The housing market received good news on Thursday, as Freddie Mac reported mortgage rates dipped to 4.14% and project them to be a quarter to half a percent ...
Read More »Goldman Sachs Fulfills Obligation to Mortgage-Backed Securities Settlements
Goldman Sachs successfully completed about 77% of the $1.8 billion in consumer relief it is obligated to provide under its two mortgage-backed securities settlements with the U.S. Department of ...
Read More »Examining Loan Application Fraud and Defect Risk
CoreLogic’s National Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index (Index) reported a Q1 2019 increase of 6% over Q1 2018, settling in at 152. The Index is calculated from the ...
Read More »Servicers, Government, and Law Firms Gather for Spring Summit
This year's Legal League 100 Spring Servicer Summit will bring together representation from servicers, law firms, and federal government agencies to discuss best practices and policies impacting the mortgage industry.
Read More »Mortgage Experts Comment on Steady Fed Rates
The Federal Reserve decided once again to delay a rate hike, and industry experts give their thoughts on why, and what we might expect moving forward.
Read More »Millennials vs. The Housing Market
The number of millennials entering the housing market is set to burden an already challenging market for first-time buyers, according to a new report by Zillow. Zillow states ...
Read More »A Lone Star Lead in Affordability
A new study by LendingTree concluded that Houston, Texas, was the most affordable U.S. housing market for the majority of middle-class families. LendingTree found Houston to be affordable ...
Read More »Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Release Q1 Financial Results
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's most recent financial results reveals how the GSEs impacted the mortgage market in Q1.
Read More »A Big Drop for High-Priced Homes
Sales of homes priced at more than $2 million declined 16% year-over-year last quarter, marking the second-consecutive quarter of decline and the biggest drop in luxury sales since ...
Read More »Signs of Growth for Housing Prices?
Corelogic’s Case-Shiller National Home Price Index reported the 11th-consecutive month of slowing home-price growth, which is now at its lowest levels since 2012. Home prices in the ...
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