Remember the interest rate hike that occurred last month? Wondering what's next? Mark Hamrick, Senior Economic Analyst at Bankrate provides some insight on what to expect from the Federal Reserve in the new year and why this is likely to not be the entity's last move.
Read More »Presidential Hopeful Bernie Sanders Talks “Too-Big-To-Fail”
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in a speech Tuesday that Wall Street's entire business model is "fraud," but he has a plan to completely end the "too big to fail" among big banks. But that's no the only thing he had to say about Wall Street, read on to find out more.
Read More »OCC Frees JPMorgan, EverBank from Mortgage Servicing Agreement
Are JPMorgan and EverBank finally off the OCC's hook? All news is not good news for these two institutions.
Read More »Home Price Growth Picks up Speed
Low supply levels and increasing demand in the housing market are fueling home prices, in turn, placing all of the cards into sellers' hands.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Portfolio Contracts for Eighth Straight Month
Fannie Mae’s gross mortgage portfolio experienced its largest compound annual rate of contraction for one month so far in 2015
Read More »Here’s why the Fed’s Rate Hike Will not Affect Housing
As 2016 begins, the jury is still out on what the effect of last month’s long-awaited federal funds rate increase by the Federal Reserve will be on the economy, and on housing in particular.
Read More »Forecasting the Future Mortgage Lender
The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule has been shaking up the mortgage industry since October 3, 2015, and in turn, causing lenders everywhere to completely alter their loan origination procedures.
Read More »Old Republic Title Holding Company Names New Western Division President
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company (ORNTIC) has announced the promotion of Executive Vice President and Southwest Division Manager Carolyn Monroe to President of ORNTIC and its subsidiaries.
Read More »Home Prices Continue Upward Trend
Despite seasonal changes, home prices continued their upward trend in October 2015. However, despite the small month-over-month increase, home prices are still up 5.5 percent year-over-year.
Read More »Demand Keeps D.C.-Baltimore Real Estate Markets Expensive
It’s well known that home price increases in the Washington, D.C., Metro area have made it difficult to acquire affordable housing in and around the nation’s capitol.
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