NAR: Pending Home Sales Fell 2.4% In August
Pending home sales decreased 2.4% in August compared with July, falling to a score of 108.5 on the National Association of Realtors' (NAR) Pending...
Mortgage Rates Inched Lower On Fed’s Decision To Postpone Hike
Mortgage rates inched lower during the week ended Sept. 29, following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to leave short-term interest rates unchanged.
According to...
KickStart Program Providing Grants To Mortgage Brokers Who Go Solo
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) has teamed up with United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) to launch a kick-start program to get more new...
U.S. Home Prices Now Within 0.6% Of Peak Set In July 2006
U.S. home prices increased 0.7% on an unadjusted basis in July compared with June and increased 5.1% compared with July 2015, according to the S&P...
CoreLogic: Mortgage Fraud Risk Increased 3.9% In Q2
The risk of fraud in applications for mortgages increased in the second quarter - and the trend will likely continue as credit loosens and...
Share Of Cash Sales Decreasing, Could Fall To Pre-Crisis Level By 2018
About 29.3% of total home sales in June were all-cash transactions - a decrease of 0.9% compared with May and a decrease of 2.5%...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Fell For A Second Week
After decreasing 7.3% the previous week, total mortgage application volume fell again during the week ended Sept. 23, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's...
Norcom Mortgage Transforms Its Business With Loan Vision
A year ago, Avon, Conn.-based Norcom Mortgage - which has been serving borrowers in the Northeastern U.S. for more than 25 years - switched...
Credit Plus Launches Educational Video Series For Mortgage Professionals
Credit Plus has created a new informational video series, America’s Mortgage News, that will provide mortgage professionals with news about regulations and other factors...
Freddie Mac Continues To Innovate Its CRT Program
The launch of the new program coincides with a general trend among the GSEs to broaden the range of investors they target with their first-loss and mezzanine CRT opportunities.
New Home Sales Fell In August
New home sales in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 609,000, a decrease of 7.6% compared with the revised July...
Burning Question: Which LOS Offer The Best ROI?
Want to know which mortgage loan origination systems (LOS) deliver the best return on investment (ROI)?
Well, you may never really know for sure because...
All-Cash Investment Home Prices Increased 21.2% Year Over Year In August
The all-cash segment of the single-family rental (SFR) market sector grew dramatically year over year in August, according to HomeUnion's monthly home sales report.
In...
Black Knight: U.S. Home Prices Increased 0.4% In July
U.S. home prices increased 0.4% in July compared with June and increased 5.3% compared with July 2015, according to Black Knight Financial Services' home price...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Continued To Seesaw Slightly
After edging up slightly the previous week, fixed mortgage rates came back down again during the week ended Sept. 22, according to Freddie Mac's...
NAR: Existing-Home Sales Fell For Second Straight Month
August was the second month in a row that existing-home sales decreased on a month-over-month basis.
FHFA: U.S. Home Prices Increased 0.5% In July
U.S. home prices increased 0.5%, on a seasonally adjusted basis, in July compared with June and increased 5.8% compared with July 2015, according to the...
ClosingCorp Introduces Menu Of Packages For Small To Midsize Lenders
ClosingCorp, a provider of residential real estate closing cost data and technology for the mortgage and real estate services industries, reports that it now...
Black Knight Rolls Out Tax For Loan Estimation Tool
Black Knight Financial Services recently introduced a new solution that helps lenders and real estate professionals quickly and accurately estimate property taxes during the...
MBA: Mortgage Applications Fell 7.3%
After increasing 4.2% the previous week, mortgage application volume plummeted a significant 7.3% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Sept. 16, according...