Atlas VMS launches insurance-backed appraisal warranty for lenders
Valuation and mortgage solutions company Atlas VMS on Thursday announced the launch of Atlas LoanShield, an insurance-backed appraisal warranty designed to protect mortgage lenders from financial losses tied to appraisal defects that lead to loan repurchase demands. Loan repurchase risk remains a ke
Corina Lessa says visibility drives trust in real estate leadership
In Corina Lessa’s view, “real estate is the most powerful force shaping human civilization.” “Behind the real estate industry, there are leaders that are making the decisions that are shaping this industry,” Lessa, the broker-owner of Tampa Bay Key Real Estate told attendees on Thursday at the Wome
North Carolina House Democrats revive state housing reform
North Carolina House Democrats will take another shot at sweeping housing reform. Several cycles of defeat on similar legislation loom in their rearview mirror. Undaunted by a string of previously unsuccessful efforts and banking on a redoubled surge of political will to address housing affordabilit
Builders don’t have a rate problem, they have a reliability problem
A builder lines up a deal. Land is identified. Plans are drawn. The numbers work. The lender says yes. And then — somewhere between approval and execution — the ground shifts. The timeline stretches, the draw gets delayed, the capital tightens or worse, disappears altogether. By the time it’s clear