Home prices have rebounded nearly a decade after the great recession, and a new report by realtor.com states that cumulative home prices have risen 50% since June 2009. ...
Read More »Bridging the Customer Experience
Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the July issue of MReport, out now. Technology is transforming the housing industry, and the rate of change seems to have ...
Read More »Opposition to Legislation That Could Harm Housing Affordability
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced it opposes the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, stating it would mandate “overly costly” requirements that would harm housing ...
Read More »Analyzing Home-Sale Prices Across the Nation
Home-sale prices increased year-over-year by 3.4% in June to an average of $321,000, which is the third-consecutive month of growth, according to Redfin. The report states that the ...
Read More »Mortgage Bank Honoring Veterans With Partnership
Gateway First Bank, one of the ten-largest banks by assets in the State of Oklahoma and one of the largest mortgage bank operations in the United States, announced ...
Read More »The Rise of Mortgage Brokers with Millennials
The second annual National Mortgage Brokers Day on Thursday, July 18, was a success, according to the Chairman of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME), Anthony Casa, ...
Read More »Studying the New Generation of Homebuyers
Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the July issue of MReport, out now. D. Steve Boland, Head of Consumer Lending at Bank of America, also heads the bank’s ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Another Increase for Existing Home Sales?
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will release its June Existing Home Sales report on Tuesday, July 23, after May’s report revealed an increase for the first time ...
Read More »Tracking the Drop of the 30-Year Note Rate
Ellie Mae’s June Origination Insight Report revealed that the 30-year note rate dropped for the sixth-consecutive month to 4.40%, which is down from 4.52% in May. The 30-year ...
Read More »Mortgage Lenders vs. Growing Technology
The growing use of technology in the mortgage space is what most lenders call their biggest competitor, according to analysis from Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s VP of Single-Family ...
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