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RentSpree achieves SOC 2 compliance 

Housing Wire

Developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants , the SOC 2 Type II audit examines a company’s controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. RentSpree’s audit report received a “clean” opinion from national audit firm Sensiba LLP.

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Opinion: To redress racial bias in mortgage underwriting, scrap the credit score

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve’s Consumer Compliance Handbook observes that “evidence of discriminatory intent is not necessary to establish that a lender’s adoption or implementation of a policy or practice is in violation of the FHAct or ECOA.”

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FHFA extends certain rep and warrants to pandemic-related forbearance loans

Housing Wire

“I am announcing today that we have directed the Enterprises to extend their rep & warrant policies for loans affected by natural disasters to cover mortgages that have successfully exited a COVID-19 forbearance plan,” FHFA director Sandra Thompson said during the MBA Annual 2023, a conference held Oct. 14-17 in Philadelphia.

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DataDigest: 25 years of NAR lobbying visualized

Housing Wire

NAR’s struggles are a focal point for the housing industry, as the association is the industry’s top policy advocate and among the biggest lobbying spenders in the nation. Some Realtors have called for executives to be fired and a wholesale reform to the structure of the trade group, which has 1.6

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Fannie Mae and NAR at odds over flood-risk disclosures

Housing Wire

But Fannie Mae , the government-sponsored entity that backstops a significant portion of the country’s mortgages, does not seek an exception to the 1974 Federal Privacy Act. NFIP provides over five million policies, according to CRS, in jurisdictions that meet federal criteria on building, design standards, and risk index.

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AIME’s CEO Katie Sweeney to step down and take helm of Broker Action Coalition

Housing Wire

To focus exclusively on public policy advocacy and political activities on behalf of the industry, Sweeney will be stepping down as Chairman and CEO of AIME on March 31, 2024, to become the co-founder and CEO of BAC. In December 2023, a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate introduced Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (S.3502)

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What Is a Pocket Listing? Definition, Pros & Cons for 2024

The Close

The primary difference between the two lies in how widely the property is marketed and the level of privacy offered. Instead, the agent shares the listing with a select group of contacts within their network through word-of-mouth or private communication, offering the seller a higher level of privacy.

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