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Opinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Housing Wire

So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? After all, while principals, investors and banks may not be clamoring to get into the title business for CRE transactions, not many title agencies do it well, and many of those only know certain markets.

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Thinking of selling your real estate brokerage? Here’s how to prepare

Housing Wire

From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract. Valuation – The valuation stage can also be considered the preliminary due diligence stage. Once an offer is accepted, the full due diligence stage commences.

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Do the Due: A Complete Due Diligence Guide and Checklist for Homebuyers

HomeLight

As a buyer, that means you have to do your due diligence from both a practical and contractual perspective. What does due diligence mean in residential real estate? That’s why we’ve put together this guide to due diligence for a homebuyer. Free Homebuying Due Diligence Checklist.

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UBS agrees to pay $1.4B to settle RMBS fraud case

Housing Wire

Swiss bank UBS AG announced Monday it has agreed to pay $1.43 UBS was allegedly aware of these significant problems because it had conducted extensive due diligence on the underlying loans prior to the RMBS being issued to determine whether the loans were consistent with representations that would be made to investors.

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Cenlar FSB names Thomas Donatacci as investor relations officer

Housing Wire

Donatacci has extensive experience in servicing transactions and subservicing, due diligence, and M&A. executive vice president of special servicing at Selene Finance , and executive vice president of Clayton Holdings, LLC. The company has a client base that includes banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers.

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The role of consumer transaction data in increasing homeownership access

Housing Wire

Over the past year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have committed to exploring innovative ways to expand homeownership access safely and securely. This charge couldn’t come at a better time. Utilizing ATP gives lenders the best of both worlds.

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GSE repurchase risk is rippling through the MSR market

Housing Wire

A fly in the ointment, however, particularly for some independent mortgage banks (IMBs), is the elevated risk of agency loan-repurchase demands — triggered by loans that violate Fannie Mae ’s or Freddie Mac ’s rep and warranty policies due to some defect discovered during the agencies’ post-origination quality-review processes. “So,