By a vote of Yellen 84-15, the Senate paved the way for President Biden's new head of the Treasury Department late Monday.
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Transplants and their higher budgets are making it difficult for locals to compete, agents say.
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The housing market should continue to be a busy place, according to First American. In fact, there are a few factors to keep the momentum of 2020 going well ...
Read More »Montgomery Op-Ed: A ‘Thank You’ to Outgoing Political Appointees
The Former HUD Deputy Secretary discusses how many unheralded government professionals responded to help support both the American housing market and struggling American homeowners over the past year—and why they deserve recognition.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Nomination Hearing for Marcia Fudge
This Thursday, January 28, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a remote virtual nomination hearing for the Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, ...
Read More »What Treasury Secretary Yellen May Mean for Mortgage Rates
A panel of economists discusses how the Treasury nominee’s economic policies may play out across the industry. Will the low-rate environment continue?
Read More »Former Fannie Mae Exec Named Home Point Board Chairman
Home Point Capital Inc. announced the appointment of mortgage industry veteran Andrew Bon Salle as its Chairman of the Board. Bon Salle joins Home Point Capital following a ...
Read More »Ken Fries joins SLK Global Solutions as Business Development VP
SLK Global Solutions, a Dallas-based provider of technology-enabled platform solutions for the financial services industry, has hired Ken Fries as VP of Business Development. In his new role, ...
Read More »Housing Market Snapshot: ‘Nothing Typical About 2020’
Phoenix ranked highest among the major metros in yearly home value growth. Here’s what factors contributed to “an environment for strong growth.”
Read More »Existing-Home Sales at 14-Year Peak
In addition, first-time buyers accounted for more than a third of sales in December.
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