Despite a decline in April, the month's home sales were among the highest since the recession. Sales prices for new homes, though, saw a nice increase.
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on Gateway Mortgage & More
Gateway Mortgage Group announced it has completed its merger with Farmers Exchange Bank to form Gateway First Bank, an Oklahoma banking corporation. “This acquisition and resulting transformation ...
Read More »West Coast Markets Not Friendly to Affordability
A new report by Trulia found that there is at least one ZIP code in each of the country’s 50 largest markets where more than half of the ...
Read More »New York Fed Takes the Pulse of American Households
How do American households feel about where the economy and the housing market are headed? Click through to see the results of the New York Fed's recent survey.
Read More »Custom Home Building Remains Stagnant
The reported rate of custom housing starts for 2019 is a slight decline when compared to 2018, but the drop in the market share of custom built single-family homes was much larger.
Read More »FHA Commissioner Montgomery: HECM Program on the Right Track
Speaking at a recent industry event, Montgomery called himself “cautiously optimistic” about the results of recent corrective actions within the HECM program.
Read More »HARPing on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Refinancing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 234,716 refinances in Q1 2019, with 901 loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program ...
Read More »Housing Inventory on the Rise?
Total existing-home sales nationwide dipped more than 4%, but there was good news on the inventory front. Click through to learn all the details from a new report.
Read More »Good News for Potential Home Sales
A new report takes a look at potential existing-home sales trends, as well as one factor that could have a long-term impact.
Read More »A New Identity For Dallas-Based Loan Technology Company
The transformation and branding will help align the company’s mission into one single brand, while still delivering products to the mortgage lenders.
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