One week—that’s all it took for the Thomas Fire, a massive wildfire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, to rage into the 5th largest wildfire in modern ...
Read More »Homeowners and Appraisers More Aligned Than Ever
Quicken Loans' latest National Home Price Perception Index reports that November’s gap between opinions from appraisers and homeowners is the narrowest in 2017.
Read More »What Homebuyers Want
Despite current market challenges, there are some housing attributes a borrower just isn’t willing to give up. In the latest ValueInsured Modern Homebuyer Survey conducted in the last week ...
Read More »Housing Relief Efforts in Effect
In a recent announcement, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York reported the second highest annual award amount in the bank’s Affordable Housing Program history—which will result in creation or rehabilitation of nearly 2,900 housing units.
Read More »Top 3 Factors Impacting Housing Affordability
As 2017 starts to wind down, CoreLogic’s Chief Economist forecasts affordability to be the greatest challenge for the 2018 housing market—and analyzes what main factors will drive it.
Read More »CoreVest Announces Inaugural Deal with Freddie Mac
CoreVest, the lender to residential real estate investors, announced that it has recently been approved under a pilot program with Freddie Mac to provide enhanced liquidity in the ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Leaders Named in “Most Powerful” List
Fannie Mae’s Jeffery Hayward, EVP and Head of Multifamily, and Kimberly Johnson, EVP and Chief Risk Officer, have been listed among Black Enterprise’s “Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” ...
Read More »Roostify to Integrate with Black Knight’s Origination System
Roostify, a provider of automated mortgage transaction technology, announced that it has signed an agreement with Black Knight, Inc., to integrate its platform with Black Knight’s LoanSphere Empower loan ...
Read More »OCC Allows Banks and Associations Affected by Wildfires to Close
On Thursday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proclamation allowing national banks and federal savings associations affected by the California wildfires to close. ...
Read More »Mortgage Credit Loosens as Investors Step In
Mortgage credit is up month-over-month thanks to more investors getting into the market and an increase in conventional offerings, according to a report released Thursday.
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