Closing fee-related compliance tool provider LodeStar is integrating with title insurance provider Stewart, the companies said Monday. The Philadelphia-based firm said that the integration will allow all users of LodeStar’s closing fee calculator to access […]
The shift from a refinance boom to a purchase market will leave some mortgage lenders and loan officers with only two options: “Consolidate or exit the business,” according to Mary Ann McGarry, Guild Mortgage’s chief […]
The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. Mortgage interest rates have risen quickly in the past few months further eroding affordability. However, there are a number of attention-grabbing […]
In the mortgage industry, the time between when a hopeful borrower submits their loan application and the loan actually closing is 50 days on average, according to the Origination Insight Report by ICE Mortgage Technology. […]
If discrimination is committed by appraisers – as the news headlines would suggest – fellow appraisers and real estate agents say they rarely witness or experience it. A survey of appraiser members and non-appraiser members conducted by […]
Pending home sales continued to drop in August, recording a 1.0% month-over-month decline that resulted in an index reading of 88.4, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. In July, the index […]
Source: Fortune — Favorable millennial demographics. Tight housing inventory. Low unemployment. That’s why housing bulls said the Pandemic Housing Boom had more room to run. Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, of course, disagreed. Back in May, Zandi […]
Source: The Paradise — Following the Covid-19 pandemic, real estate investors did extremely well, despite the millions of Americans that were put out of work and faced evictions during the lockdowns in 2020. Stimulus […]
Source: Long Island Press — The Long Island real estate market has seen some tumult over the last few years. From a near-unprecedented surge to a stabilization due to a number of factors, one […]
Source: The New York Times — As the average 30-year mortgage rate eclipses 7 percent, home buyers and sellers are confronting sticker shock. The interest rate for the most common home loan in the […]
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