NRL Mortgage has partnered with the fintech Calque to launch The Trade-In Mortgage in 45 states. According to the companies, The Trade-In Mortgage enables homeowners to leverage their home equity to purchase a new home before selling their current one. By working with...
The new year began on a positive note for the mortgage space, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ending Jan. 5. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, jumped by 9.9% on a seasonally...
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate has enhanced its RateReduce offering to include RateReduce Sell, a program designed to help real estate agents facing a challenging home sales market. According to the company, RateReduce Sell provides real estate agents the...
Two New York men were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford, Connecticut, for perpetrating a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme. According to the charges brought against them, Jacob Deutsch and Aron Deutsch worked at B H Property Management LLC...
Mortgage credit availability decreased in December, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The trade organization’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) dropped by 4.6% last month to 92.1 – the index was benchmarked at 100 in March...
The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) closed 2023 on the upswing with a 2.9-point rise in December to 67.2. The year-end increase was attributed to a spike in the number of consumers expecting mortgage rates to go down over the next 12...