Due to a litany of factors, Fannie Mae cut their predictions for origination activity, total sales, and GDP for 2022 and 2023.
Read More »Rate Lock Volume Falls 10% in September
Climbing interest rates drove down rate lock volumes across the board in September, but the largest decline was seen—once again—in locks on rate/term refinance loans.
Read More »Record High for Annual Home Price Growth
Inventory challenges continue to put upward pressure on prices. "It's not getting any better, either," analysts report.
Read More »‘Highly Unusual’ Quarterly Increase in Lending Activity
The home-mortgage industry almost always slows down in winter, but not this year—experts explain why.
Read More »Mortgage Origination Volume Hits 15+ Year Record
A combination of record low rates and a strong demand for housing fueled a record-breaking year for housing in 2020, according to Black Knight’s latest Mortgage Monitor Report.
Read More »Turning Around Turn Times
Here are some ways lenders can tackle costs and time-to-close in originations.
Read More »Another Month, Another Decrease in Mortgage Rates
Ellie Mae’s July Origination Insight Report found that the 30-year mortgage dropped for the seventh-consecutive month to 4.18% The drop from the prior month’s 4.40% also led an ...
Read More »Freddie Mac Economist Foresees Housing Market “Thaw”
How will home sales perform this spring? A report by Freddie Mac looks at the factors that could drive home sales as homebuyer confidence rises.
Read More »The Impact of a Tightening Mortgage Market
A new report that looked into credit and lending found that despite a rise in fintech lending year-over-year originations recorded a decline. Here’s why.
Read More »Fannie Mae to Sponsor Developer Summit
The two-day event is filled with highly technical content designed for software developers and data scientists
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