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 »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 »Analyzing Hurricane Barry’s Impact on Housing
New data indicates that Hurricane Barry caused between $500 Million and $900 million in flood and wind losses.
Read More »Update on GSE Reform
The presidential administration’s blueprint for overhauling mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may not be published until September. Here's why.
Read More »Housing’s Role in the U.S. Economy
A new report from CoreLogic examines how housing has played a part in what is now the longest economic expansion on record.
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 ...
Read More »Examining the Gap Between Homeownership and Potential Demand
Potential homeownership demand in 2018 increased by just 0.66% when compared to 2017, but the homeownership rate underperformed potential demand by 8.7%, according to the First American Homeownership ...
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