With competition super-heated for houses, most buyers are having to visit more than half a dozen dwellings—not including the ones they tour virtually online—before spotting their perfect pick, ...
Read More »Better to Buy or to Rent?
Is it better to rent or to own? That's one of the most enduring questions in the housing arena is, and a new study by PropertyShark and RENTCafé shines some new light ...
Read More »Catch You on the Flip-Side
House-flipping can be a lucrative endeavor. According to a WalletHub report released Tuesday, flippers made average gross profits of about $68,000 in 2017. But not all markets afford equal flipping ...
Read More »The Numbers Making the Market
Home prices continued their steady year-over-year incline in May, reaching a price growth of 6.4 percent since May 2017, according to the most recent Case-Shiller Home Price Index ...
Read More »S&P Global Reaffirms LoanCare Ratings
LoanCare, a ServiceLink company, has announced that its rating has been reaffirmed and maintained as Above Average, both as a residential mortgage primary servicer and as a residential ...
Read More »Stern & Eisenberg Begins Operations in New States
Stern & Eisenberg has announced the firm’s expansion into Tennessee and Alabama. With this expansion, Stern & Eisenberg now operates in twelve states and the District of Columbia. ...
Read More »Three New Executives Hired to New Diligence Advisors Team
New Diligence Advisors (NDA), a national third-party review firm which currently provides a full range of loan underwriting and review services for lenders and investors, has announced the ...
Read More »Mark Sweeney Welcomed as IndiSoft’s Newest CTO
Columbia, Maryland-based IndiSoft, a global provider of technology solutions for the financial services industry, has welcomed Mark Sweeney as their newest CTO. Sweeny will be responsible for all technical ...
Read More »Jeff Smith Named Wells Fargo Head of Home Lending Servicing
After months of anticipation, Wells Fargo & Co., a diversified, community-based financial services company based in Des Moines, Iowa, has announced that Jeff Smith, who currently represents servicing ...
Read More »Why Lenders Need Technology to Remain Competitive
It’s almost impossible to start any trend article on mortgage lending without recognizing a recent statistic that has far-reaching implications for the mortgage industry. $8,957. That’s the cost ...
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