While U.S. pandemic migration trends show no sign of reversing, Bank of America Institute's latest housing market report revealed home prices are slowing rapidly even in cities with large inflows of people.
Read More »loanDepot Names David Hayes New CFO
Twenty-five-year senior finance specialist and former CoreLogic exec tapped to manage loanDepot’s financial functions, including its accounting, treasury, tax, corporate finance, and investor and lender relations activities.
Read More »High Rates Leave Homebuyers With Questions on Affordability
“It's crucial, especially in higher-rate environments, for Americans to talk to a mortgage advisor who can help prepare buyers for the homebuying process, work to determine how much a person can afford and clear up the misconceptions about the many paths to homeownership that exist," said Thomas Parrish, Head of U.S. Retail Lending Product Management at BMO.
Read More »Credit Availability Tightens as Demand Shrinks, Rates Rise Again
As affordability struggles worsen for homeowners and buyers nationwide, for-sale inventory is now at its lowest level since April 2022, according to Black Knight's latest Mortgage Monitor Report for April.
Read More »Phil Shoemaker Assumes Role of The Loan Store’s CEO
Following The Loan Store’s acquisition of certain assets of Homepoint’s wholesale originations channel, 26-year industry veteran officially takes over the role of CEO.
Read More »Lingering Economic Concerns Push Mortgage Rates Upward
Along with a lack of inventory in the nation’s housing supply, Freddie Mac reports the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continues to edge toward the 7% mark, further dampening the spring homebuying season.
Read More »Eight Consecutive Quarters of Lending and Refinance Declines
"Lenders saw opportunities dwindle even more during the first quarter as the longest slowdown in mortgage activity in at least 20 years continued," said Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM.
Read More »Slowing Growth May Hamper New Home Prices Peak This Year
“Weakening home price growth for the past 12 months is increasing the odds that we may not see a new home price peak this year, for the first time in the history of our listing data, which dates back to mid-2016, and this is likely welcome news to homeshoppers," said Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for Realtor.com.
Read More »PAVE Task Force Takes New Actions to Address Appraisal Bias
A series of actions set forth by the Biden Administration aims to strike out appraisal bias and level the playing field in building generational wealth via homeownership.
Read More »Planet Home Lending Acquires Platinum Home Mortgage
In the deal, Planet Home acquires a majority of Platinum Home's origination staff, including more than 20 branch offices in strategic locations nationwide.
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