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Kyle G. Horst is a reporter for DS News and MReport. A graduate of the University of Texas at Tyler, he has worked for a number of daily, weekly, and monthly publications in South Dakota and Texas. With more than 10 years of experience in community journalism, he has won a number of state, national, and international awards for his writing and photography including best newspaper design by the Associated Press Managing Editors Group and the international iPhone photographer of the year by the iPhone Photography Awards. He most recently worked as editor of Community Impact Newspaper covering a number of Dallas-Ft. Worth communities on a hyperlocal level. Contact Kyle G. at [email protected].

Bubble? No Bubble? Economists Weigh In

As the market continues to hit record marks nearly unabated over the last few months, the topic of bubbles is being brought up around watercoolers and coffee machines across the country. But still, on the local level, properties are being ...

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Total Bankruptcies Down 10% YoY

Epiq, an Atlanta-based provider of intelligence to the legal services industry, has released its May 2022 bankruptcy filing statistics from its new Bankruptcy Analytics platform which found that filings decreased by 3.74% last month representing 31,314 cases 32,508 filings of ...

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Breaking Down Local Impacts of a Home Sale

The foundation of wealth-building throughout the country for the masses remains firmly entrenched in real estate. A first-class asset, real estate now represents 17% of the country’s GDP and represents a major driver of the economy as a whole.  Asking ...

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Alternative Credit Scoring Models Matter

Competition ensures a healthy and productive market. Credit scores are no exception.  A new study commissioned by VantageScore Solutions, a consortium of the three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion), found that institutional investors with exposure to asset-backed securities (ABS) ...

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Title Insurance Market Experiences Double-Digit Growth

Reverberations and repercussions from the pandemic continue to move through the real estate market. The latest news of such comes from American Land Title Association (ALTA) who found that, driven by meteoric rise in originations and home values last year, ...

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Redfin Reports Buyers Are Finding More Power

Homebuyers are beginning to take back the wheel from homesellers, who have mostly prevailed over the last two years. Redfin reports that more sellers are dropping the price of their homes amid rising interest rates and growing affordability concerns.

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Sagent Partners With Consolidated Analytics

Sagent, a fintech company modernizing mortgage and consumer loan servicing for America’s top banks and lenders, today announced a partnership with Consolidated Analytics to automate valuation services for default servicing through an integration into TEMPO, Sagent’s default management platform.  The ...

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