From new appointments and awards to technology partnerships, learn more about the latest in the mortgage industry in this weekly update. The former VP of Human Resources for ...
Read More »Will Housing Finance Reform Ever Get Done?
As the 115th United States Congress begins its second session Stuart Pratt, Global Head of Public Policy and Industry Relations at CoreLogic discusses the way forward for Housing ...
Read More »Digital Identity for Mortgage Finds Few Takers
Security concerns are the key barrier for consumers from being more open to adopting digital identity for home buying and renting or for mortgage applications, according to the ...
Read More »Why Consumers Are Wary of Embracing Digital Identity
Digital identity is an electronically verified set of attributes that uniquely describe a person and can be beneficial in providing simplified application processes, swift transaction approvals, lower costs, ...
Read More »Blend to Further Digital Mortgage Process With Fannie Mae
Blend, a California-based technology company created to drive the consumer lending industry into the digital age, recently announced it’s the first end-to-end platform will be approved to provide ...
Read More »Mortgage Rates to near 5% in Q4 2018
Mortgage rates and home sales are expected to rise in 2018 according to the latest economic and housing outlook by Fannie Mae. The report expects mortgage rates to ...
Read More »Freddie Mac posts a Q4 Loss
Like its sister agency, Freddie Mac this week reported large Q4 losses that will require government bailout money for the first time since 2012. The major difference is that Freddie ...
Read More »Lower Mortgage Rates in November Increase Refis
Refinances by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased in December 2017, according to the Fourth Quarter Refinance Report released by the Federal Housing ...
Read More »How Did Fannie’s Q4 Numbers Fare?
On Wednesday, Fannie Mae released its Q4 2017 financial statement, and as expected, the GSE posted major losses for the quarter. It also posted an annual revenue in 2017 that was ...
Read More »Making Single-Family Homes Accessible in Hot Markets
What are the chances of getting a plot of land for $1 in one of the country’s hottest housing markets, where the median home price is $540,000 to ...
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