Loan servicers submit Fannie Mae form 975 when a homeowner in Chapter 13 (payment plan) bankruptcy petitions the bankruptcy court to reduce his mortgage balance because the property value is smaller than the outstanding balance. In a time of 125 percent LTV loans, mortgage fraud, second mortgages and (some say) a possible "home price bubble," […]
Over the past few months, we've been hard at work adding new campaigns to the XSellerate marketing campaign library to provide you even more ways to communicate with new prospects and past clients, buyers or sellers.
The XSites Network rankings of appraisers now are different than the rankings the old Mercury Network produced. This is a result of our recent switchover of the Mercury Network to the new XSites Network, and here's how they work.
You know that networking exposes your business to more potential clients. Why not take the concept of networking onto your XSite? Create a referral network page by swapping links with agents, appraisers, other mortgage brokers and even other businesses in your community. Not only will it expose your business to more new prospects, your site […]
You know that networking exposes your business to more potential clients. Why not take the concept of networking onto your XSite? Create a referral network page by swapping links with agents, appraisers, other mortgage brokers and even other businesses in your community. Not only will it expose your business to more new prospects, your site […]
If you've been using the Mercury Network to order appraisals from our nationwide network of real estate appraisers, you may have noticed a few changes last week. That's because we officially flipped the switch to change the Mercury Network over to the new XSites Network, making your life considerably easier.
A few weeks ago, we announced several new updates to your Agent XSites, which included new features on your listing directory pages to give your listings a little more “oomph!” This week we launched a new shared listings feature that allows you to show your customers’ listings on other agents’ websites in addition to your […]
Do you know real estate agents in other cities? Why not add a referral page on your site and swap links with other agents' websites? Not only will you get better rankings on search engines, you'll likely get more traffic to your site.
A few weeks ago, we announced several new updates to your Agent XSites, which included new features on your listing directory pages to give your listings a little more "oomph!" This week we launched a new shared listings feature that allows you to show your customers' listings on other agents' websites in addition to your […]
Client pressure is arguably the biggest issue residential appraisers face. The recent Responsible Lending Act, bill H.R.1295, introduced in the House of Representatives last month (see our March 29 item), includes some marginal steps to curb it. We are enthused that a predatory lending and mortgage fraud bill covers client pressure on appraisers at all, […]
