Mortgage applications decreased 6.6 percent from a week earlier as rising interest rates made the prospect of buying a home more costly for potential homebuyers. According to data ...
Read More »Trigger Leads Are Hurting Borrowers
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) wrote to Congress on Wednesday seeking a ban on the sale of trigger leads for mortgages through the PROTECT Act of ...
Read More »More Borrowers Opt for Refis
Refinance loans saw more closings than any other mortgage loan in January, with refis representing 45 percent of all closed loans, according to the monthly Origination Insight Report ...
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Hit Biggest Slump in Three Years
Existing-home sales dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year in January 2018, experiencing their largest annual decline in over three years, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. NAR’s Existing-Home Sales calculations ...
Read More »Will Housing Finance Reform Ever Get Done?
As the 115th United States Congress begins its second session Stuart Pratt, Global Head of Public Policy and Industry Relations at CoreLogic discusses the way forward for Housing ...
Read More »New York Homeowners Exceed Their Initial Housing Budget
It isn’t easy living in the Big Apple, ask any homeowner in the metropolis and they’ll agree. But, they’ll also agree that there’s no place like New York. ...
Read More »Top 10 State Capitals to Live in
They’re not only the seat of power, but the right state capital can also be a great place to live, according to a survey on the Best State ...
Read More »Digital Identity for Mortgage Finds Few Takers
Security concerns are the key barrier for consumers from being more open to adopting digital identity for home buying and renting or for mortgage applications, according to the ...
Read More »Why Consumers Are Wary of Embracing Digital Identity
Digital identity is an electronically verified set of attributes that uniquely describe a person and can be beneficial in providing simplified application processes, swift transaction approvals, lower costs, ...
Read More »How Will Home Values Fare in 2018?
The housing market has been growing at a consistent pace, but it will take another five years for it to emerge from the shadow of the Great Recession, ...
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