Mortgage rates were in decline this week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.5% as of Nov. 9, down from last week when it averaged 7.76%. A year ago at this time, it...
Total mortgage balances were up 3.2% during the third quarter while total mortgage origination plummeted by 36.5%, according to new data from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). After recording a slight decline in the second quarter, mortgage balances increased to $11.8 trillion...
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced the appointment of Lance Drummond as chairman of its board of directors. He will succeed Sara Mathew, who will retire from the board next February.as Board chair and as a Director in February 2024, as required by the company’s...
The Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, is partnering with Bid4Assets, an online marketplace for distressed real estate sales, to conduct their first-ever online sheriff’s sale. Oklahoma County’s is scheduled for November 14. Prospective bidders must...
Investor purchases of residential properties plummeted by 29.7% year-over-year during the third quarter, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). Investors purchased 48,667 homes between July and September, or 15.9% of all homes sold during that period, the...
Infosys (NYSE: INFY) is collaborating with Better Home & Finance Holding Co. (NASDAQ:BETR, BETRW) to launch Mortgage as a Service (MaaS), an integrated end-to-end digital mortgage white-labelled platform. According to the companies, companies that adopt MaaS “can...
