SaviBank, a $388 million-asset bank headquartered in Burlington, Washington, has announced the formation of a mortgage lending division. “Lending policies and marketing strategies have been developed specifically for ...
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COO Blake Paulson will become Acting Comptroller of the Currency after Brooks' departure.
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The Refinance Index was 93% higher year-over-year. Click here to learn more about the latest data.
Read More »Flooding Costs Taking Increased Toll on Housing
The research team concluded that changes in precipitation accounted for 36% of the actual flooding costs that occurred during the three-decade period measured in their study
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Wells Fargo & Co. has created a new internal advisory group dubbed the Office of Consumer Practices (OCP) that is designed to upgrade the company’s sales practices and ...
Read More »More Americans Relocating Out of State for Retirement
Nearly 400,000 American retirees moved their residences during 2020, the highest number in five years. According to a data study by the moving services website HigherAHelper.com analyzing ...
Read More »Mortgage Servicing Lessons From Years Past
Most Fannie Mae survey respondents say the 2008 financial crisis was economically more devastating than that resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »DS5: Preserving Property Amid a Pandemic
In this week’s episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, Joe Iafigliola, CFO of Safeguard Properties, discussed how Safeguard has adjusted to the challenges of the past year, and ...
Read More »One-Third of Remote Workers Relocated During the Pandemic
Seventy percent of survey respondents expected remote work to continue in the post-pandemic era.
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