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Home Point Financial Corporation (Home Point), a national, multi-channel mortgage originator and servicer recently announced that it has named Richard Bradfield as Enterprise CFO (ECFO) and Bill Shuler as ...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will release its quarterly NAHB Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) for the fourth quarter of 2017 on Thursday, February 8 at 10 ...
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Mortgage rates are rising and are likely to influence the risk of defect, fraud, and misrepresentation in mortgage loan application according to the First American Loan Application Index ...
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IndiSoft, a Columbia, Maryland-based technology development firm that specializes in systems for the financial services industry, just announced that it has selected Hans Rusli as the company’s new ...
Read More »20 Hottest Housing Markets in the U.S.
Thirteen of the 20 hottest housing markets in the U.S. in January were based in California according to a list of the Hottest Real Estate Markets in America ...
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The U.S. labor market added 200,000 jobs and unemployment remained flat at 4.1 percent in January 2018 according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on ...
Read More »FHFA’s 2018 Goals: Liquidity, Stability, Access in Housing Finance
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its strategic four-year plan from 2018 to 2022 reflecting the agency’s priorities as the regulator of the Federal Home Loan Banks ...
Read More »Buying a Home is a Top Priority for Americans
Americans want to buy homes and they want to buy them as an investment option. According to a study on homebuyers by NerdWallet, a personal finance website, 75 ...
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