This partnership between Sagent and IHFA is a breakthrough in how technology can help address America's home affordability crisis, said Geno Paluso, CEO of Sagent. By automating claims to reduce operational costs, Dara Claims helps IHFA recover more servicing expenses and reinvest in affordable housing programs. Helping servicers support successful homeownership is what Dara by Sagent is all about. The first-to-market implementation of Dara Claims allows IHFA to process claims within its existing servicing system,
President Donald Trump signed the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act in late July, adding a partial claim option to the VA's loss-mitigation waterfall. The move brings the VA's approach closer to that of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It replaces both a partial claim program that sunset two years ago and the Biden administration's Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP)
In addition to consumers, housing industry players are also feeling the strain caused by rising premiums. Affordability is already a challenge for homeowners and insurance is just another catalyst making it more difficult for a lot of consumers to continue making their payments, Toby Wells, the president of Cornerstone Servicing, said. He adds that this, in turn, drives up costs for servicers as they need to provide these consumers with loss mitigation efforts.
Peeler said, compressed weeks of talent acquisition work into minutes by automating job posting, candidate screening and interview scheduling tasks. That really informed my thinking around how AI could be disruptive beyond smaller point solutions by stringing things together.