Realtor.com revealed in a new study that half of today’s home buyers are looking for a property under $288,000, which is more than 9% below the median price ...
Read More »Wire Fraud’s Impact on Homebuyers
With instances of real estate wire fraud more than doubling year-over-year, the Coalition to Stop Real Estate Wire Fraud discussed how education is key to preventing becoming a victim.
Read More »New Affordable Housing Council Met With Positive Reviews
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to establish the White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing has been met with positive reviews by several industry leaders. “The ...
Read More »The Week Ahead; Studying Millennials in the Housing Market
Ellie Mae will release its millennial tracker on Wednesday, July 3. Last month’s report revealed that millennials were taking advantage of falling mortgages rates, as 30-year notes for ...
Read More »New Law Could Impact Lenders in New York
A new bill passed by the state of New York could impact reverse mortgage originators and servicers, as it will prohibit lenders from engaging in “unfair or deceptive” ...
Read More »Analyzing Defect Risk Across the Nation
First American Financial Corporation reports that May saw a decline of 5.5% in the frequency of defects, fraud, and misrepresentation of information included in mortgage loan applications in ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on Tech, New Hires
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC (MTG) has hired J. Pamela Price as Managing Attorney of South Carolina. She brings with her nearly 30 years of experience representing creditors, mortgage ...
Read More »Best Practices to Combat Cybersecurity
Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared in the June edition of MReport. Who knew that 2019 would start with mortgage data breaches? We owe it to Bob Diachenko, the independent security ...
Read More »Homeowners, Renters Alike Face Affordability Issues
Here's why over half of Americans, renters and homeowners alike, are making spending or housing changes to afford their monthly housing payment.
Read More »Are Home Costs Weighing Heavily on Americans?
A new study by Bankrate found that almost 80% of Americans are losing sleep at night due to financial issues, with housing costs being one of them. According ...
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