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Ernst Publishing Company, a provider of technology and closing cost data for the real estate and home finance industries for the past 27 years, announced Cisco Gonzalez as Director of the Project Management Office. In his new position, Gonzalez will manage project management company-wide.

eMortgage Logic (EML), a unit of Assurant Mortgage Solutions, recently announced Anthony Di Staulo as its new Director of Sales.

StreetLinks Lender Solutions, a unit of Assurant Mortgage Solutions, recently hired Charles Szabo as VP of Operations and Quality Control. StreetLinks also appointed Samir Agarwal as Director of Vendor Administration.

Assurant Field Asset Services, a unit of Assurant Mortgage Solutions, appointed Warner Mizell as VP of Supply Chain Operations.

Recognizing the “operational challenges” the industry is experiencing with TRID, Cordray said in a letter that the Bureau is considering making some “adjustments” in the regulation text to provide greater certainty and clarity.

Mortgage rates and applications had been on a continuous trend of low rates and high applications, but they have now changed course and are heading in an opposite direction.

Tailored credit report and score counseling services are an effective way to reach consumers and improve their credit score, which can ultimately help them obtain a mortgage.

For awhile, loan defects had settled down in the mortgage industry, but they appear to be making their way back into the market due to heightened risk from government loans.

What can be done to close the economic gaps between races and reform the housing finance system in America? Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League and former the Mayor of New Orleans may have an answer.

Inconsistencies in the economy during the first quarter have not dampened Freddie Mac’s forecast for housing for the coming year. Freddie Mac has held fast to its prediction that 2016 will be the best year for housing since before the crisis. Why is the outlook for housing so rosy?