The Close

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As part of your due diligence, here are some factors to explore when purchasing land. If you’re looking to sell individual residential lots or create a subdivision, you’ll want to find land in a residential area that’s properly zoned (we’ll talk about zoning soon).

Land

Marco Santarelli

APRIL 9, 2025

Thorough research and due diligence are essential when exploring emerging markets. Diversify your real estate portfolio by investing in different types of properties (residential, commercial, etc.) These areas often offer lower prices and higher potential for growth compared to established markets.

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Redfin

MARCH 4, 2025

Small, medium, or large residential units, depending on the building. Another point to consider about the pros and cons of buying a condo is that many of the drawbacks of condo ownership can be mitigated or avoided by performing due diligence before buying. Mid-rise buildings with elevators for ease of access.

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The Close

MARCH 11, 2025

It’s also essential to verify all information provided by the homeowner with proper due diligence to ensure your investment decision is well-informed and data-backed. Bridge loans: These are primarily used for commercial assets to aid in residential property acquisition so investors dont miss out on lucrative opportunities.

Sales

Rochester Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Due Diligence For Their Clients Real estate lawyers conduct extensive due diligence on behalf of their clients to uncover any potential issues or risks associated with a property. Additionally, they conduct thorough due diligence to uncover any issues with the property’s title, contracts, or legal obligations.

Purchase and sale agreement

Inman

MARCH 27, 2025

CoStar Group is one step closer to purchasing Australia's second-largest real estate classifieds firm, Domain. Australian newspapers reported that CoStar founder and CEO Andy Florance spent several days in Sydney with Domain's owners.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Fidelity National Financial acquired North Carolina-based Metro Title , which had provided commercial and residential services in that area for almost two decades. The company engages outside counsel for most transactions and outsources certain due-diligence tasks, especially for larger deals requiring specialized expertise.

Title

AAOA

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Although many people consider a house up to 600 square feet to be a tiny home, the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) Appendix AQ, stated that tiny houses are dwelling units measuring 400 square feet (37 m 2 ) or less in floor area, excluding lofts. Some tiny homes are actually found in trees.

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Rochester Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Due diligence and thorough evaluation of the property and association Performing due diligence is essential when purchasing an unwarrantable condo. Local banks or credit unions may be more apt to give you a non-warrantable condo loan because they can keep these loans in-house.

Finance

The Close

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

On the other hand, traditional investment propertiesalso known as long-term residential rentalsusually provide a steady monthly income with longer tenant leases. Zoning laws: Residential zones are typically intended for long-term housing, so some cities enforce strict zoning laws to limit short-term rentals.

Investor

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The supply-chain bottleneck afflicting the global economy has its own counterpart in the world of residential mortgage-backed securities, also referred to as RMBS. One group of industry players — loan underwriters — are the chief cause of the logjam. About a half-dozen RMBS issuers also were contacted for this story, including J.P.

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Inman

MAY 22, 2023

Resolute Diligence Solutions specifically focuses on due diligence for single-family rentals and for residential transition loans and will help Setpoint beef up its technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

The residential mortgage origination process is very complex and origination and underwriting mistakes can be very costly, so lenders need to make sure they’re mitigating every possible risk related to the borrower and property. That’s why due diligence is a critical element of every mortgage transaction.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Santa Ana, California-based financial services company provides solutions including due diligence services, property valuations, mortgage fulfillment and consulting and advisory services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Due diligence

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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.

Due diligence

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We’ve grown in excess of 100 employees already in two-and-a-half quarters, that’s underwriters,” said John Levonick, CEO of Charlotte-based Canopy , a third-party due-diligence (TPR) firm that started doing business in the second quarter of 2021. And there’s just no way for due-diligence to really compete with that.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. Market conditions have certainly trended downward for residential or commercial real estate. buyers and sellers) in a residential deal. And why not?

Commercial

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Non-QM vigilance Pamela Hamrick, president of Incenter Diligence Solutions , which provides due-diligence reviews and document management services for the mortgage industry, said that prefunding reviews are also gaining more traction in the nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) space. “And

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The firms say this is especially useful in the “current volatile market “ as it shortens the timeline for trades, streamlines the due-diligence process and offers “instantaneous settlement.“ Investors gain added insights into the performance of their portfolios at a lower cost.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Single-family rental (SFR) investors also rely on AVMs to assess asset portfolios, guide leasing and sale decisions, and ensure thorough due diligence. “We ClearAVM can predict values for nearly every residential property in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

HousingWire: What are some due diligence and underwriting challenges loan originators face today? Steve Greenfield: Lenders have always faced certain challenges when meeting necessary due diligence and providing accurate underwriting services. With the pandemic, they can be even more difficult these days.

Title

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The imbalance has been particularly acute for third-party due diligence (TPR) firms that employ underwriters to review and assess the quality of loan pools used as collateral in private-label securitization deals. He also said his firm is working to “modularize” its approach to due-diligence reviews in the private-label space.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Goldman Sachs’ string of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) offerings this year were dominated by a dozen prime jumbo-loan deals backed by loan pools valued at $7.7 The [private-label] market started coming back this year [after dropping off in 2020 due to the pandemic], and deals started getting done,” Franco said. “The

Loans

Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

Prior to the Great Recession, private label securitizations (PLS) constituted a majority of all residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued. Without such standards, there will be a substantial bottleneck as each transaction will require 100 percent due diligence and manual processes. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The companies behind these platforms – ranging from stalwarts like Black Knight and MCT , to startups such as Maxex and Maxwell – essentially connect lenders and investors, and also match them with critical services such as paper standardization and due diligence. “In 2021, we’ve had a record volume.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

State regulators, investors, creditors, business partners, and the public in general conducting due diligence or research are expected to use the information available. According to the CFPB, these orders are usually publicly available but are not comprehensively tracked by interested parties. The final rule is effective on Sept.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

LauraMac is a software as a service, or SaaS, firm that provides due-diligence automation tools for the secondary market. Its technology is used by third-party due diligence firms that assess mortgage pools in securitization transactions in the private label market. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Los Angeles -based Dunmor , a technology -enabled lender that specializes in loans for residential real estate investors , has added a pair of experienced executives in the business-purpose lending space. Huff has also worked in the whole loan investment sector on pricing, due diligence, portfolio surveillance and loss mitigation.

Lending

Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Loans in Pools 1 thru 3 are being serviced by New Residential Mortgage LLC , NewRez LLC and Fannie Mae — and subserviced by NewRez LLC, Fannie’s fact sheet on the deal states. The parent company of New Residential Mortgage, Caliber Home Loans and NewRez — New Residential Investment — earlier this summer was rebranded as Rithm Capital.). (The

Loans

Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2022

SitusAMC subsidiary Securent is expanding its reach into the private-label market with plans to soon introduce a loan-defect insurance product for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions, according to executives from both companies. SitusAMC CEO Michael Franco.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The special purpose acquisition company announced Friday that it signed a non-binding letter of intent with the privately held $3-5 billion asset holding company with nationwide residential mortgage lending and servicing operations. “We

Banks

Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

billion in penalties to settle a civil action alleging misconduct related to the underwriting, issuance and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) before the 2008 financial crisis. Swiss bank UBS AG announced Monday it has agreed to pay $1.43 The settlement with the U.S.

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HomeLight

MARCH 30, 2021

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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