The growth of home sales declined to its lowest level in three years, according to a new report. What factors have been responsible for the decline in sales?
Read More »Transforming Toxic Properties into Affordable Housing
An upcoming report details strategies for rehabilitating zombie homes in the South Jersey area and simultaneously creating more residential housing. What these strategies look like, and what efforts will have to be taken, are outlined here.
Read More »Growth Anticipated Despite Housing Shortage
A report predicting growth in the housing market through 2019 has been released. Find out how inventory shortages, interest rates, and trade tensions are expected to affect the industry.
Read More »Pretium Capitalizes on Mortgage Servicing With Selene Acquisition
Pretium Partners, which has close to $10 billion in assets under management, has reached an agreement to purchase Selene Holdings. How will the acquisition complement both major players in the housing industry? Holdings.
Read More »Talking the Future of the Industry
Experts will give insights and discuss the U.S. housing market at a speaker series this week in Texas. See what these experts say the future holds for the housing and mortgage industry.
Read More »The Next Generation of Professionals in Mortgage and Housing
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in the May issue of DS News magazine. The makeup of the American workforce is changing. Multiple distinct generations are currently filling out the employee rosters of most American businesses: the Baby Boomers approaching ...
Read More »IndiSoft Rebrands Technology Platform to Sunesis
IndiSoft, a technology development firm that specializes in systems for the financial services industry, announced it has rebranded its module-based RxOffice technology platform to Sunesis, an enterprise-wide platform providing more flexibility in work processes. With Sunesis, which means the confluence ...
Read More »Five Star President and CEO: Not One Voice, Collective Voices Sharing a Common Vision
During the Five Star Conference and Expo, Five Star Institute President and CEO Ed Delgado called for a new sense of unity and inclusion within the mortgage industry expressing that it’s not about one voice, it’s about collective voices sharing a common vision.
Read More »Industry Group Takes Step Toward Diversity
Thanks to one of REO’s biggest professional groups, the mortgage industry has taken a significant step in diversity and inclusion. The Federation of REO Certified Experts announced the launch of its Diversity Council on Wednesday, a group that aims to “advance conversations on diversity and inclusion.” The group is made up of six committees, including ones for Latino, African American, women, LGBT, veteran, and Asian REO professionals.
Read More »The Next Generation: Attracting New Blood to the Mortgage Industry
In an industry with the professionals averaging their ages in the 50's, what are businesses in the mortgage and housing sector doing to attract millennials into the workforce and pass on the industry to the next generation of professionals?
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