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88 FLORIDA PennyMac Selects Nordis Technologies as Print/Mail Partner Nordis Technologies, based in Coral Springs, Florida, has secured a major new customer, PennyMac Financial Services Inc., a leading national residential mortgage lender and loan servicer, for its print and mail services. Nordis is ramping up production and distribution of loan servicing communications to PennyMac's more than 1 million customers. It expects to handle hundreds of thousands of pieces a month for PennyMac by the end of 2018. "We are focused on helping companies like PennyMac enhance their customer communications with innovative technology- enabled solutions," said Ronnie Selinger, Founder, CEO, and President of Nordis Technologies. "We've collaborated to develop a solution that can easily handle the volume of PennyMac's customer documents." Nordis offers state-of-the-art production and distribution services for print and electronic communications, including variable, print on demand, full-color digital printing and data processing. e company operates fully redundant and secure operations in Florida and Nevada, serving leading companies in financial services, healthcare, and hospitality. "With its industry-leading technology, print capabilities, and customer service focus, Nordis Technologies has worked closely with PennyMac to meet our special printing requirements," said Kevin Meyers, PennyMac's Managing Director for Performing Loans. "Nordis is enabling us to streamline the process for producing and delivering important customer communications." Nordis Technologies is a leader and innovator in providing technology solutions to solve customer communications management and payment challenges. With Nordis' patent-pending, cloud-based Expresso application and product suite, including ExpressoPay, businesses can quickly and efficiently create and manage critical print and digital communications and payments. Nordis delivers an end-to-end solution, with state-of-the-art lettershop and direct mail services to produce and deliver documents. Privately held Nordis Technologies is based in Coral Springs, Florida. For more information, visit nordistechnologies.com. PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. GEORGIA Georgia Leads Nation in Poor Money Management As strange as it may seem, not all Ameri- cans are a pro at money management despite it being a skill that impacts their daily lives. WalletHub recently listed the cities with the best and worst money-management skills. ree California cities, made it into the top five (Cupertino, Los Altos, and Sara- toga), followed by Scarsdale, New York and Sun City, Florida. On the bottom end of the spectrum, Fairburn, Lithonia, and Col- league Park in Georgia are the three worst cities with Bastrop, Louisiana, and Dolton, Illinois closing out the bottom five. To rank their list of more than 2,500 cities, WalletHub based their finding on 10 key metrics, each graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the best-money- management skills. WalletHub used data from TransUnion and RealtyTrac. One of the metrics used was mortgage debt-to-income ratio. e top five cities maintaining the lowest mortgage debt-to- income ratio were East St. Louis, Illinois; Chester, Pennsylvania; West Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Niagara Falls, New York; and McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In an article that corresponded with WalletHub's findings, financial writer Adam McCann studied the 2017 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey prepared for the National Foundation for Credit Counsel- ing and e Boeing Employees' Credit Union by Harris Poll. McCann found that U.S. households pay little to no attention to financial literacy. While 80 percent of the population surveyed indicated they need professional guidance on matters related to personal finance, only 40 percent suggested they maintain a budget to manage their finances. A debt-free life and fantastic credit are then just a consequence of handling your finances the right way. TEXAS How Did Texas Housing Weather Hurricane Harvey? When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas last summer, many housing experts worried what the megastorm's effect on the market would be. It turns out, their fears of a wounded market were needless. "Despite the devastation of Hurricane Harvey," said Kaki Lybbert, Chairman of the Texas Association of Realtors, "the Texas housing market had a strong fourth quarter, helping solidify 2017 as another record-break- ing year in Texas real estate." According to the 2017 Texas Real Estate Year in Review report from the Texas Associa- tion of Realtors, home sales volume and home prices in the Lone Star State reached all-time highs for the third year in a row last year. Overall, Texas home sales jumped 4 percent, with 336,502 homes sold statewide. Home prices also experienced steady increases in 2017, with the median sales price increasing 6.7 According to data provided by the Florida Realtors Research Department in March, single- family home sales in Florida totaled 16,564 during January 2018, down 1.3 percent when compared to January 2017. The statewide median sales price for single-family homes was $240,000, up 9.1 percent over 2017. 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