Catalyst Lending Opens Utah Branches Under Debbie Isaacs’ Leadership
Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Catalyst Lending is expanding its business to Utah, where Debbie Isaacs has been hired to serve as the regional manager....
Student Loan Debt Not The Only Thing Holding Back Millennials
What's holding back millennials from buying homes? According to Sean Becketti, chief economist for Freddie Mac, the lack of millennial buyers 'cannot be...
Radian, AREAA Partner To Improve Lending Options For Asian Americans
Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) and Radian Guaranty Inc., the mortgage insurance subsidiary of Radian Group Inc., have entered into a...
MCT Trading Hires Paul Yarbrough For Secondary Marketing Expertise
Secondary marketing expert Paul Yarbrough has joined San Diego-based MCT Trading Inc., a mortgage risk management provider offering pipeline hedging, best-executive loan sales...
IndiSoft Updates RxOffice Product Line For TRID Compliance
Columbia, Md.-based IndiSoft, a software and technology provider that specializes in compliance products for the financial services industry, has recently updated its RxOffice...
LRES Taps Jeanee Chapman For Client Relations Division
Jeanee Chapman has joined LRES, a national real estate owned (REO) and appraisal management provider of property valuations, asset management, homeowners association and...
RealtyTrac: Home Sales In 2015 On Track To Reach Eight-Year High
About 1.9 million single-family homes and condos had sold so far this year as of August - an increase of 5.4% compared with...
ATPR Introduces SmartFlow Solution For Title Agents
American Tax and Property Reporting Inc. (ATPR), a technology-based solutions provider for the real estate and settlement services industry, has launched its SmartFlow...
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Increased 0.7% In July
U.S. home prices increased 0.7% on an unadjusted basis in July compared with June and increased 4.7% compared with July 2014, according to...
Castle & Cooke Mortgage Expands Into New Mexico
Castle & Cooke Mortgage, a Salt Lake City-based independent mortgage lender with over 40 U.S. locations, has opened a new office in Albuquerque,...
Mortgage Network Adds Another Industry Professional To Brentwood Branch
Travis O. Smith has joined the team at Danvers, Mass.-based Mortgage Network Inc. as a senior loan officer in the company's Brentwood, Tenn.,...
Mortgage Network Hires Scott Cohen For Boston Housing Market
Scott Cohen has joined Danvers, Mass.-based Mortgage Network, one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the eastern U.S., as a loan officer...
Pending Home Sales Decreased In August, But Remain At Healthy Level
Pending home sales decreased 1.4% in August but were 6.1% above August 2014, now having risen for 12 consecutive months year over year,...
Black Knight: U.S. Home Prices Inched Higher In July
U.S. home prices increased 0.4% in July compared with June and were up 5.3% compared with July 2014, according to Black Knight Financial...
CFPB, DOJ Nab Another Mortgage Lender For Redlining
Hudson City Savings Bank will pay more than $32 million to settle allegations of redlining brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...
Freddie Mac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Decline After Fed’s Decision To Defer
Fixed mortgage rates for the week ended Sept. 24 showed a decline following the Federal Reserve's decision to defer a hike in the...
New Home Sales Jumped 5.7% In August
Sales of new single-family houses in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 552,000, an increase of 5.7% compared with the...
Embrace Home Loans Continues Expansion By Adding Executive John Costa
John Costa has joined Embrace Home Loans, a direct lender for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as the regional lending executive to lead...
FHFA: U.S. Home Prices Increased 0.6% In July
U.S. home prices increased 0.6% on an adjusted basis in July compared to June and were up 5.8% compared to July 2014, according...
Mid America Mortgage Uses DocMagic Solutions To Achieve Complete E-Mortgage
DocMagic Inc., a provider of loan document preparation, compliance and 'e-solutions' to the mortgage industry, says that Mid America Mortgage will utilize DocMagic's...