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    First American completes acquisition of BofA lien release business

    Will provide lien release services for bank
    February 1, 2018
    Kelsey Ramírez
    First American Financial Corp., a provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions, announced Thursday the completion its acquisition of Bank of America’s lien release business. The major deal makes Bank of America’s lien release business and its employees part of First American’s mortgage solutions division.
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HousingWire magazine

Cover Story
May 2018

Larger than life: Casey Crawford at Movement Mortgage

He wears t-shirts to his televised interviews; not very CEO. He played sports at a high level, but rarely brings it up and when he does he talks about it as a mere chapter in his life. Honestly, who plays a Super Bowl and doesn’t describe it as the defining moment in their personal journey? Casey Crawford, that’s who. His family is a big part of his life of course, but he talks about his even larger family — his coworkers — in terms that are just as glowing.

Feature

How can we revive the private label MBS market?

Brent Nyitray
Brent Nyitray
 InvestmentsLending
One of the things that has bedeviled mortgage financing post-crisis has been the absence of the private label mortgage backed securities market. During the peak years, private label MBS issuance topped $1 trillion. In 2017, only $70 billion of private label RMBS were issued, although that is a big increase from 2016.

Commentary

The mortgage industry's digital future

Mark Wai
Digital technology has disrupted businesses and industries from publishing to public transportation, so can the mortgage industry be far behind?  Actually, anyone who’s applied for a mortgage recently will have recognized that things are already changing fast.