Daily Dose

Chad Mosley, COO with Mortgage Contracting Services Solutions, discusses an increasingly popular alternative to plywood for securing vacant homes. This select print feature originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of MReport magazine.

Home prices have growth so fast in one particular area that homes there may be considered overvalued, according to Fitch Ratings.

Greg Stephens, Chief Appraiser, SVP Compliance with Metro-West Appraisal Co., offers tips on what to do when an appraisal value is below the sales price.

When it comes to acquiring single-family properties, whether you are a traditional fix-and-flipper or you intend to buy-and-hold for rent, an effective acquisition strategy is necessary for investors to succeed.

The Federal Reserve has not raised the federal funds target rate since last December. What do the minutes from November's meeting indicate?

Bank of America has officially won its battle against the Department of Justice six months after an appeals court threw out the $1.27 billion penalty against the bank for selling toxic RMBS.

While some recent industry reports have said that first-time buyer volume of agency purchase loans is declining, one analysis reported that it is "alive and well."

A spokesman for Dr. Ben Carson said that the former Republican presidential candidate had not been offered the HUD Secretary job, contrary to an earlier media report.

While the road uphill for new single-family home sales has been lengthy and slow, it has nonetheless been uphill.

The new maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2017 will increase for the first time in a decade, according to the FHFA.