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Perhaps no other decade has impacted the housing industry as much as the last 10 years have, but successfully navigating that period has led to a sea of change in terms of innovation. Take a look at what Jason Allnutt, General Manager at Auction.com, had to say about the past and future of Auction.com and the industry as a whole.

RE/MAX has released its September 2017 National Housing Report, which showed that the continuing trend of restricted inventory and high demand resulted in short on-the-market times.

As society evolves, so do the trends of homebuying. What was once seen as a rite of passage for married couples is now becoming increasingly more popular with singles and, in particular, single women.

HLP, a collaborative created in 2009 that engages the key stakeholders who work with families on homeownership, announced Monday that homeowners suffering from property damage due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, as well as any other natural disasters, can visit their website and inform their mortgage company about their need for assistance.

RES.NET, a technology platform allowing mortgage banking companies, vendors, consumers, and other parties to communicate around a transaction, recently launched a component of its server suite--PropertyCure Data Portal.

AllyConnect, a vendor and compliance management technology solution for the Property Preservation and REO space, recently announced it is offering free compliance document management and annual updating automation tools for all registered users of the service.

Chronos Solutions, a Coppell, Texas-based real estate financial services provider, announced a new offering Thursday aimed at providing lenders information that was recently removed from credit reports. Starting in July, national credit reporting agencies were no longer permitted to include liens and civil judgment data in their credit reports. The change came as the result of a civil action suit that claimed inclusion of lien and judgment data can wrongfully lower a consumer’s credit score by up to 100 points. The company set out to fill the void in lender information by offering a lien and judgment addendum to its Funding Suite Report.

Homeownership has long been considered a crucial part of achieving the American Dream, and according to a recent survey by ReportLinker owning a property still ranks in the ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its July 2017 Refinance Report, showing that total refinances for the month were down, which the report attributes to the fact that mortgage rates are still higher than they were year-over-year.

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Iona Harrison, Chair of NAR’s Federal Taxation Committee, testified before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday during a hearing entitled “Individual Housing Reform.”