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Navigating movement in the mortgage industry series: Due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

Housing Wire

Thus, it has never been more important to focus on due diligence in analyzing a mortgage industry acquisition target. In a typical transaction, the due diligence checklist can be overwhelmingpages upon pages in length. The devil is in the details when it comes to due diligence. All these items matter.

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Incenter acquires due diligence firm Edgemac

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Incenter is adding a third-party due diligence review firm to its umbrella of companies. Edgemac , which Incenter acquired at the end of last year, does due diligencing for mostly non-QM and jumbo loans, as well as private label reverse mortgages that could eventually be securitized.

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Underwriter shortage slowing the pace of private-label deals

Housing Wire

Underwriters are needed at the beginning of the process to conduct due diligence on mortgage originations, and they are in demand on the back-end of the pipeline to conduct due diligence on the loans being pooled and securitized in RMBS issuances sold to investors. It depends on who you are,” Mayhew explained.

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Top Chicago team joins Compass

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“We’ve wanted to bring our company to the next level for a while now, and by joining Compass, we know we can do that through increasing brand awareness and our average sales price,” Pimentel said in a statement. She continued: “We did our due diligence and reviewed other brokerages.

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Opinion: Beware of the hidden losses of real estate mergers and acquisitions

Housing Wire

As someone who worked for a large, nationally branded brokerage for 30+ years, I had a front-row seat to many mergers and acquisitions. Including someone who understands company-generated business lines in the due diligence process is crucial. I would love to say they all went well, but they didn’t. What are you really buying?

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Dunmor adds to its business-purpose lending team

Housing Wire

Along with connecting the firm to potential clients through marketing, branding and communications, he also led the launch of a customer experience portal and other tech-based innovations. Huff has also worked in the whole loan investment sector on pricing, due diligence, portfolio surveillance and loss mitigation.

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Opinion: Does your title M&A strategy add up?

Housing Wire

Others look forward to building their brands with strategic acquisitions when the timing is right. Similarly, other title business owners eagerly anticipate the moment when the market is right for them to grow their own brands via M&A. Due diligence. However, brand name alone isn’t enough.

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