Housing Forecasts & the State of Foreclosure Auctions

In this week’s DS5: Inside the Industry, Auction.com’s VP of Market Economics, Daren Blomquist, shares his thoughts on where housing is headed and what effects the health crisis is having on foreclosure auctions. In his role, Daren Blomquist analyzes and forecasts complex macro- and microeconomic data trends within the marketplace and greater industry to provide…

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Single-Family Rental Investments Now and in 2021

This week’s DS5 installment features Jeffrey Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital, who discussed single-family rental (SFR) investing now and in the year to come. He tells DS5 that prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the market for SFR investing already was experiencing “unprecedented demand” all across the U.S. “We had the best January and February we’d…

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Preparing Homeowners for End of Forbearance

This week’s DS5 installment features Steve Bailey, Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Operations Officer for PennyMac Financial Services. He discusses how the industry is preparing for homeowners to begin coming out of forbearance, as well as what other top challenges he anticipates for next year. Baily says that communication and attention to nuance are going to be…

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Residential Real Estate Investment Landscape Insights

In this week’s episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, the show is joined by William Tessar, President of Civic Financial Services, whose insight is backed by more than 30 years of retail mortgage experience. Before joining Civic in 2017, he founded and served as President of three lending companies. Tessar discusses some of the challenges…

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Industry Experts Discuss the Importance of Virtual Conferences

In a special installment of DS5’s Inside the Industry, we bring you a selection of insights about our recently wrapped Five Star Virtual Conference. On September 14 and 15, mortgage servicing professionals gathered for two days of industry insights, relationship-building, and collaborative discussions. Here we share some of their comments about why the Conference was…

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Single-Family Rental Investment Amid COVID-19

The latest episode of DS5: Inside the Industry features an interview with Stephanie Casper, VP of Sales for LendingHome. Casper discusses how the real estate industry is progressing when it comes to adopting and adapting to technology—something that is essential to most industries during this pandemic and beyond—and about the state of the single-family rental lending.

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Managing Employee Engagement Amid COVID Challenges

In this week’s episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, the show is joined by Laura Escobar, President of Eagle Home Mortgage. A 33-year mortgage industry veteran, Escobar joined Eagle in 2002. She assumed the role of EVP in 2016, in which she led all business operations for the company’s builder channel. Prior to this role, she…

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Mortgage Servicers, Government Reps to Convene for Five Star Virtual Conference

This week’s DS5 installment is dedicated to our first-ever Five Star Virtual Conference and what you can expect from this exclusive event. The conference will be held on September 14-15, with programming divided into four main tracks covering the State of U.S. Homeownership, Industry Preparedness, The Art of Mortgage Servicing, and Inside the Beltway. The Conference will also include programming focusing on Five…

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