February saw a growth in the number of sales contracts signed for homes with the Pending Home Sales Index data released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ...
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Can a person’s language preference keep them from achieving the American Dream of owning a home? According to a study by the Urban Institute, the answer is yes. ...
Read More »MReport March: Focus on Top 3 Compliance Issues
What are the top three compliance issues facing the industry? How will blockchain technology affect the title insurance industry? The March issue of MReport analyzes the regulations impacting ...
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I was recently traveling in eastern Europe leaving a country that was a former member of the Soviet Union. Before boarding the plane, I was stopped by that ...
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Stacey Caster is VP, Technology Communications at Quicken Loans, where she previously worked as Director of Telecommunications. Prior to joining Quicken Loans, Caster was Director of Infrastructure Operations at ...
Read More »Spotlighting the Women of Freddie Mac
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the February issue of MReport, out now. In our annual Women in Housing Issue of MReport in September, we were ...
Read More »Digital Innovation, Data, and Tech are Top of Mind for Lenders
The mortgage industry is waking up to disruptive technology and digital innovation that can transform the industry. These innovations include data initiatives that have been rolled out to ...
Read More »HUD: New Home Sales Reach Highest Point in a Decade
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in conjunction with the U.S. Census Bureau released its report on New Residential Sales for November 2017 on Friday. The ...
Read More »How Single Family Rental Market Is Impacting Home Sales
A recent study finds that the number of single-family rental homes grew by over 5 million between 2006 and 2017—representing significant impacts to the housing market.
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 ...
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