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Fed Maintains Interest Rates as Yellen’s Tenure Winds Down

Janet Yellen oversaw her final meeting of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Wednesday afternoon, with the Committee holding fast on interest rates and revising their projections on expected inflation. “Gains in employment, household spending, and business fixed ...

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Low-End Single-Family Rental Prices Trending Higher

Single-family rental home prices have been trending upwards since the Great Recession, and low-end rentals have been increasingly outpacing high-end ones for the past several years. In a new video blog, CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel explores the factors at ...

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CFPB Ruled Constitutional—What Now?

In a split decision, a Washington appeals court has reversed a previous ruling, declaring the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be constitutional after all. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Wednesday that the ...

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Is the State of Housing Strong?

On Tuesday evening, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address before the Congress. The White House released excerpts from the speech before it began, highlighting a focus on immigration reform, infrastructure, national security, and the economic impacts of ...

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Valuations Are a FORCE to be Reckoned With

On Tuesday, January 30, the The Federation of REO Certified Experts (FORCE) presents a brand new webinar spotlighting the true value of broker price opinions, and how to use them to gain more business. The “Value of Valuations” webinar runs ...

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Fannie Mae CEO on the GSE’s Past & Future

It’s been a decade since the housing bubble collapsed, sending shockwaves through the mortgage industry and creating economic impacts that are still being felt throughout the nation to varying degrees. In its December 2017 issue, DS News spoke to several ...

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IndiSoft Names Kenneth M. Goins, Jr. CFO

IndiSoft, a Columbia, Maryland-based technology development firm that specializes in systems for the financial services industry, has appointed Kenneth M. Goins, Jr. as the company’s CFO.  Goins, working closely with IndiSoft’s CEO, Sanjeev Dahiwadkar, will focus on accelerating growth, operational ...

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