• Forged deed and mortgage fraud cost Georgia couple their home,Sarah Wolak

    Forged deed and mortgage fraud cost Georgia couple their home

    A Georgia couple lost their longtime family home after a forged deed led to a reverse mortgage they claimed they never signed, according to reporting from WSB-TV. James and Lucretia Klucken said they began receiving notices in 2019 about repayment on a $50,000 reverse mortgage tied to James’ family

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  • Why are some vendors dragging their feet on the ICE SDK transition?,Sarah Wolak

    Why are some vendors dragging their feet on the ICE SDK transition?

    It isn’t news that ICE Mortgage Technology had planned to shut down some of its older tech systems — mainly the Encompass SDK — by Oct. 31, 2025. Users were supposed to switch to newer, API-based technology called Encompass Partner Connect (EPC) by that deadline. Now, the Halloween deadline has been

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  • IMBs swing back to profitability in Q2 with $950 per-loan gain,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    IMBs swing back to profitability in Q2 with $950 per-loan gain

    Independent mortgage banks (IMBs) delivered a pretax net production profit of $950 per loan in the second quarter of 2025, rebounding from a $28 loss in the prior quarter. The improvement was fueled by seasonality, cost reductions and higher average loan balances. The data, released on Tuesday, come

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