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. Also, there’s a bit of a situation happening between Quicken Loans and United Wholesale Mortgage, and it’s been a virtual he-said, she

Airbnb sues New York City over new host data law Airbnb is suing New York City over a recently passed law that forces the company to reveal hosts’ data, saying this law violates users privacy rights. New York recently passed new legislation that is designed to target illegal short-term rental act

This southern MSA's property values keep rising This southern city is predicted to see a 7.6% rate of real estate appreciation over the next year and is ranked 39th out of 354 MSAs analyzed in Veros' latest VeroFORECAST. Where is it? Read more to find out. Source: https://www.housingwire.com/

Fannie, Freddie remind servicers of options as Hawaiian hurricane approaches Hurricane Lane is set to make landfall over the weekend and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are reminding servicers of their options in the wake of the upcoming storm. As the storm moves closer, the GSEs explained homeowners af

Ukrainian man jailed for selling hacked financial information that led to million loss A Ukrainian man will spend the next six years in a U.S. prison after being convicted of trafficking in stolen financial information, including more than 60,000 credit card numbers and online banking logins. The

T-Mobile hit by data breach, 2 million customers affected T-Mobile announced this week it has experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of two million of its customers to hackers. In a note to customers, the company said that the information exposed did not include personal fi

California approves first “insurtech” title company California recently approved what is being described as the first insurtech title company licensed and based in the state. Read on for more details about the new company. Source: thetitlereport.com

Georgia startup launches document-retrieval service An Athens, Ga.-based company has introduced a service designed to eliminate the need for title companies and other real estate professionals to go to courthouses to retrieve offline documents. Read on for more details about the retrieval service.