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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released its minutes from its meeting in July on Wednesday, which detailed the Fed’s outlook on the state of all facets of ...

A new paper reveals the six-pronged impact of today’s rising mortgage rates. What does it spell for the market of tomorrow?

LenderLive Document Services, a LenderLive Services LLC company, recently announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have certified their Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) XML file as meeting all UCD requirements months ahead of the September 25 deadline for meeting all UCD certification and delivery requirements.

LenderLive Network LLC, a unit of LenderLive Holdings, Inc., announced Tuesday that Sherry Valladares has joined their team as Correspondent Lending Regional Account Manager.

There are many factors that contribute to the housing inventory shortage, but homebuilder’s aren’t discouraged. Read on to see their sentiment.

Guild Mortgage, a large independent mortgage lender with offices in 25 states, welcomes experienced mortgage technology professional Gabe Minton to its leadership team as EVP of information technology. Minton brings to his new role more than 25 years of experience spanning the realms of strategy, software development, vendor relations, and communications. "I am pleased to be joining Guild as it enters a new era of technology innovation with MyMortgage and other IT platforms and applications to improve the experience for every customer, employee, partner and supplier that we work with throughout the entire mortgage lending process,” Minton said.

Independent Settlement Services, a Pittsburgh-based appraisal and title management services firm serving the real estate finance industry, announced last week it will enhance its valuation products with Value Report, an automated property valuation with an instant automated valuation model (AVM) that combines the data and algorithms of Independent Settlement Services and HouseCanary. HouseCanary is a real estate valuation provider that leverages decades of data and proprietary algorithms for its valuations. The Value Report offers instant AVMs, risk assessments, and real estate market data for individual single-family homes and condos, as well as portfolios.

The FOMC has been talking about normalization for months now. Looking forward, they could start the process soon, and that will have consequences . . .

The industry chatter has been all about inventory recently, and Wednesday’s Housing Starts report could show signs of the end of the prevalent trend. See this, and other events in the Week Ahead.

Black Knight Financial Services announced the launch of its Black Knight Index Suite, a series of indices expanding on its existing Home Price Index (HPI). The series was ...