Category Archives: PEMCO News
Appraisal and Housing Leaders: Appraisal System Needs Overhaul
Photo credit: Mark Moz System’s “regulatory regime surrounding appraisals” … “stuck in 1989” The nation’s appraisal system is in need of an overhaul, according to several key industry and government leaders in a recent hearing in the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. The results of a complex and […]
Read More →Did TRID Increase Appraisal Turn Times and Fees?
Photo credit: FutUndBeidl The CFPB’s TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule has been in effect since last October, many in the origination process feared the rule’s additional compliance would result in costlier and slower originations. Even lenders are not consistent on how TRID has affected them, as it depends on several factors. The rule’s effect […]
Read More →Why Valuations Profession Must Embrace the “Right” Technology
Photo credit: Symo0 Big data and cloud computing’s big push There are changes in store for the appraisal profession, and they’re coming from all profession stakeholders. With regulators holding banks to higher standards, banks are holding appraisers to higher requirements. Appraisal profession-centric technology platforms see more opportunities for innovation that will help bring about […]
Read More →Major Appraiser Shortage is Causing Home Sales Delays
Photo credit:Paul Sullivan Amid regulations and licensing requirements, profession not seeing significant new recruits With demand for housing rapidly increasing, a key part of the home purchase process is disappearing. Appraisers, the men and women who provide home valuation opinions and whom mortgage lenders are dependent upon, are declining in numbers and […]
Read More →Is “Perfect” Underwriting Hindering the Housing Market Recovery?
Photo credit: 401(K) 2012 Least-qualified borrower credit score rates are similar before and after housing crash Since the post-housing crisis, credit availability has tightened for mortgage purchases. During the past five years, borrowers who took out mortgages have paid their mortgages better than any other group of mortgage borrowers in history. While this is […]
Read More →Standardizing Data Collection in the Appraisal and Lending Environment
Photo credit: justgrimes Dataset uniformity provide clarity for GSEs and lenders The mortgage industry is on the path to solidifying a foundation for sustainable success. Part of this can be attributed to how the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) reconfigured the foundation on data. Tangible results have come out of creating a common protocol, approach and […]
Read More →FHFA Extends HARP and Offers High LTV Refinancing Option
Photo credit: Apple Realty Extended through next September and reaching out to more than 300,000 eligible borrowers The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that its Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), originally scheduled to run out at the end of this year, will be extended through September 30, 2017. FHFA found there are […]
Read More →What’s the Real Reason Behind Declining Homeownership?
Photo credit: futureatlas.com Millennials are following other generations The U.S. Census Bureau reported in July that the homeownership rate has fallen a half a percent since last year, down to 62.9%. It has been 50 years since the U.S. homeownership rate has been this low. A recent article highlighting a Zillow analysis of home […]
Read More →Streamlining the Appraisal Process
Photo credit: Mark Moz Almost anyone who has used ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft can attest to the platform’s simplicity and common-sense approach to moving people from point A to B. In the real estate realm, there’s Roostify, an automated mortgage transaction platform streamlining the mortgage origination process. On these platforms, the forms […]
Read More →New Law will Lift Some FHA Condo Financing Restrictions
Photo credit: CafeCredit.com Helps veterans get fair access to housing and programs The “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act” also known as H.R. 3700, was signed into law by President Obama on July 29th. This came two weeks after the US Senate unanimously passed the housing bill which makes it easier for veterans to […]
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