Editor's Note: This story was originally featured in the March issue of MReport, out now. Thirty years ago, mortgage origination was a simple process. An application was taken ...
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The hottest question in business for the past six months has been, “Where will Amazon build its second headquarters?” With many cities still in the mix, it's still anyone's ...
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When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas last summer, many housing experts worried what the megastorm's effect on the market would be. Turns out, their fears of a wounded market were needless. ...
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According to analysis from San Francisco-based HotPads, which is owned by Zillow Group Inc., renters can save 45 percent per month by sharing a two-bedroom apartment with a ...
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Nordis Technologies, based in Coral Springs, Flordia, has secured a major new customer, PennyMac Financial Services Inc., a leading national residential mortgage lender and loan servicer, for its print ...
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California-based non-prime wholesale residential lender Citadel Servicing Corporation (CSC) has announced a major update to their product platform. Effective immediately, CSC will begin offering a 5/1 Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) ...
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Dean Prober, Senior Partner and President of the California-based firm of Prober & Raphael, has passed away. According to a media statement from Prober & Raphael, Prober passed away on ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will jointly release data for the Housing starts in February on Friday, March 16 at ...
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Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the March issue of MReport, out now. In the search for records surrounding a property, anyone who has visited one of ...
Read More »Data Shows Shift in Mortgage Credit Availability
Mortgage credit availability decreased 1.2 percent in February as program offerings in the conventional mortgage space affected the overall availability of credit, bringing the index down to 180.7. ...
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