Lock-in persists; eClosing found to provide pricing gains; home sales expected to increase; LOs shy away from AI; credit card offers rewards points for mortgage payments; steady profits for LendingTree from lead business.
Investments in technology are helping Mr. Cooper reduce its servicing costs and allowing the industry’s largest servicer to place competitive bids on servicing portfolios.
A new study from J.D. Power showed that mortgage servicers could better meet customer demands by implementing online chat and AI technologies into their workflows.
Lenders, servicers and tech vendors are touting their latest products that include AI; many borrowers don’t appear to be ready to embrace AI in the mortgage process; and a handful of non-AI announcements.
Six of the top 10 significant defects in loans acquired by Fannie Mae in the first quarter of this year weren’t on the list in the last quarter of 2023. Income calculation, though remained at the top of the list.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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