A new report will give insights on underwater properties and the latest trends in home equity. Here’s what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »Repositioning Skills in a Changing REO Environment
At a recent webinar, leaders of the FORCE Advisory Council provided a toolkit for REO agents to position themselves for the next upcoming distressed market. Here’s what they had to say.
Read More »Building Trust in Servicing
A new study from J.D. Power reveals what impacts customer trusts of their servicers.
Read More »What Does the Jobs Report Mean for Housing?
U.S. employers continued their trend of adding workers, as the Labor Department reported the economy added 164,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate held at 3.7%. The Labor Department also reported that average hourly earnings exceeded expectations, rising 3.2% ...
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Q2 Performance
Fannie Mae reported a net income of $3.4 billion and comprehensive income of $3.4 billion for Q2 2019, up from the previous quarter.
Read More »Remembering 30-Year Mortgage Industry Veteran ‘Marti’ Anderson
Martha “Marti” Anderson, a veteran of the mortgage and service industry of more than three decades, passed away on July 16 in Idaho. She was 58. Anderson’s career in the industry began in 1986 at First American Title in California. ...
Read More »Companies Investing in Single-Family Rental
As the single-family rental market picks up, Taylor Morrison, in a partnership with Christopher Todd Communities, has announced that it will be building a single-family, rent-only communities in Arizona.
Read More »Coastal Homes at Risk
Coastal cities are at a high risk of chronic coastal flooding by 2050, according to a new report by Zillow.
Read More »HUD Addresses Discrimination in Housing
Here's what critics and proponents of a proposed rule from the Department f Housing and Urban Development have to say about about how HUD is handling discrimination in housing.
Read More »Home Flipping by City
As the homeownership rate falls, it may become harder and harder to find buyers for a flipped home, dependingon where you're selling. A new study examines where investors are getting the most returns on their flipped homes.
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