Richard Clarida and Michelle Bowman gave their testimony during their nomination hearing for top jobs at the Fed by the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Click through to learn what they had to say about their potential roles.
Read More »Industry Veteran Brad Blackwell Announces Retirement
As EVP, Housing Policy & Homeownership Growth Strategies for Wells Fargo Home Lending, Blackwell, who will retire in September has focused his work on enabling sustainable homeownership.
Read More »Claudia Merkle Promoted to President at National MI
In her new role, Merkle will oversee sales, marketing, underwriting operations, servicing, and information technology at National MI.
Read More »Angel Oak Appoints New Accounts Executives
The new appointments will help the company keep pace with non-prime mortgage growth for the lender.
Read More »Energy Efficiency vs. Home Affordability
The California Energy Commission recently introduced a regulation making it mandatory for all new homes to have solar panels, starting 2020. How will this regulation affect home affordability in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country?
Read More »How Much Home Can a Teacher Afford?
A new report has found that despite wage increases in some cities, teachers wouldn’t be able to afford homes there. Click through to learn more about which are the most unaffordable cities for educators.
Read More »Finding Opportunity for Diversity Within Mortgage and Housing
Charmaine Brown, Director, Outreach and Engagement, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at Fannie Mae was recently appointed as Vice Chair of the American Mortgage Diversity Council (AMDC). Partnering with Chair Kathy Cummings, SVP, Homeownership Solutions and Affordable Housing Programs at ...
Read More »Interesting Trends in Forbearance
As borrowers continue to make payments on time, the first quarter saw serious delinquencies shrinking for the 19th consecutive quarter. Here’s what impacted this otherwise declining trend.
Read More »Fannie Checks in With Homeowners
Consumer sentiment on the housing market edged up this month according to a Fannie Mae report, but while homeowner confidence remains at an all-time high, these factors impacted buyer sentiments.
Read More »Wolters Kluwer Releases HMDA Data
The release shows lending practices in the aggregate as well as by individual institutions, allowing viewers market insights that are ahead of the federal government’s aggregate data report.
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