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4 out of 5 top banks get failing marks from settlement monitor

6/19/2013 5:31 PM

Four out of the nation’s five largest servicers — Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo — are failing to comply with servicing rules set forth in the $25 billion national mortgage settlement reached last year, according to .....Read More

Fed prepared to end purchases of Treasurys, mortgage-backed securities by mid-2014

6/19/2013 4:39 PM

The Federal Reserve may taper its $85 billion-a-month Treasury and mortgage-backed securities habit later this year and wind those purchases down altogether by mid-2014 if the economy keeps chugging along, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said today — news that sent .....Read More

Court throws out NeighborCity’s antitrust claims against NAR, MRIS

6/19/2013 4:08 PM

A federal district judge has dismissed antitrust claims filed by the operator of real estate listing portal and agent ratings website NeighborCity.com against the National Association of Realtors and Mid-Atlantic multiple listing service Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. (MRIS). NeighborCity.com’s .....Read More

Feast and Feed: Community event attracts leads and donations

6/19/2013 1:13 PM

David Wilfert knows hosting events like community garage sales is a time-tested way to scoop up clients. But the broker, an associate at the Wilfert Group, decided he wanted to take a fresh angle on community get-togethers that turn up .....Read More

Can brokers, MLSs find common ground?

6/19/2013 1:04 PM

In the not-so-distant past, multiple listing services were all about providing member brokers with access to information about each other’s listings, and to make offers of compensation to cooperating brokers and agents who could bring a buyer to a sale. .....Read More

FICO: ‘Big data’ is big business

6/19/2013 12:04 PM

“Predictive analytics is becoming the defining technology of the early 21st century,” claims San Jose, Calif.-based predictive analytics and decision management software company FICO. FICO — perhaps best known for its credit-scoring algorithms — makes a case for that bold .....Read More

Report: Wind down Fannie and Freddie, but provide government backstop for mortgage securitization

6/19/2013 10:54 AM

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be wound down and their securitization activities spun out into a new platform overseen by a new, FDIC-like federal agency, according to a bipartisan report by Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi and former .....Read More

Tragedy averted after Realtors detect house fire

6/19/2013 10:40 AM

Two Joplin, Mo., Realtors may have saved the lives of a family of three by alerting them that their house was on fire. Bonnie Wright and Susi Yost, Realtors with Pro 100, were touring properties when they noticed white smoke .....Read More

Get the most out of Facebook groups

6/19/2013 10:30 AM

Facebook groups can teach us a lot. If used right, they work as a constant reminder of all of our important relationships we have, old and new. Earlier this week, I happened to catch a conversation happening in a Facebook .....Read More

Trulia releases rentals app for iPad

6/19/2013 9:00 AM

Trulia has released a consumer-facing rentals iPad app to join the Android phone, tablet and iPhone versions already available, the San Francisco-based firm announced today. The new app, which focuses solely on rentals, features a rental price heat map that .....Read More