Military families and veterans don’t buy homes the way most civilians do. They move on short notice and often finalize purchases from hundreds or thousands of miles away. When you add a VA home loan into the mix, some lenders and agents assume the transaction is headed for trouble before it even starts. That assumption […]
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JAUST, an automated underwriting system (AUS) built specifically for jumbo mortgage originations, has launched with a cloud-native platform that aims to help lenders cut underwriting costs and accelerate decision times, the company announced Tuesday. The platform is designed for portfolio lenders and mortgage banks that manage dozens of jumbo investors and complex overlays. “The mortgage
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In real estate, title insurance, and mortgage lending, transactions depend on technology operating accurately and securely behind the scenes. Every login, file access, system change, and integration generates activity that can either support business continuity or signal potential risk. One of the most overlooked yet powerful cybersecurity safeguards is maintaining and reviewing application logs. These
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Property insurance startup Rhino is looking to help real estate agents and their clients assess insurability and find insurance for properties in areas facing high rates of climate disaster risk. To achieve this goal, Rhino, an insurance brokerage that specializes in securing insurance policies for climate-risk exposed properties in California, has launched DealShield. The software
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The remaining defendants in the Roberts sexual assault lawsuit have all independently filed motions seeking dismissal of the case. Last week, Michael Bjorkman and David Golden, two former top recruiting agents at eXp Realty, as well as eXp World Holdings and its CEO, Glenn Sanford, all filed motions for summary judgement in the sexual assault
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A special Two Harbors Investment Corp. (TWO) shareholder meeting to vote on its proposed acquisition by United Holding Corp., the parent of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), lacked a quorum Monday morning, forcing the company to reschedule the vote for March 24. “The TWO board of directors determined, and continues to believe, that the proposed transaction
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A federal judge has ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must continue getting its funding from the Federal Reserve, dealing a setback to Trump administration efforts to effectively shut down the agency. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose blocks acting CFPB Director Russell Vought from using a
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We’ve all experienced take-it-or-leave-it tech: Systems and platforms that some real estate agents swear by and other agents ignore. Maybe it makes you more productive (if you use it consistently), but it’s no real loss if you don’t. That’s not the case with artificial intelligence. As the consumers you’re working with increasingly adopt AI in
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CoStar Group has added a new independent director to its board of directors. On Monday, the Andy Florance-helmed firm announced the appointment of Nana Banerjee to the firm’s board of directors. Banerjee’s appointment expands the board to nine members, including eight independent directors. “On behalf of the Board, we are pleased to welcome Nana, a
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When every deal feels personal, even winning gets expensive. There is a particular look you start to recognize once you have been around the real estate industry long enough. You know the one. That steely, thousand-yard stare that comes from decades of real estate. It shows up at open houses around hour four. In late-night
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