More home sellers are offering concessions to draw in buyers, in part fueling purchase activity, which jumped nearly 40% in October compared to a year ago. Read the full breakdown of data in the MBA’s latest Builder Application Survey.
Read More »Americans Are Growing Less Confident They Can Afford a Home
According to MeridianLink’s latest Nationwide Mortgage Lending Survey, more than 30% of Americans are less confident in their ability to afford a home compared to five years ago. In addition, 55% expect mortgage rates to continue rising through the remainder of 2023.
Read More »U.S. Home Mortgage Lending Recovers in Q2
A new mortgage report from ATTOM revealed U.S. lenders issued approximately $494 billion worth of residential mortgages in Q2 of 2023, while total activity rose after eight straight quarterly declines to 21%.
Read More »Gen Zers Finding More Credit Product Availability
The Q2 2023 TransUnion Credit Industry Insights Report reveals the latest credit trends as lenders have begun to tighten underwriting. Some 50% of Gen Zers surveyed say they plan to apply for new credit or refinance existing credit within the next year.
Read More »Using Mortgage Reserves to Help Narrow the Black-White Homeownership Gap
New research from FHLBank San Francisco and the Urban Institute investigates ways to reduce mortgage default risk by utilizing mortgage reserve accounts that could help homeowners overcome temporary hardships, which would mainly benefit Black families, who are more than twice as likely as white families to lose their home to foreclosure.
Read More »Surging Rates Fuel Increase in Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Activity
Among mortgage originations exceeding $1 million in April 2023, adjustable-rate mortgages comprised nearly 50% of the dollar volume, representing a six percentage-point increase from a year earlier.
Read More »Making Strides
Chris Bixby of Rice Park Capital Management offers some keys to accelerating proptech and real estate technology through venture capital.
Read More »Mortgage Lending Slumps Again in Q4
According to a new ATTOM report, mortgage lending declined to its lowest point in nearly nine years in Q4 2022, while purchase loans decreased an estimated 26%.
Read More »UniversalCIS & Credit Plus Announce Merger
Credit Plus, a provider of mortgage verifications and business credit reports, has issued a joint statement that it is merging with UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and origination services. As a result, the new company ...
Read More »Mr. Cooper Halts Wholesale Mortgage Lending Operation
The company said it has “increased our focus on our current customers” and that the platform accounted for less than 5% of its total originations volume.
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