Homeowners have adapted well to eSignings and remote closings and are very satisfied with their overall closing experience, according to a new national survey of people who bought and refinanced homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DocMagic CEO and President Dominic Iannitti was named a Lending Luminary award winner by the PROGRESS in Lending Association. The honor, now in its 2nd annual year, was awarded to just 25 people across the mortgage industry, including bankers, lenders, servicers, technology executives, consultants, and more.
Remote online notarization (RON) eClosings have been on the rise during the age of COVID-19, as they’re seen as the safest closing option during a time when social distancing is paramount.
Earlier this month the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a five-year lookback assessment of the TRID rule—and its findings contain mixed results.
The California legislature recently enacted a new consumer protection law, called the Consumer Financial Protection Law (CFPL).
DocMagic has integrated with VirPack to facilitate the seamless exchange of loan files and docs for compliant eSigning through DocMagic’s eSign platform.
Starting March 1, 2021, all lenders who intend to sell closed residential mortgage loans to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac will be required to use the new Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA), the standard form that borrowers use to apply for a mortgage loan.
On Aug. 26, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced an extension of its policies providing for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) to continue to purchase loans that entered a COVID-related forbearance prior to purchase. The GSEs’ policies were set to expire Aug. 31, but the announcement extends the policies to Sept. 30.
The pandemic has forced a lot of change in a short amount of time in the mortgage industry. DocMagic's Director of Enterprise Solutions, Chris Lewis, shares his insight about eClosings in the age of COVID-19. (Note: This interview has been adapted from in the August edition of The MORTGAGE BANKER magazine.)
Lori Johnson, DocMagic’s Director of Client Services, has been named as a 2020 HousingWire Insider thanks to her recent eClosing implementation successes.