Markets in California and Utah made up more than half of the list of the top 10 performing housing markets in the nation.
Read More »Brexit Drives Mortgage Rates Down Near All-Time Low
Fixed-rate mortgages are dropping in the wake of the U.K.’s Brexit vote, with 30-year mortgages hitting a three-year low this week.
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Up, Albeit Slowly
The U.S. housing market remains on solid footing despite facing broader economic headwinds following a disappointing May jobs report, slowing U.S. GDP growth, and uncertainty in global markets, according to Ten-X.
Read More »Morgan Stanley’s Capital Plan is Close, But. . .
Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO James Gorman said that the investment banking firm is “committed to addressing the Fed’s concerns about our capital planning process and fully expect to meet their requirements within the established timeframe.”
Read More »Housing Markets Grinding Toward Historical Benchmarks
Out of the 100 metros tracked by Freddie Mac's MiMi, 99 of them experienced year-over-year gains.
Read More »Fewer Millennials are Living Alone
The number of millennials living alone has been dropping for a decade, according to according to a recent report.
Read More »Is GE Capital Too Big to Fail? Not Anymore
The FSOC reversed its determination that “material financial distress at [GE Capital] could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability.”
Read More »Pending Home Sales: Three Steps Forward, One Back
NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said the strong demand that has been frustrating buyers and the spring’s swift sales “took a dent out of what was available for sale in May and ultimately dragged down contract activity.”
Read More »Paper, Rock, Scissors: Are Banks Playing a Game of Chance?
With the rise of homeownership comes the desire of originators to improve the customer experience. Banks are constantly looking to improve the speed, efficiency, security and simplicity of their processes. This select print feature originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of MReport magazine.
Read More »Housing Demand Reverses After Five Months of Gains
After five months on the climb, and while housing scarcity inflates, demand for housing fell off in May.
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