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Industry veterans launch Canopy in bid to shake up residential due diligence space

Housing Wire

Residential due diligence is an area of the mortgage ecosystem that’s overdue for disruption, according to two industry veterans who want to offer something completely different in the due diligence space through their newly launched company, Canopy. That’s why it has to be done over and over again.”.

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QC Ally acquires due diligence solutions firm Inglet Blair

Housing Wire

Loan quality and audit services company QC Ally on Thursday announced the acquisition of third-party due diligence solutions company Inglet Blair. Founded in 2003, Inglet Blair specializes in the analysis of residential mortgage loans and other forms of secured mortgage-related debt, leaning on ratings-agency approved insight.

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Incenter acquires due diligence firm Edgemac

Housing Wire

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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Loan buybacks haven’t disappeared, but they are trending down

Housing Wire

Repurchases have been a hot topic for lenders, and to some degree, the agencies and investors have gotten a bad rap in these discussions,” said Nick Volpe , executive vice president of ACES Quality Management. “ Non-QM loans are those that cannot be purchased by the GSEs.

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

Housing Wire

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not?

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Clear Capital extends its partnership with Cherre

Housing Wire

ClearAVM offers precise property valuations, empowering property investors and asset managers to make well-informed decisions regarding investment, management and underwriting. Single-family rental (SFR) investors also rely on AVMs to assess asset portfolios, guide leasing and sale decisions, and ensure thorough due diligence. “We

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Private-label loan-vetting comes up short

Housing Wire

As part of that, it’s important to understand that the due-diligence reviews performed on loan pools assembled for securitizations often make use of a process called loan sampling. The concept is simple: A random sample of loans is selected for due-diligence review from a larger pool of loans that often numbers in the thousands.