Mortgage Applications Up Slightly Last Week Despite Rising Rates
Mortgage application volume inched up 0.8% during the week ended July 18, despite a slight increase in rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s...
Zillow: Inventory of Homes for Sale at Highest Level Since 2019
The number of homes available for sale in the U.S. surged to 1.36 million in June, the most since November 2019, according to Zillow.
Thats...
BlackFin Launches New Program Giving Lenders Instant Access to Mortgage Experts For Less
Mortgage consultancy BlackFin has launched a new program that gives mortgage lenders instant access to advisors without the hefty consulting price tag.
The firm’s new...
Atlas VMS Taps Mick Tindall as CTO and President, Platform Solutions
Mick Tindall has joined valuation management company Atlas VMS as chief technology officer and president, platform solutions.
The announcement comes just weeks after the company...
Logan Finance Promotes Dave Weatherford to EVP of TPO Production
Dave Weatherford has been promoted to executive vice president of TPO production at non-QM lender Logan Finance Corp.
The promotion follows Logan Finance’s launch of...
Planet Home Lending’s Correspondent Sellers Can Gain Efficiency Boost With E-Notes
Planet Home Lending reports that it is boosting speed and efficiency for its correspondent sellers through its acceptance of e-notes.
Planet accepts electronic promissory notes...
Housing Starts Increased in June Driven by Multifamily Construction
Housing starts in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.321 million, an increase of 4.6% compared with May but down 0.5%...
Mortgage Rates Moved Up for a Second Week
Mortgage rates moved up for a second week, with the average rate for a 30-year hitting 6.75%, up from 6.72% last week and down...
MBA: Applications for New Home Purchases Sank Month-Over-Month in June
Applications for mortgages for new home purchases decreased 4% in June compared with May but were up 8.5% compared with June 2024, according to...
First American: Annual Home Price Appreciation in June Slowest Since March 2012
U.S. home prices decreased 0.1% in June compared with May but were up 1.7% compared with June 2024, according to First American’s latest House...
MeridianLink Hires Denise Cox as Chief Customer Officer
Denise Cox has joined MeridianLink, a provider of cloud-based lending and account opening solutions for financial institutions, as chief customer officer.
Cox has more than...
Blend, Doma Technologies Expand Their Partnership
Blend Labs and Doma Technologies have announced an expanded partnership that will bring Doma’s AI-powered instant title decisioning to more lenders through Blend’s home...
Planet Home Lending Taps Chris Carr as Minnesota Area Sales Manager
Mortgage industry veteran Chris Carr has joined Planet Home Lending as an area sales manager in Minnesota.
Carr has nearly 30 years of mortgage industry...
Mortgage Applications Fell 10 Percent Last Week as Rates Increased
Mortgage application volume fell 10.0% on an adjusted basis during the week ended July 11, as rates went back on the rise, according to the...
Friday Harbor Now Offers Open APIs Enabling Integration With Any LOS Vendor
Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, has launched open APIs to give...
Usherpa’s CRM Platform Now Integrated With Wilqo’s LOS
Usherpa, which offers a customer relationship engagement platform designed for mortgage lenders, is now integrated with Wilqo’s new Production Optimization Platform, which combines POS,...
MBA: Mortgage Credit Shrank Overall in June
Mortgage credit availability decreased 1.3% in June, falling to a score of 103.7 on the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI).
The...
Foreign Buyers Purchased $56 Billion Worth of U.S. Homes During Past Year
Foreign buyers purchased a significantly higher percentage of U.S homes during the 12-month period ended March 2025 compared with the previous 12-month period, a...
Informative Research Adds Halcyon’s IRS Tax Transcript Service to its IR Verification Platform
Credit data and verification solutions provider Informative Research has announced availability of Halcyon's IRS tax transcript service within the IR Verification Platform.
The enhancement expands...
Mortgage Connect, Westcor Team Up on Fannie Mae Title Acceptance Pilot
Mortgage service provider Mortgage Connect is partnering with Westcor Land Title Insurance Company and X1 Analytics to develop a product for Fannie Mae’s Title...