Executive from the company that founded a new resilience index discusses ways in which the tool helps mortgage servicers manage potential latent risk within groups of borrowers.
Read More »California Losing Some Appeal as Prices Keep Rising
New research answers the question: which states stand to step in as the Golden State's housing-market luster dims?
Read More »Reminder: COVID-Relief Grants Can Be Applied to Mortgages
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Friday issued a reminder to all grantees--states, cities, communities, and nonprofits-who received Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) or Community Development Block ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Will Mortgage Rates Remain This Low?
Freddie Mac on Thursday will release its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The PMMS is focused on conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home purchase loans for borrowers who put 20% down ...
Read More »Study Shows Black Homebuyers Paying More
Not everyone is able to take advantage of record-low mortgage rates. A new study reveals why Black borrowers are more likely to have higher-rate loans.
Read More »Jobs Report Reveals Improvement
This morning’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed ongoing recovery in the labor market, though what it all means is up for analysis. Doug Duncan, Chief Economist ...
Read More »Many Regret Taking on a Mortgage During Pandemic
A new study revealed that more than half of those who took out a mortgage during the pandemic regret it; a quarter have refinanced; and about half have entered forbearance agreements. Here is what else researchers discovered.
Read More »Housing Industry Experts on Federal Eviction Moratorium
Many in the housing industry are reacting to an announcement Tuesday that the Trump administration, by way of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has ...
Read More »Making Virtual Valuations Mobile
Xome Holdings LLC (Xome), an end-to-end provider of real estate services, today introduced Inspex by Xome, a do-it-yourself home inspection and valuation process mobile application, empowering lenders to ...
Read More »The Benefits of eClosings, During COVID and Beyond
The MReport’s webinar series last week presented a complimentary new webinar entitled "The Future of eClosings," presented by Altisource. Technology has been quickly improving the mortgage industry the past few years, including ...
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