If last year’s hurricane season was any indication, climate change could increase risks associated with owning a home, according to a study by University of Miami. The study ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Checking In on Affordable Housing Markets
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will release its quarterly NAHB Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) for the fourth quarter of 2017 on Thursday, February 8 at 10 ...
Read More »Life in the Fast Lane
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the February issue of MReport, out now. If you ask top-performing salespeople whether they’d rather do paperwork or sell loans, there’s ...
Read More »Rising Rates Might Lead to Increase in Defect Risk
Mortgage rates are rising and are likely to influence the risk of defect, fraud, and misrepresentation in mortgage loan application according to the First American Loan Application Index ...
Read More »IndiSoft Appoints New CEO
IndiSoft, a Columbia, Maryland-based technology development firm that specializes in systems for the financial services industry, just announced that it has selected Hans Rusli as the company’s new ...
Read More »20 Hottest Housing Markets in the U.S.
Thirteen of the 20 hottest housing markets in the U.S. in January were based in California according to a list of the Hottest Real Estate Markets in America ...
Read More »Is an Increase in Residential Construction on the Way?
The U.S. labor market added 200,000 jobs and unemployment remained flat at 4.1 percent in January 2018 according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on ...
Read More »FHFA’s 2018 Goals: Liquidity, Stability, Access in Housing Finance
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its strategic four-year plan from 2018 to 2022 reflecting the agency’s priorities as the regulator of the Federal Home Loan Banks ...
Read More »Buying a Home is a Top Priority for Americans
Americans want to buy homes and they want to buy them as an investment option. According to a study on homebuyers by NerdWallet, a personal finance website, 75 ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on DocMagic Northpointe and More…
Learn more about who is moving and which companies are partnering for growth in this activity update. DocMagic Inc, the provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance, ...
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