Bank of America reported that its overall average loans and leases increased 6 percent from the third quarter last year. Here’s how its residential mortgage loan operations grew during this period.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Gauging Housing Market Conditions
On Tuesday, a new survey will gauge the latest trends in the single-family housing market. Click through to learn more about this survey and other noteworthy events in The Week Ahead.
Read More »Bringing the American Dream to Veterans
BBMC Mortgage President Todd Jones tells MReport how his own military service helps him anticipate and meet the needs of veteran homebuyers. Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared in the October issue of MReport, out now.
Read More »Rising Rates and Housing
With mortgage rates approaching the 5 percent mark, experts weigh in on how the upswing is likely to affect homebuyers and owners.
Read More »Mortgage Revenue Rises at Wells Fargo, Lags at Chase
The big three banks—Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo—announced their third-quarter results today. While all three posted stellar earnings, here’s how their mortgage lending business performed.
Read More »Mortgage Rates Approach 5 Percent
Rates rose to their highest since April 2011 this week, according to a Freddie Mac survey. What were the factors behind this rise and how are they likely to impact homebuying decisions?
Read More »Mortgage Apps and DTI Ratios
A new analysis reveals that since 2015 debt-to-income ratio has become the number one reason that lenders have turned down purchase-mortgage applications. What are the factors that are impacting the DTI ratios of homebuyers?
Read More »Moody’s Rates Wells Fargo RMBS
The ratings agency has the first reverse mortgage-backed securities issued by Wells Fargo with provisional ratings. Here are the details.
Read More »Is Silence Golden?: The Relationship between Noise & Home Prices
Most people would agree that noise pollution has a negative impact on home prices, but teasing out the exact correlation is harder than one might think. A recent case study attempts to tackle the issue.
Read More »Recycled Housing is Answering Housing Concerns
Paul Gavin of SG Blocks discusses some of the pressing issues facing today's housing market including the affordability crisis.
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