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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.

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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%.

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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.

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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.

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Making Strides

Chris Bixby of Rice Park Capital Management offers some keys to accelerating proptech and real estate technology through venture capital.

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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 ...

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