The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) recorded a 3.3-point uptick from February to March to 61.3, but still remained only slightly above its all-time low set from late last year. Year-over-year, the full index is down by 11.9 points. Fannie...
People of color are like to pay higher upfront costs on their rental housing than their White counterparts, according to the latest Consumer Housing Trends Report published by Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z, ZG). Zillow found the typical Black, Hispanic and Asian American...
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...
Today, we launch a weekly series that shines the proverbial spotlight on people, companies, organizations and trends with the potential to change how our industry conducts itself. For the premiere installment of this series, our spotlight is on Thomas Ferrier,...
Living in the Big Apple comes with big price tags, especially regarding property taxes. According to a new data study from LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE), New York City has the highest median property tax among the nation’s 50 largest metros. Homeowners in the City That...
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