The U.S. banking industry's period of recovery and release have come to a close and significantly higher credit costs lie ahead which will indeed affect these institutions' first quarter earnings.
Read More »Single-Family Housing Market is Making ‘Slow But Steady Progress’
Confidence among home builders has been on a series of ups and downs over the last few months, showing slow but continued progression in the single-family sector, but they are still faced with concerns about labor and lot shortages.
Read More »The Pros and the Cons of Closing with TRID
Despite the negative effects reported about TRID, homebuyers did report a few positives since the rule went into effect October 2015, indicating that the CFPB's rule may be doing its intended job.
Read More »Nationwide Title Clearing Opens Dallas Office
Nationwide Title Clearing (NTC), a post-closing services provider for the nation's largest financial institutions, investors, and servicers, announced that the company will open a new office this month in Dallas, Texas that will include a new data center.
Read More »Lenders, Here’s How to Attract First-Time Homebuyers
First-time homebuyers, including millennials, are slowly but surely making their way into the housing market and lenders need to be prepared to grab their attention and keep it.
Read More »The Highs and Lows of Mortgage Compliance
Jerry McCoy, Senior Policy Advisor to The Collingwood Group, talks with DS News about the full circle of compliance and how the mortgage industry should be taking on these rules.
Read More »The Future Looks Bright for Flipping
Major gains could be in store for home flippers in 2016 in states where REO activity is elevated due to the drawn-out judicial foreclosure process.
Read More »Ten-X Launches End-to-End Online Transaction Platform
Online real estate marketplace, Ten-X (formerly Auction.com), recently announced its new transaction platform created especially for buying and selling move-in ready homes.
Read More »15 Neighborhoods Investors Should Know About
Trulia gave investors a leg up on where to look for properties with its latest Live Well maps, which highlight America’s best neighborhoods for those looking to stay active and healthy. The index measures such aspects as the percentage of quiet streets and recreational amenities.
Read More »Boomers Trade Homeownership for Renting
As the Baby Boomer generation grows older and enter those "empty-nester" years, many are swapping out their long-tome homes to enter the rental market.
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