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Selene News
Selene Launches the First Phase of Selene Cares+
We’re proud to announce the launch of the first phase of Selene Cares+, our new borrower assistance campaign designed to deliver clearer, more supportive experiences for homeowners. This initial phase focuses on:
• Enhanced digital communications
• Customized, educational content
• Supplemental on-demand resources
Selene Cares+ reflects our continued commitment to meeting borrowers where they are and providing timely information, practical tools and meaningful support throughout their journey.
Third-Party Review: Standards, Oversight and Market Integrity
If you are attending SFVegas 2026, be sure to attend the Third-Party Review: Standards, Oversight and Market Integrity panel, featuring Terry Spears, VP of Operations, Selene Diligence. The panel will focus on the roles and responsibilities of residential mortgage-backed securities, SFA workgroups and accomplishment and current considerations impacting RMBS and evolving property financing.
New Hire Announcement
We’re pleased to announce that Travell Brown, a 2024 HousingWire Rising Star, has joined Selene Finance as Senior Vice President of Loss Mitigation. Travell brings over a decade of leadership experience across mortgage servicing, default management and investor operations. As SVP, Loss Mitigation, he will be leading strategic loss mitigation initiatives focused on optimizing outcomes, mitigating risk and delivering compliant, data-driven solutions across complex loan portfolios for Selene.
Industry News
Fed Votes to Hold Interest Rates Steady
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee voted to leave interest rates unchanged in a range between 3.5% - 3.75%. Futures markets expect two quarter-point interest rate cuts this year, predicting the first in June and a second in the fall, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment.
America’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Pretium’s Co-President Stephen Scherr recently joined CNBC’s Sara Eisen and Carl Quintanilla to talk about America’s housing affordability crisis, and how private capital can be part of the solution. The public and private sectors have a historic opportunity to come together to create more affordable, quality housing for hardworking Americans.
Conferences
SFVegas 2026
One of the industry’s leading events is coming in February and Selene will be in attendance amongst thousands of professionals in the capital markets industry. If you are attending and would like to set up a meeting with our sales team, please reach out to Robert W. McKinley or John Guy today!
May 9, 2024
Upcoming Conferences & Events
- MBA National Secondary Market Conference: 5/19-5/20 in New York, NY MBA Conference Registration
- IMN Single Family Rental (East): 5/20-5/22 in Miami, FL IMN Registration
- IMN non-QM Forum: 6/13-6/14 in Dana Point, CA IMN Registration
Selene Celebrates MLK Day
As a company, Selene is committed to combatting social injustice through our internal practices and education programs, partnering with effective local organizations, employee volunteerism and philanthropy. Today, we remember and reflect upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s principals of racial equality and nonviolent social change and encourage everyone to act in their own communities to champion causes important to them.
Where Have Americans Moved After the Pandemic?
Western states topped the outbound migration lists as Americans departed expensive and high cost-of-living areas to head to the southeast and other, more affordable, metropolitan areas with comparative amenities.
Industry News
Demand for Riskier Adjustable Rate Mortgages Hits Highest Level of the Year
When mortgage rates rise, consumers look for any way to lower their monthly payments, and that often leads them to adjustable-rate mortgages.
Industry News
How Financial Services Can Move Past Experimentation with Generative AI
One of the reasons why generative AI is creating such excitement is that it promises to reinvent businesses across all industries, financial services included. But banks and insurance companies have, over many decades and in many areas, remained inefficient.
Charitable Events
Selene is proud to be a Sponsor for the Fisher House Golf Classic supporting Veterans and their families directly through the Fisher House Foundation program dedicated to improving the lives of those who have sacrificed for our freedoms.