MBA: Applications For Purchases Jumped 9%, Refinances 18%
After falling 7.0% the previous week, total mortgage application volume increased 13.9% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Sept. 18, according...
Equifax: Subprime Mortgages Continue To Climb
Mortgage originations to those with subprime credit scores continued to climb steadily over the first five months of this year, according to data...
Collateral Analytics Extends Home Price Forecasting Models
Collateral Analytics, a provider of automated valuation solutions and real estate analytic products, has added shorter-term market-based home price indicators to its Home...
Vantage Production Expands CRM Client Network With Five New Lenders
Vantage Production, a provider of advanced automated marketing and sales acceleration solutions for mortgage lenders, says that it has added five large non-bank...
imortgage Names Dan Pena For New Senior Vice President Position
Dan Pena has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of national joint ventures for Scottsdale, Ariz.-based imortgage, a...
NAR: Existing-Home Sales Fell 4.8% In August
Existing-home sales, including condos and co-ops, reached an adjusted annual rate of 5.31 million in August - a decrease of 4.8% compared with...
Auction.com Names Aman Kothari New Chief Financial Officer
Aman Kothari has joined online real estate marketplace Auction.com in its Belmont, Calif., office as chief financial officer. In this new position, Kothari...
Housing Starts Dipped 3.0% In August, But Permits Were Up
Housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.13 million, a decrease of 3.0% compared to the revised...
Fed Psyches Out Almost Everyone, Decides Not To Raise Rates After All
Saying that inflation isn't growing as desired and that the global markets are too unstable, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday...
Former MBA Chairman Brings Four Decades Of Industry Experience To EquityKey
John Robbins, the former chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and founder of the American Residential Mortgage Corp., has joined the advisory...
Lenders Say Mortgage Credit Standards Are Easing
More lenders are reporting the easing of mortgage lending standards across all loan types, according to Fannie Mae's third-quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey....
Fannie Mae: Growth In Second Half Predicted To Offset Recent Market Volatility
Continued positive consumer spending and other domestic fundamentals are expected to offset recent market volatility and support slight improvement in U.S. economic growth...
Mortgage Rates Remain Steady Ahead Of Federal Reserve Decision
Average fixed mortgage rates were mainly unchanged going into the Federal Open Market Committee's vote on an interest rate increase for the first...
Mortgage Network Adds Kathy Eckhart To Brentwood, Tenn., Branch Office
Kathy Eckhart has joined Danvers, Mass.-based Mortgage Network Inc., one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the eastern U.S., as a senior...
Lag In New Home Building ‘Eroding Affordability’ Of Metro Areas
Despite the recent labor market improvements, current new home construction is insufficient in a majority of metro areas and is contributing to housing...
Carrington Mortgage Promotes Tom Shaw To Lead Lending Division
Tom Shaw has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing for Santa Ana, Calif.-based Carrington Mortgage Services, where he will direct the...
National MI’s Michael Dirrane Named Chairman Of MassHousing
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has selected Michael J. Dirrane, senior managing director and chief sales officer for National Mortgage Insurance Corp. (National MI),...
MBA: Applications For New Home Purchases Dropped 6% In August
Mortgage applications for new home purchases decreased 6.0% on an unadjusted basis in August compared to July, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association...
Altisource Portfolio Solutions Introduces New Branding
Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA has introduced new brand positioning entitled Your One Source, which highlights the company's capacity to provide a comprehensive product...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Fell Again Last Week
After falling 6.2% the previous week, mortgage application volume decreased 7.0% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Sept. 11, according to...