New partnership will increase education, outreach, and efforts geared to tackle appraisal bias and discrimination in the housing marketplace.
Read More »Melanie Graper Joins loanDepot as Chief Human Resources Officer
Former CoreLogic Chief Human Resources Officer joins loanDepot to manage all aspects of the company’s human capital function.
Read More »Grappling With the Nation’s Housing Cost Burdens
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has issued its State of the Nation's Housing report, underscoring how the U.S. is dealing with sustainability issues faced in today’s marketplace.
Read More »Measuring the Resiliency of the U.S. Housing Market
Taylor Marr, Deputy Chief Economist for Redfin, recently sat down with MortgagePoint to discuss recent migration trends, the direction of the market, and much more. Click through to hear his insights on the state of the nation’s housing landscape.
Read More »FHA and VA Purchase Apps on the Rise
Despite mortgage rates reaching their highest levels since November 2022, overall app volume rose week-over-week, led by an increase in both FHA and VA purchase applications.
Read More »Serving the Underserved
Fannie Mae’s recap of its Environmental, Social, and Governance efforts in 2022 details how the GSE acquired mortgages supporting 1.2 million single-family home purchases nationwide, nearly half of which were for first-time homebuyers.
Read More »Lamont Watson Named Guild Mortgage’s VP of Diverse Talent Development
The newly established position is part of Guild Mortgage’s initiative to foster a more inclusive workplace environment and empower diversity in its workforce.
Read More »Most Respondents Believe Owning a Home Contributes to Overall Happiness
“Given the consistency of our survey results, we expect consumers' longstanding and highly favorable attitude toward homeownership as an investment option will continue to persist, even in the face of possible recession,” Fannie Mae authors concluded.
Read More »Rethinking Reverse Mortgage Lending
Rather than viewing the reverse mortgage lending business as a completely new line of business, lenders today are looking at reverse mortgages as another loan product to add to their menu of offerings.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Analyzing Efforts to Bolster Housing for Native Americans
The Senate Banking Committee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development is set to host a hearing assessing the government’s efforts to improve housing efforts among Native American communities nationwide.
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