A survey by the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) revealed that most of the surveyed economists believe a recession will begin by 2020 or 2021. “Survey respondents ...
Read More »Housing Market in California Far From Golden
The Orange County Register reports that although home prices in California may be stabilizing, the Golden State faces a “severe housing crisis.” According to the report, just 30% ...
Read More »Amazon’s Impact on Virginia’s Housing Market
Amazon’s HQ2 has caused a housing boom in Virginia, as the two closest cities to the Crystal City-headquarters—Alexandria and Arlington—are the two most competitive markets in the nation, ...
Read More »Non-QM Lender Looks to Improve Speed of Loan Process
Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, LLC, a wholesale and correspondent non-QM lender, announced the launch of QuickQual. This loan tool will enhance the ease and speed at which loan ...
Read More »Loan Document Provider Announces Integration
DocMagic, Inc., a provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance and comprehensive eMortgage services, announced that INTEGRA Software Systems (INTEGRA) will offer the company’s document preparation solution ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Studying Existing-Home Sales Across the Nation
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will look to see if existing-home sales rebounded from a 1.7% drop in June, as the NAR will release its latest existing-home ...
Read More »Mixed Results for Single-Family Housing Starts, Building Permits
The results of July’s Census Bureau New Residential Construction Survey was a mixed bag. Building permits in July grew month-over-month by 8.4% to 1.33 million, and 1.5% annually. ...
Read More »The Slowing Rate of Home-Value Growth
Zillow’s July Real Estate Market Report shows that home values for the month grew 5.2% annually to an average of $229,000—the seventh-consecutive month with declining appreciation. July 2019 ...
Read More »What’s Next Following Wednesday’s Economic Crash?
The stock market did its best to recover Thursday after falling off the cliff on Wednesday, sending Wall Street into panic as the 10-year and 2-year Treasury yield ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on New Hires, Acquisitions
The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has promoted Greg Ward to EVP and Chief Risk Officer and promoted Arlene Coyle ...
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