In an effort to understand just how knowledgeable borrowers are when it comes to the mortgage process, FreeandClear.com recently conducted a survey asking questions ranging from, “What source ...
Read More »Gig Economy: The New Homebuyers?
Is a new group of potential homebuyers on the horizon? According to Fannie Mae’s Perspectives report released Tuesday—the labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or ...
Read More »Weighing the Pros and Cons of Rising Home Prices
Home prices continue to climb both year-over-year and month-over-month, according to the October 2017 Home Price Index (HPI) released by CoreLogic Tuesday Morning. Nationally, prices increased by 7 ...
Read More »Jerome Powell Gains Senate Banking Committee Approval as Fed Chair
With the Senate Banking Committee's approval, Powell's nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote, which is expected to meet little resistance.
Read More »FHFA: House Prices Remain on the Rise
The latest installment of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s House Price Index (HPI) reveals that rose 1.4 percent in Q3 2017, and were up 6.5 percent between Q3 ...
Read More »Household Debt and Its Hidden Costs
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) reported a new telephone survey of 1,004 U.S. adults conducted by the Harris Poll—with results showing 73 percent of Americans living with ...
Read More »Defect Risk Simmers, Except in Hurricane-Damaged Markets
Chief Economist says the surge in defect, fraud, and misrepresentation risk in loan applications has come to a halt—except for in the areas impacted by recent natural disasters.
Read More »Tax Reform: What’s the Impact?
New data released Monday reported an in-depth look at the effect changes to the tax code could have on the housing and mortgage markets. Read all the details here.
Read More »Construction Builds on Previous Progress
Residential construction spending has been trending upwards in recent years, but is that holding true as we wind toward the end of 2017?
Read More »OwnAmerica Originates $76 Million in SFR Transactions
OwnAmerica, an online marketplace for single-family rental investments (SFR) announced the conclusion of 21 transactions totaling 656 homes. The company reports a surge in supply and demand for ...
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