With multi-billion dollar mortgage-backed securities settlements mostly in the rear view mirror, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley both posted solid results in their respective Q4 and full year 2015 earnings statements released on Tuesday
Read More »Are First-time Homebuyers Back?
First-time homebuyers have been touch-and-go in the housing market since the crisis, but that here today, gone tomorrow trend could be changing for the better.
Read More »Builder Confidence Steady; Confirms Modest Growth Forecast for 2016
Home builder confidence in January 2016 changed very little from December's level, but this only means that economists were spot on with their predictions for the new year.
Read More »Trulia Names New Chief Economist
Trulia, a San Francisco-based online real estate site for homebuyers and renters, has promoted its Housing Economist, Ralph McLaughlin, to fill the Chief Economist position with the company.
Read More »Westcor Land Title Insurance Selects New EVP
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company recently appointed Ryan Peterson as the company's new EVP. In his new role, Peterson will provide senior leadership to Westcor’s newest division, Investor Services.
Read More »Here are the Biggest Issues Credit Unions are Dealing With
Vince Nowicki, VP of Real Estate Originations at Mission Federal Credit Union shares some insight on the largest issues that credit unions face on a day-to-day and how they are overcoming them.
Read More »Top 10 States Where Home Affordability is a Problem
Unaffordable housing markets across the U.S. may pose a challenge for investors searching for properties. See which hot markets made the pricey list and may begin to cool this year.
Read More »New York Fed President Says Rates Will Rise Gradually in 2016
New York Federal Reserve President delivers a rate hike forecast for coming year, but the economic outlook has not changed much at all.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Will Existing-Home Sales Recover From TRID Backlog?
The National Association of Realtors’ Existing-Home Sales report for December 2015 comes out on Friday, January 22. The industry will be waiting to see if the numbers will ...
Read More »Handle HMDA With Care
Michael Flynn, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Financial Institutions Group sat down with MReport to explain how the HMDA rule is shaking up the mortgage industry and advises on how to cope with the changes.
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