Managing a single-family rental or REO property presents no shortage of challenges, but some can be mitigated simply by keeping track of your “behind-the-wall” assets.
Read More »The Legal Lowdown on Owning Manufactured Homes
Florida has the largest number of mobile or manufactured homes in any state. Experts look at some of the best practices and room for improvement in the laws of owning and buying these homes, especially in the Sunshine State.
Read More »Four Direct Ways to Impact Housing Affordability
This year, proposals have begun making their way to Congress aimed at helping ease the tight supply and rising prices that are preventing many—particularly low-income Americans—from finding affordable housing. However, Jenny Schuetz, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Metropolitan ...
Read More »Thriving in a Low-Delinquency Environment
Courtney Thompson, Director, First VP, Default Servicing Operations, Flagstar Bank discusses streamlining communications with borrowers, navigating compliance and how Flagstar has evolved to thrive in a lower-delinquency environment. Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the July issue of DS News.
Read More »More Young Americans Joining the Real Estate Industry
Housing shortages and sky-high prices seem not to bother would-be agents one bit, according to a survey, which shows a 6 percent rise in realtors over 2017. One particular demographic is fanning that growth.
Read More »CoreLogic Launches First Non-Weather-Related Risk Solution
The solution aims to quantify insurance risk through a comprehensive structural, appliance, systems, and location analysis of non-weather-related risk.
Read More »Are Rising Home Prices Unsustainable?
New numbers show that home prices are up again. Click through to learn more if there’s a way out of this cycle.
Read More »Veros Partners with SBS for Property-specific Valuation Tools
The addition of Veros’ VeroPRECISION Valuation Decision Engine will give lenders the ability to determine if an AVM is an appropriate tool for a specific property.
Read More »Housing Optimism Resilient to Storms
A growing percentage of Americans, especially those in the West, view housing as a good investment despite recent natural disasters.
Read More »Are California Homeowners on Shaky Ground?
There’ve been rumblings for years about parts of California that sit along the infamous Hayward fault. A new report parsed the potential damage to homes and insured losses if a major quake were to occur and here’s what it found.
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