Source: CNBC — The stunning jump in home values over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic has given U.S. homeowners record amounts of housing wealth. What they choose to do with it could have impacts on the broader economy. Annual home price gains averaged 15%...
Source: Housing Wire — Driven by a desire to achieve greater scale and gain access to cheaper capital, nonbank mortgage lenders dove headfirst into the public markets during the Covid-19 boom. How could they resist? It was, after all, a once-in-a-lifetime...
Just a few weeks after the company launched a multi-million dollar consumer advertising campaign in Utah, SRE Technologies Inc., developer of an online destination designed to save home loan borrowers money by connecting them with select mortgage originators,...
Source: Scotsman Guide — A new report from Mastercard-backed data company Finicity has shed light on an uncomfortable perspective for the lending industry: As frustrating as the homebuying experience can be in today’s torrid, ultracompetitive marketplace,...
Source: Housing Wire — Mortgage industry participants may disagree a great deal on several different topics. However, I expect that you would find no argument with the following statement: Mortgage lending is a highly competitive business. While the scope of...
Source: Reverse Mortgage Daily — Retirees often have to navigate the homeownership and mortgage landscape with a series of unique concerns, owing to the natural occurrences of aging and the reality of what is largely a fixed income. Taking advantage of tools...