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Existing-home sales sagged for the sixth straight month in July, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four major U.S. regions recorded month-over-month and year-over-year sales declines. ...

With IMBs reporting an overall net loss of $82 on each loan they originated in Q2, one analyst notes that “the second quarter of 2022 did not yield the usual Spring seasonal pick-up in purchase activity."

Following the up-and-down pattern of the 10-year Treasury, mortgage rates fell to 5.13% this week according to Freddie Mac, a week after shooting up to well above the 5% mark.

Stewart Information Services Corporation announced that Brian Webster has been hired as the new President for NotaryCam, a Stewart-owned company. In this role, Webster will lead NotaryCam’s strategic ...

  First American Financial Corporation has released the latest Potential Home Sales Model for the month of July 2022, which uses proprietary data to measure what the healthy ...

As mortgage rates jumped back well above the 5%-mark last week, the MBA reports overall mortgage app volume falling 2.3% week-over-week, crashing to lows last seen more than two decades ago.

Housing starts fell further than anticipated in July, as multi-family becomes a bright spot with builders adapting to a growing rental market.

While several factors have played into affordability issues for many in attaining homeownership, Adam Mercado of ClearPath Lending stresses that timing and patience are key for this segment in today’s housing finance landscape.  

Andy Sheehan of Finicity explains how Freddie Mac’s Loan Product Advisor acceptance of direct deposit data to assess income, payroll, and account transactions data for verification of employment can enable digitization through open banking.

New partnership geared toward expanding homeownership opportunities among the nation’s veterans will partially subsidize homeownership expenses and cost-burdens for up to 10 or 15 years for qualified candidates.