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 ...
Read More »Minorites Found to Pay Higher Application, Security Deposit Fees
Finding a place to rent is harder than anytime since 1984 as the low number of available units means that each available unit is receiving multiple applicants. While the Fair Housing Act prevents discrimination based on race, sex, nationality, or ...
Read More »SitusAMC Launches Warehouse Administration Services
New turnkey offering, led by Managing Director Anthony Beshara, has been developed to scale warehouse businesses, while improving efficiency and reducing costs.
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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.
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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.
Read More »Man vs. The Machine: Big Data in Real Estate
The role of data and technology must supplement efficiency, not supplant or replace people. There are many dangers in focusing solely on Big Data.
Read More »Education Is a Key Predictor of Future Homeownership
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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