When it comes to the emerging purchase market, a history primer is in order.
Read More »Additional Space Spurs Homebuying Decisions
A new ServiceLink report analyzed homebuying trends over the past year, finding that the desire for more space to work remotely was a primary driver for most seeking a new home.
Read More »‘Highly Unusual’ Quarterly Increase in Lending Activity
The home-mortgage industry almost always slows down in winter, but not this year—experts explain why.
Read More »FHFA’s New Refi Plan to Assist Low-Income Families
Low-income families nationwide will have the option to save $100-$250 monthly through new plan on GSE-backed mortgages.
Read More »Mortgage Rates Hit New Refi-Friendly Territory
With the sudden downward trend in mortgage rates, evidence of increased applications is a bright spot as refinance opportunities emerge again, and house hunters plot their spring strategy.
Read More »Industry to Adapt, Focus, and Change in 2021
As the industry shakes off the dust of a year like never seen before, the mortgage industry weathered the storm with flying colors, having enjoyed a record year ...
Read More »Lower Refinance Activity Drives Down Mortgage Application Levels
An economist also noted that “homebuyers in early 2021 continue to seek newer, larger homes.”
Read More »2020 Originations on Track for $4 Trillion Mark
Third-quarter mortgage origination activity is on track to break quarterly records for purchase, refinance, and total lending volumes while pushing 2020 originations to the $4 trillion threshold, according ...
Read More »Homeowners Who Haven’t Refinanced Stand to Lose Thousands
According to a recently published Zillow report, mortgage rates are still hovering at all-time lows. This means that those homeowners who have not yet taken the plunge and ...
Read More »Can the Refinance Boom Continue?
Could record-low rates drop further, possibly near 3%? Joe Tyrrell, COO, Ellie Mae, delves into the current refinance boom and if millennials can achieve homeownership in this market. This feature originally appeared in the June issue of MReport.
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