One of the country’s largest title insurance companies, Fidelity National Financial Inc (FNF), has signed an agreement to acquire Stewart Information Services, for $1.2 billion, Fidelity said in ...
Read More »The Benefits of a True Digital Mortgage
Digital mortgage is the latest buzzword in the lending market today. But, according to an eBook titled, “The True Digital Mortgage” by mortgage technology platform provider Ellie Mae, ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Gauging Existing Home Sales
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will publish the data on the sale of existing homes for February, on Wednesday, March 21, at 10 a.m. EST. The monthly ...
Read More »Starts are Down, But not the Housing Market
Housing starts were down 7 percent month over month according to the data for February released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Housing starts were at around 1.23 million ...
Read More »Next-gen Buyers Steering Away From 20 Percent Down Payment
While it might be the industry gold standard, the “typical” 20 percent down payment doesn’t exactly glitter with the majority of first-time millennial mortgage getters. When queried about ...
Read More »Promoting and Protecting Homeownership
It’s been a decade since the housing crisis of 2008. As the present administration looks at rolling back some of the more stringent regulations that were introduced during ...
Read More »Wealthy Homeowners Prefer the East Coast
Some of the most expensive ZIP codes in the country can be found in California. But that doesn’t necessarily translate into people who earn top dollars. According to ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on Citadel, Ellie Mae, and more …
From awards and technology platforms to new partnerships gauge the pulse of the mortgage and lending industry in this weekly update. California-based non-prime wholesale residential lender Citadel Servicing Corporation (CSC) has announced ...
Read More »Lenders’ Sentiments on Profit Margins Hit a Low Note
Lender sentiment is at an all-time low according to the latest Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey by Fannie Mae that was released on Thursday. The profit margin outlook, as ...
Read More »Helping the Mortgage Industry, One Course at a Time
Continuous learning is a necessity for professionals in the servicing and mortgage industry. With this in mind, the Five Star Academy (FSA), a Five Star Institute brand, recently ...
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