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Katie Jensen

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Katie Jensen is a mortgage news reporter at NMP.

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Class Valuation Removes Appraiser Trainee Roadblocks With The Pod Program

This approach is designed to help grow the appraiser network more rapidly and prevent capacity challenges like those that occurred in 2021.

Mar 03, 2022
Homeowners Scramble To Refinance Before Rates Go Up

Home buyers are in a race against inflation, with many attempting to grab low-again rates before they disappear.

Mar 03, 2022
Champions Funding Joins The Non-QM Marketplace

New non-QM wholesale lender anticipates a boom in alternative loan products as rates climb and applications fall..

Mar 03, 2022
TD Bank Launches Mortgage Product For Minority Communities

The new Home Access Mortgage is designed to increase homeownership opportunities in Black & Hispanic communities.

Mar 02, 2022
JPMorgan Shows Its Commitment To Growing Minority Homeownership

Diversity initiatives, especially from big banks like JPMorgan, are helpful in providing capital to underserved communities.

Mar 02, 2022
Embattled AML CEO Fires Back At UWM

'There’s this myth going around that we signed the ultimatum as soon as it came out, but that’s a complete fabrication.'

Mar 01, 2022
TD Bank Expands Into Southeast With New Acquisition & Two REITs Merge

TD announced their expansion into the Southeast U.S. with the acquisition of First Horizon, and W. P. Carey announced a proposed merger with CPA: 18 in a $2.7 billion transaction. 

Feb 28, 2022
Repetition Bias Leads To Increased Mortgage Fraud

Underwriters are presented with 1,500 loans marked as "fraudulent" and they have to find the one that is genuinely fraudulent — a near impossible task.

Feb 28, 2022
America’s Moneyline Counter-Sues UWM

Brokerage fires back at UWM with a countersuit while the lender sues two more broker partners.

Feb 25, 2022
U.S. States Ranked By Gaps In Racial & Ethnic Homeownership

Polygon Research and Homeownership Council of America released a new analysis that shows the states with the largest and smallest homeownership gaps by race and ethnicity.

Feb 24, 2022