On Wednesday, HUD released the latest national estimate for homelessness—reporting 553,742 people experience homelessness every night. Although some areas are not as severely impacted as others, Secretary Carson is making greater efforts to reduce homelessness across the board.
Read More »Homebuyers: Top 10 Markets for Financial Success
What if borrowers could turn the stressors of financial stability into one of their greatest strengths? According to a recent report, they can—depending on the location they choose to call home.
Read More »The Borrower Learning Curve
In an effort to understand just how knowledgeable borrowers are when it comes to the mortgage process, FreeandClear.com recently conducted a survey asking questions ranging from, “What source ...
Read More »Gig Economy: The New Homebuyers?
Is a new group of potential homebuyers on the horizon? According to Fannie Mae’s Perspectives report released Tuesday—the labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or ...
Read More »Weighing the Pros and Cons of Rising Home Prices
Home prices continue to climb both year-over-year and month-over-month, according to the October 2017 Home Price Index (HPI) released by CoreLogic Tuesday Morning. Nationally, prices increased by 7 ...
Read More »Household Debt and Its Hidden Costs
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) reported a new telephone survey of 1,004 U.S. adults conducted by the Harris Poll—with results showing 73 percent of Americans living with ...
Read More »Defect Risk Simmers, Except in Hurricane-Damaged Markets
Chief Economist says the surge in defect, fraud, and misrepresentation risk in loan applications has come to a halt—except for in the areas impacted by recent natural disasters.
Read More »Tax Reform: What’s the Impact?
New data released Monday reported an in-depth look at the effect changes to the tax code could have on the housing and mortgage markets. Read all the details here.
Read More »William P. Leaman and Charles Rust have joined the ranks of LSR’s veteran team of lawyers ; whose combined professional experience spans over 400 years.
Read More »Schwartz Joins FormFree Board
Athens, Georgia-based FormFree® announced that housing finance expert Faith Schwartz has been elected to its board of directors. Schwartz has played a firsthand role in shaping current housing finance best practices and public policy.
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