Freddie Mac, EPA To Increase Affordability Of Multifamily Housing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Energy Star program and Freddie Mac have signed an agreement that will help to cut carbon pollution...
California’s Luxury Home Market Thrives In 2013
The number of California homes that sold for a million dollars or more rose last year to the highest level in six years...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Inch Down Slightly For Third Week
Mortgage rates dipped slightly for a third week in a row during the week ending Jan. 30, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage...
CoreLogic: U.S. Home Prices Up 11.2%, Year-Over-Year, In Q3
Two days after the S&P Dow Jones/Case-Shiller home price index (HPI) reported that U.S. home prices had increased 13.7%, on average, from November...
FHFA: Mortgage Interest Rates Increased Slightly In December
Contract mortgage interest rates inched up 0.03% in December, compared to November, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The average rate...
NAR: ‘Abnormal’ Weather Slowed December Pending Home Sales
Due in part to 'abnormal' and 'disruptive' winter weather, pending home sales dropped 8.7% in December, compared to November, to reach the lowest...
MBA: Application Volume, Mortgage Rates Dipped Slightly
Welcome to the dead of winter. Despite the fact that mortgage interest rates dipped slightly for a third consecutive week, mortgage application volume...
S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Prices Up 13.7%, Year-Over-Year, In November
U.S. home prices increased 13.7%, on average, from November 2012 to November 2013, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Of the 20...
D+H Re-Brands HFS, Mortgagebot And Compushare To D+H
Davis + Henderson Corp. - also known as D+H - has re-branded its legacy Harland Financial Solutions (HFS), Mortgagebot and Compushare brands to...
Black Knight: Home Prices Up 8.5%, Year-Over-Year, In November
Although the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released on Tuesday show that U.S. home prices had increased 13.7%, on average, from November 2012 to...
SLK Global Opens New Facility In Dallas
SLK Global, offering business process outsourcing services to the U.S. banking, mortgage, title and other financial services industries, has opened a new call...
DataQuick: Dip In Home Sales, Flattening Of Prices Could Be A Good Sign
Home sales decreased in most U.S. markets in December - as per the usual seasonal trend - and home price appreciation has stabilized...
December Home Sales Miss Forecast By 7%
About 414,000 new homes were sold as of December, about 7% below the revised November rate of 445,000, but 4.5% above the December...
FDIC Closes Small Mortgage Lender In Oklahoma
Bank of Union, a small mortgage lender based in Oklahoma, has been closed by Oklahoma's banking commissioner and its assets turned over to...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Tick Down Slightly
Mortgage rates dipped for a second week in a row during the week ending Jan. 23, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market...
FHFA: Home Price Appreciation Almost Flat In November
More evidence that home price appreciation is stabilizing: U.S. home prices increased only 0.1% in November, on an adjusted basis, compared to October,...
Existing-Home Sales In 2013 Were The Strongest In Seven Years
Existing-home sales edged up in December 2013, sales for all of last year were the highest since 2006 and median prices maintained strong...
MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Up As Rates Dip
Mortgage application volume increased 4.7% during the week ending Jan. 17, compared to the week prior, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA)...
Cuomo, Schneiderman To Split The Spoils Of JPMorgan Settlement
Time to divvy up the spoils. After squabbling over the funds for weeks, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Attorney General...
Survey: Only 4% Of Home Shoppers Worry They Won’t Qualify For A Mortgage
A recent survey conducted by Qazzoo.com, a social search engine connecting real estate professionals with local home buyers and sellers, reveals that only...