A new data and analytics portfolio will boost Equifax's risk and marketing programs while enhancing the delivery of their services.
Read More »Brisk Spring Market Predicted Despite Rising Interest Rates
Millennials and first-time home buyers are expected to continue buying homes regardless of a mortgage rate increase, according to real estate and title professionals.
Read More »High Rent and More Homeownership in Major Financial Centers
The rising rent costs could mean now is a good time to buy a home in the U.S., especially in high-rent financial centers like New York and San Francisco, as high rents in these areas may cause some consumers to switch from renting to homeownership.
Read More »New Home Purchases Jump 16 Percent Annually
Mortgage applications for new homes are up nearly 16 percent over the year and 2 percent since January 2017, according to recent data.
Read More »Appraisers and Homeowners Disagree
Home appraisals were an average of 1.69 percent lower than what homeowners expected, a gap that has widened for the third month in a row.
Read More »FDIC Official Plots Changes for Dodd-Frank’s Bank Regulations
The proposed rules would seek to provide banks with forms of regulatory relief and tie up insolvency concerns for those considered too big to fail.
Read More »The End of MHA
The Making Home Affordable program ended on December 31 and the Treasury recently released Q4 2016 results, detailing the improvements made since 2009 and the assessing the quality of certain servicers.
Read More »Home Prices in Some ZIP Codes Average Seven Figures
Notoriously expensive New York state ranks high on the list, but surprisingly, New York’s most expensive ZIP code is not in Manhattan.
Read More »The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Announces New President
Raphael Bostic has been named as the Atlanta Fed's 15th President and CEO, and he's also the first African-American president of a regional Fed bank.
Read More »Lenders See Tech Integration As Key to Loan Cycle
As Fannie Mae has reported in its most recent Lender Sentiment Survey, lenders’ experiences with next-generation technology service providers (TSPs) has varied greatly. But nearly all see integration as the future.
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