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Home Prices Jump 20% From February 2021

CoreLogic released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for February 2022, revealing home price growth recorded a year-over-year increase of 20% nationwide in February, another series high and marking 12 months of consecutive double-digit gains. The CoreLogic ...

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Eliminating Bias in Appraisals

Appraisals can be a stressful process for any buying or selling a home and there are many reasons why an appraisal would be undervalued or overvalued. Water intrusion, cracks in foundations, or termites are all things that can tank an ...

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Auction Homes Provide Gateway to Homeownership

ServiceLink recently released its 2022 State of Homebuying Report, highlighting the effects of low housing inventory and how high home prices are leading the next generation of buyers to consider alternative paths to homeownership. The report examines generational trends among recent ...

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After the Pause

As COVID-19 foreclosure and eviction stays lapse in New York, Mikelle V. Bliss and Margaret J. Cascino of McGlinchey Stafford explain what servicers and landlords operating in the Empire State need to know.

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MCT Names New National Sales Director

Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced today that Ben Itkin has been appointed the new National Sales Director. Itkin will ...

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Servicers Open the Lines of Communication

Michael Merritt of BOK Financial sat down with DS News to explain how the lessons learned from the financial crisis of 2008 smoothed a path of communication between servicers and their clients during the pandemic.

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Education Is a Key Predictor of Future Homeownership

home prices and school quality

While the consistent and mounting pressure of student loan debt has been holding many back from purchasing a home, possessing a bachelor's degree is still largely seen as a stepping-stone to entering the housing market.  The number of adults that ...

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