Mortgage rates continued their upward climb this week, with 30 year fixed mortgages reaching their highest point since 2014 according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market survey ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on Ellie Mae, Blend, and More …
From new appointments and awards to technology partnerships, learn more about the latest in the mortgage industry in this weekly update. The former VP of Human Resources for ...
Read More »Treasury Doubling Down on Financial Crisis Mistakes?
Former White House Counsel and Senior Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute Peter J. Wallison put in an appearance Thursday on CNBC’s The Santelli Exchange, ...
Read More »Forecasting the Future of Home Values
Housing forecasts can be tricky, especially in the present market conditions where values change by the day. According to CoreLogic’s latest House Price Index (HPI) Validation Report released ...
Read More »Mortgage Applications Decrease as Rates Rise
Mortgage applications decreased 6.6 percent from a week earlier as rising interest rates made the prospect of buying a home more costly for potential homebuyers. According to data ...
Read More »Trigger Leads Are Hurting Borrowers
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) wrote to Congress on Wednesday seeking a ban on the sale of trigger leads for mortgages through the PROTECT Act of ...
Read More »More Borrowers Opt for Refis
Refinance loans saw more closings than any other mortgage loan in January, with refis representing 45 percent of all closed loans, according to the monthly Origination Insight Report ...
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Hit Biggest Slump in Three Years
Existing-home sales dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year in January 2018, experiencing their largest annual decline in over three years, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. NAR’s Existing-Home Sales calculations ...
Read More »Will Housing Finance Reform Ever Get Done?
As the 115th United States Congress begins its second session Stuart Pratt, Global Head of Public Policy and Industry Relations at CoreLogic discusses the way forward for Housing ...
Read More »New York Homeowners Exceed Their Initial Housing Budget
It isn’t easy living in the Big Apple, ask any homeowner in the metropolis and they’ll agree. But, they’ll also agree that there’s no place like New York. ...
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