Opinion

​ As of April 2024, “Fifty-seven percent of all respondents in a recent Zillow survey reported experiencing housing discrimination of some kind. However, fewer than half of respondents said fair housing is important to them […]

​ In 1904, the first world’s fair opened in St. Louis. It was there that the world learned how to host a fair and pack on pounds. An ice cream vendor who ran out of […]

​ Federal Home Loan Bank reform is in the air in Washington D.C. The White House recently endorsed a plan to double FHLBanks’ mandatory contributions to affordable housing programs from 10 to 20% of their net […]

​ Peak 65 serves as an historic demographic milestone of the new paradigm shift that is changing every aspect of the housing market, finance, retirement planning process and the fragile supply/demand balance of housing inventory […]

​ For years, customized integrations have been the sign of a healthy tech stack, seamlessly connecting  the various technologies used by a particular title agency (mortgage lender, broker or appraisal management company, for that matter) […]

High-profile government actions against some of the nation’s largest financial firms for alleged violations of fair lending laws and loan servicing principles have sent a sobering message to industry CEOs and their boards: the buck […]

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. It’s not something consumers think about much when they […]