First-time home buyers with remote work flexibility are focusing on markets where the inventory of homes for sale is nearly two times more than the national average.
Read More »January Active Forbearance Numbers Fall Yet Again
Mortgages that are in active forbearance plans continue to fall in January, led by FHA/VA plans. According to Black Knight’s McDash Flash daily mortgage performance dataset, which covers more than 197 million home loans and home equity data on more than 27 ...
Read More »Gen Z Less Optimistic About Home Ownership
Re-issuing a survey first completed three years ago, PropertyShark, a property research firm for commercial and residential tracts, found that Millennials have become more pessimistic about their housing options than they were three years ago while Generation Z’s feelings have also dampened. According to the ...
Read More »Ravi Mallela Named EVP and CFO of NMI Holdings
Succeeding Adam Pollitzer, who was promoted to President and CEO, Mallela tapped to expand NMI’s growth and capital strategies.
Read More »Re-Examining ‘Injury in Fact’ With Hunstein II
What do recent decisions regarding the Hunstein case mean for the industry? Legal League 100 attorney Daniel C. Chilton takes a look at its impact on the industry moving forward.
Read More »CFPB Report Examines Consumer Complaints & Credit Bureaus
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said, “Today’s report is further evidence of the serious harms stemming from [credit bureaus'] faulty financial surveillance business model.”
Read More »Mortgage Rate Increases: How They’re Impacting Housing Demand
Experts say over time, percentage growth will slow demand and put an end to double-digit annual price growth.
Read More »Consumers Indicate Now Is The Time To Sell
Fannie Mae’s latest iteration of the monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) fell by a slight 0.5 points to 74.2 in December as consumers wildly differed on whether it is a good time to buy or sell a home and their outlook on the economy. When combined, these metrics ...
Read More »HUD Comes to the Aid of Colorado Wildfire Victims
Colorado is the latest state to receive HUD assistance after President Biden issued a major disaster declaration for the Boulder County area.
Read More »A Life in the Default Profession
Legal League 100 Vice Chair Anthony Van Ness looks back at a career spent working in default legal services.
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