by | Aug 29, 2017 | Closing, Education, FinCEN, Fraud, Government Oversite, Identity Theft, Industry News, Insurance, Technology, Title Insurance
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by | Aug 29, 2017 | Closing, Education, FinCEN, Fraud, Industry News, Insurance, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Quality, Specialty Insurance - Cyber, Technology
A California-based mortgage company hit its insurer with a lawsuit in a New York federal court Tuesday seeking to recoup under a $3 million policy “substantial” losses incurred when an impostor duped the mortgage lender into wiring money for a nonexistent...
by Jeanne | May 24, 2017 | CFPB, Closing, FinCEN, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Fraud, Government Oversite, Industry News, Must Read and See, Privacy and Public Records, RESPA, SEC Securities and Exchange Commissionn, TRID Truth in Lending RESPA Integrated Disclosure
CFPB Seeks Servicing Agent Comments on Proposed Mortgage Servicing Rules. This is an important discussion for Service Providers who work for Mortgage Lenders LINK TO CFPB POST By Erik Durbin and Paul Rothstein – MAY 04, 2017 Today, we’ve released our plan to assess...
by Jeanne | May 24, 2017 | Closing, FinCEN, Fraud, Industry News, Privacy and Public Records, SEC Securities and Exchange Commissionn
I just completed my PCI Compliance ( Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards report that requires specific security and use of qualified vendors who accept credit card payments on our behalf.) So data security has been on my plate and on my mind. I was...
by Jeanne | Nov 21, 2016 | Abstracting/Searching, FinCEN, Fraud, Government Oversite, Identity Theft, Industry News
press release 11/20/2016 Daniel Deaibes was sentenced recently to 24 months for his role in a scheme to steal title to Southern California homes and then “sell” the properties to unsuspecting buyers – before the buyers realized who the true owners were. From...
by Jeanne | Sep 7, 2016 | CFPB, Closing, Education, FinCEN, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Industry News, mortgage
Sounds like alphabet soup with all the acronyms, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published the new, redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application forms. So the long-standing 1004 Loan Application that we all know (and often had signed at closing) will soon be...