
Maria Volkova
Technology Reporter at National Mortgage News
Technology reporter for @NatMortgageNews A little scrappy/ Scoops McGee Drop me a line: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova
How many times a day does a consumer pull out their credit card to pay for gas, groceries, or to buy themselves a sweet treat on their way home? Mortgage lenders hope that putting their company names on credit cards consumers use daily will keep their brands top of mind — and lead to repeat business. Rocket Companies and Mesa, a homeownership membership platform that allows lenders to co-brand a credit card, are among a handful of companies offering financial products with homeowner perks.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova
Alanna McCargo announced Tuesday via LinkedIn that she has returned to the Urban Institute as a nonresident fellow.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner told a group of state regulators this week that his efforts to rip away federal bureaucratic red tape and shift more decision-making power to the local level will have benefits for them. Turner told attendees at a summit hosted by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors that one of his first actions in doing so was terminating the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova
Rocket Companies and Redfin are pushing back against a lawsuit that could disrupt the closing of the mortgage giant's $1.75 billion acquisition of the real estate brokerage.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova
Mortgage brokers are tired of the dialogue around elevated interest rates. "It is what it is," some say, emphasizing that other factors – such as changes in policy at the Federal Housing Administration — are having a more notable impact on their business and the consumers they serve. At UWM's Live! event last week, more than a dozen mortgage brokers said their greatest concerns centered around a lack of housing inventory nationwide, rising property taxes and changing policies at the federal level.
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