Almost every homebuyer who closed a purchase through the NeighborWorks America nonprofit network last year was buying a first home, according to a five-year analysis released Monday. The finding illustrates how housing counseling and purchase assistance can help...
Britain is preparing a new government-backed equity loan program aimed at lowering the deposit barrier for first-time buyers while giving the country’s struggling new-home market a demand boost. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said the Your...
We spend a lot of time in mortgage lending talking about income. How much does the borrower earn? What is the debt-to-income ratio? How much of a monthly payment can the household reasonably carry? What happens to purchasing power when the mortgage rate moves another...
There is a strange contradiction developing in the mortgage market right now, and I think we need to be careful about how we talk about it. By most broad measures, the mortgage system is still in pretty good shape. There is no national foreclosure crisis, there is no...
There are some lessons the mortgage industry learned the hard way. We learned what happens when loans are made without adequately documenting income. We learned what happens when borrowers are qualified into products they do not understand or cannot reasonably afford....
Barings Buys $66.2 Million Orange County Retail Center as Grocery-Anchored …
