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After several weeks of decline, mortgage apps are slowly gaining steam, rising once again and led by an uptick in refi volume.

Empowered by remote work opportunities, an increasing number of home shoppers are factoring employment into their homebuying choices.

With supply remaining tight, homebuyers scrambled in Q1 to buy up the remaining inventory, driving home prices to year-over-year highs in 99% of the nation’s metro markets.

San Diego-based mortgage originator grows its regional footprint and moves into the Northeast after deal with retail originator RMS.

Lending standards overall loosened, driven by an increase in conventional mortgage credit, as well as an expansion in agency programs for ARMs and high-balance loans, according to a new report.

Researchers say government support throughout the pandemic, and improving employment rates have enabled many borrowers to remain current on their mortgages.

A new forecast finds that home sales this year will be spurred by a combination of record low rates and a wave of migration due to telework situations.

Bryan Filkey, Chief Strategy Officer for Interfirst Mortgage, discusses the non-government guaranteed space and managing workforce capacity as the housing market evolves.

Regulations continue to account for an increasing share of the costs associated with the construction of a new home, to the tune of nearly $94,000 on average.

While homeowners of color will dominate the growth rate overall, it will look vastly different from one state to another, researchers say.