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Lenders Loosen Up…With Luxury Buyers
Demand for new mortgages is finally revving up—among big spenders, anyway.
Home sales using a jumbo mortgage had year-over-year growth of 7.9% through September, compared with 2.7% for nonjumbo sales, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by mortgage-technology company FNC.
It’s the latest sign that jumbo loans, defined as $417,000 and up in most places ($625,500 and up in high-cost areas), are boosting sales of… Continue reading
Happy Fiscal New Year: An origination-foreclosure-forgiveness-money-back potpourri
Happy Fiscal New Year.
Last week it was announced that new home sales are up, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 373,000. From the bottom, that number is up nicely. But from the top, it’s way down. (Source: Calculated Risk)
As there were 141,000 new homes for sale last month, FNC’s Bob Dorsey says it should take four-and-a-half months until that inventory is clear.
Posted in FNC
Tagged Bill Rayburn, Bob Dorsey, foreclosure, interest rates, new home sales
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A letter to our clients about FNC’s Appraisal Score™ patent.
Dear Valued Clients,
We at FNC are excited to announce that our Appraisal Score™ analytic solution has received a U.S. patent (U.S. Pat. No. 8,244,563), making it the nation’s first patented appraisal review tool.
America’s major loan originators, servicers, credit unions, appraisal management companies, and investors who use FNC’s Collateral Management System® (CMS®) rely on Appraisal Score to discern compliance, risk, and fraud issues in residential property… Continue reading
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Tagged Appraisal Score, Bill Rayburn, Bob Dorsey, CMS, fantastic, GAAR
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Important announcement regarding FNC’s Appraisal Score solution
Tune in to FNC Morning View on 9/17 for an important announcement regarding FNC’s Appraisal Score solution.
Join us on Sept. 17 for the next FNC Morning View. In this unscripted, conference-call talk show, mortgage industry experts Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey jump start your work week with an intense recap and forecast of the housing market in real time.
Access information: (800) 428-6108; Access Code… Continue reading
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Tagged Appraisal Score, Bill Rayburn, Bob Dorsey, FNC Morning View
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Tune In: FNC Posts Live Stream of Rayburn, Dorsey Presentations at AEI Conference
FNC co-founders Bill Rayburn, CEO, and Bob Dorsey, EVP of Data & Analytics, are featured speakers at the American Enterprise Institute’s annual conference, happening now in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dorsey shares his expertise as part of a panel presentation, “The Historical Perspective — Booms, Bubbles and Busts,” beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Likewise, Dr. Rayburn delivers his insights as part of a Collateral… Continue reading
Vlog Time: FNC’s Value Proposition
What do FNC’s Collateral Management System® and our ports do for lenders? FNC cofounders Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey discuss.
Posted in Appraising, Lending, Mortgage
Tagged AppraisalPort, Bill Rayburn, Bob Dorsey, CMS, Collateral Management System, InspectionPort
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From the Archives: Not All Price Indexes Are Created Equal
After we posted Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey’s FNC Morning View episode about home price indexes, a few readers asked for more information on the different home price indexes currently available. Today, we revisit our Collateral Vision archives to bring you a post from August 2011: “Not All Price Indexes Are Created Equal.”
Have more questions about home price indexes? Leave a comment below, and we’ll get… Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Rayburn, Bob Dorsey, FNC Residential Price Index, home price indexes
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An index is an index is an index?
FNC’s Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey will discuss the different types of housing indexes on April 16′s FNC Morning View. (Click here for access information.)
WSJ’s Developments blog summarizes eight common housing indexes here:
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2012 Predictions from FNC’s Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey
New Year’s is the season for resolutions but also predictions, so in Monday’s Morning View broadcast, FNC’s Bill Rayburn and Bob Dorsey shared with us some of what they see in their crystal balls for the year ahead in terms of the overall economy, the housing market specifically, Fannie and Freddie’s future (or the lack thereof), HARP, and even what they expect to happen politically in this election year… Continue reading
