Despite continued burdens created by inflation and mortgage rates that are still on the high side, many first-time homebuyers are more confident about their financial health and their ability to acquire residential property. According to TD Bank’s (NYSE: TD) newly...
Cleveland-headquartered KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) has debuted its Fair Housing Month poll, which surveyed 1,000 homeowners in households earning less than $75,000 annually regarding their homebuying and lending experiences. The inaugural poll found that nearly one-third...
Homepoint, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based wholesale lender, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain assets of the company’s wholesale originations channel to The Loan Store Inc., a national wholesale lender based in Tucson, Arizona. The financial aspects...
The New York Times has published an investigative article questioning the potential of age discrimination in mortgage origination. The article “A Great Credit Score, but She Can’t Get a Mortgage” stated that “many older Americans have a hard time refinancing because...
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) reported a downward trend in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.28% as of April 6, down from last week when it averaged 6.32%. A year ago at this time, the rate averaged 4.72%. The 15-year...
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks lost an average of $301 on each loan they originated in 2022, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Annual Mortgage Bankers Performance Report. In comparison, these companies...
