Danielle McCoy, VP and Fair Lending Officer, Fannie Mae, spoke to MReport about how homeowners impacted by COVID-19 can understand all of the options they have available to them and protect them from fraud. This story originally appeared in the July edition of MReport.

Michael Oursler, COO, NewDay USA, spoke with MReport on if purchases can continue their climb for the remainder of the year, and how COVID-19 might alter business and work culture for mortgage originators. This story originally appeared in the July edition of MReport.

Commentary on the market detailed the increase in home prices and the urge to enter the housing market.

Also coming in The Week Ahead is a hearing from the House Committee on Financial Services on mortgage servicers’ implementation of the CARES Act and the latest report on homebuilder confidence.

The latest DS5: Inside the Industry features Ed Pinto, Director, Senior Fellow, AEI Housing Center, as he discussed how COVID-19 has effected migration patters for borrowers.

States heavy in tourism were found to be most heavily impacted, while rural areas of the country remain strong.

While showing signs of improvement, the total number of people claiming benefits hit 3.29 million.

After placing operations on hold in 2017, Interfirst’s core leadership team spent the past two years continuing to build on previous innovations and refining the company’s proprietary technology systems to further improve its ability to originate the highest quality loans at markedly reduced costs to customers, while maintaining profitability.

Lou Friedmann previously served as EVP of Marketing for M1 Finance, as well as Chief Revenue Officer for Bento for Business. Friedmann also served as SVP at Insureon.

A new report found young borrowers and low-income households are the most at-risk at missing payments.