Housing Off To Solid Start In The Sunshine State
The housing market in Florida fared well in the first quarter of this year, showing higher median prices, more new listings, fewer days...
Titan Capital Solutions Proves Rebound Of Jumbo Lending
Titan Capital Solutions (TCS), a wholly owned jumbo correspondent investment subsidiary of mortgage outsource services provider Titan Lenders Corp., says it added 13...
Home-Price Growth Cools Down In First Quarter
Although strong year-over-year price growth continued in most metropolitan areas in the first quarter, increases were somewhat smaller, according to the latest quarterly...
MBA: Applications For New Home Purchases Up 5% In April
After rising more than 14% in March compared to February, applications for new home purchases increased 5% in April compared to March, on...
Hashtag FHFA Dives Into Social Media
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is finally joining the world of Twitter in order to increase the availability and accessibility of its...
NAR: All-Cash Home Sales Keep Increasing
Despite the fact that investor activity in the housing market is on the decline, an increasing number of homes are being purchased with...
MBA: Mortgage Credit Tightened Slightly In April
Mortgage credit tightened slightly in April, compared to March, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI). The MCAI...
Freddie Mac: Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall For Second Consecutive Week
Fixed mortgage rates continued to trend downward this week - which is good news for prospective home buyers gearing up for the spring...
MBA: Purchase Application Volume Rose 9% Last Week
The housing finance industry officially crossed into a majority purchase market last week, as an impressive 9% increase in purchase application volume pushed...
NAHB: 59 Metros Have Returned To ‘Normal’ Levels Of Economic Activity
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) this week released its economic index report, showing that of the 351 metro markets tracked, 300...
Consumer Optimism Toward Housing Continues Gradual Climb
Americans' outlook toward the housing market continued to improve in April, perhaps foreshadowing an increase in housing activity in the coming months, according...
Radian To Acquire Clayton Holdings For $305 Million
In keeping with its strategic plan to diversify its offerings, Radian Group Inc., the largest private mortgage insurer in the U.S., is set...
Prudential Snyder Real Estate Joins Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, the new real estate brokerage network operated by HSF Affiliates LLC, says that Prudential Snyder Real Estate has joined the...
CoreLogic: Home Prices Up 1.4% In March
U.S. home prices, including distressed sales, increased 1.4% in March compared to February and were up 11.1% compared to March 2013, according to...
Survey: Two Out Of Five Buyers Prefer A New Home
While a solid number of Americans would prefer to buy a new home over an existing home, this goal remains a struggle as...
Richey May: Lenders Started Dropping FICO Requirements In Q4
Mortgage production volume decreased by an average of 11% during the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Richey May's Fourth Quarter Trend Report....
Flipt Offers New Approach To Matching Shoppers To Properties
Flipt, a provider of real estate technology solutions, recently launched a new online home shopping site that matches properties to buyers based on...
Freedom Mortgage Acquires BluFi Lending
Freedom Mortgage Corp., a New Jersey-based residential mortgage lender, has purchased the assets of BluFi Lending, a San Diego-based direct mortgage lender with...
IDS Sees Strong E-Sign Adoption In 2013
Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services (IDS) reports that more than half (51.6%) of all document packages it processed in 2013 were...
RealtyTrac: House Flipping Down 3.7% In Q1 As Prices Continue To Rise
Rising home prices are taking some steam out of the flipping trend. According to RealtyTrac's Home Flipping Report, 3.7% of all U.S. single-family...