Blue Sage Solutions, LLC, developers of the Blue Sage Digital Lending Platform, announced that it has closed a financing round from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity.
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AAG led the industry in origination volume, with 14,434 loans originated in 2020. Click through to learn how the rest of the industry fared.
Read More »Quantifying Racial Disparity in Home Valuations
Contactless appraisals hold promise when it comes to reducing costs and increasing accuracy, but a group of researchers have looked into the model's accuracy. Here is what they found.
Read More »Reports Highlight Rising Home Prices, Shrinking Homeownership Affordability
Two new data reports highlight increasing median home prices and decreasing affordable homeownership opportunities.
Read More »AmeriHome Revives Plans for IPO
The residential mortgage lender and servicer has revived its IPO plans with a blank filing, making it the first mortgage company to announce plans to go public in 2021.
Read More »FHFA: Potential Changes for Appraisal Process
The agency has requested comment, and administrators say the feedback will inform how they will "modernize appraisals to improve both loan quality and the origination process."
Read More »Mortgage Rates Continue to Drop, Causing ‘Buying Frenzy’
Mortgage rates have continued to drop for several months, contributing to a red-hot housing market with buyers hoping to take advantage of the low rates. A recent survey ...
Read More »More Prospective Buyers Battle for Homes
It was a competitive November in the housing market—a new data report from Redfin found 53.6% of home offers written by the Seattle-headquartered brokerage’s agents nationwide were involved in ...
Read More »FHA Loans Are Gaining Popularity Among Millennial Homebuyers
Interest rates on FHA loans hit new lows in October, which is driving millennials to pursue homeownership with the helped of government-backed financing. Ellie Mae’s latest Millennial Tracker ...
Read More »Mortgage Industry Leaders Discuss Leveraging Tech, Tools, and People
The latest addition to the MReport Webinar Series, “Leveraging Tech, Tools & People: Finding Balance in Capacity Management,” went live today and featured insights from three mortgage industry ...
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