Life's a beach for the luxury homes market which ended December with a year over year increase of 7.4 percent to an average of 1.76 million in the ...
Read More »The Impact of Leadership Change at CFPB
Lenders in the residential mortgage space are hopeful that the new leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will open the doors to a wider dialogue between ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry
Keep track of all the important movements of the industry through this activity update that tracks the people and companies in news this week. CitiMortgage, a New York-based ...
Read More »Digital Innovation, Data, and Tech are Top of Mind for Lenders
The mortgage industry is waking up to disruptive technology and digital innovation that can transform the industry. These innovations include data initiatives that have been rolled out to ...
Read More »Inventory and Affordability Issues Soften Existing Home Sales Growth
Existing home sales slipped 3.6 percent to 5.57 million in December from a downwardly revised 5.78 million in November 2017, according to the monthly existing home sales report ...
Read More »Senate Confirms Powell as Federal Reserve Chair
The Senate confirmed Jerome Powell as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday after an 85-12 vote in favor of his confirmation. Powell will take over ...
Read More »Housing Market Indicators Point to Robust Growth
Getting mortgage became easier, home prices increased, and first-time homebuyers were more likely to take a smaller loan according to a report that studied the indicators of the housing market that remain strong.
Read More »Aspiring Millennial Homeowners Head to Minneapolis
The Twin Cities lead the list of 20 cities considered by millennials when it comes to buying a home. Relatively affordable housing markets, high paying jobs, and low unemployment rates are just some of the considerations.
Read More »Will the Housing Market Maintain Momentum?
The U.S. housing market might moderate over the next two years as a strong labor market and firm economic growth lead to an uptick in consumer price inflation says Freddie Mac.
Read More »Affordability an Issue for Most Millennial Homebuyers
hey dream of buying a forever home, but only some of these millennial first-time homebuyers are confident they can afford the down payment for the kind of home they would like to live in.
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