by Web Canvas | Oct 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bottom line up front: The GSEs did not cancel or move the November 2, 2026, mandate. About a month before the deadline, they added a lender-by-lender escape hatch. Lenders, not appraisers, were the biggest bottleneck. What was announced on September 30 Fannie Mae and...
by Web Canvas | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
The numbers don’t lie, and right now they’re telling a story that every mortgage lender, credit union, and portfolio lender in the country needs to hear. According to Working RE’s 2026 State of the Profession Survey, completed by approximately 1,800...
by Web Canvas | Aug 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
One Vendor. One Integration. One Workflow. Every lender we talk to right now is asking a version of the same question: How do we do more with less? Margins are tight, volume swings month to month, and the pressure to justify every vendor relationship and every manual...
by Web Canvas | Jul 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Your UAD 3.6 Readiness Partner There’s a date every lender should have circled right now: November 2, 2026. That’s the day the GSE mandate takes full effect, and every appraisal on a loan sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac must use the new UAD 3.6 standard....
by Web Canvas | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why Home Equity Is Where the Growth Is For most of the last cycle, lenders chased purchase volume. That well has gotten shallower. Rates reset the math on refinances, purchase demand stays choppy, and originators are looking hard for the next durable source of growth....
by Web Canvas | Jun 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
The regulatory landscape governing fair lending has been in flux for years, but in 2025 and into 2026, new momentum has emerged around a question that once seemed settled: what role should disparate impact play under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its...
